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  • THE WHOLE WORLD READS COMENIUS: ON SATURDAY NIGHT STARTS A 24-HOUR MARATHON WITH 5 CONTINENTS PARTICIPATING
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    Continuous online reading from the works of John Amos Comenius called "Reading Comenius Universally", which starts on Saturday night, is an original way of commemorating 350 years since this thinker's death. Academics and enthusiasts promised to support this 24-hour initiative by their reading. Passages from Comenius's philosophical and educational treatises but also personal correspondence will be read in 17 languages, thus accentuating this thinker's world-wide renown.

    Stream video will be available at Comenius online Youtube channel.

    obr readingYou can find the detailed list of participating persons and time schedule here.

Cooperation

International cooperation

University of Oxford, UK – project Cultures of Knowledge
Warburg Institute, University of London, UK
Deutsche Comenius Gesellschaft, BRD
Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, Polska
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad de las Islas Baleares, España

Cooperation within the Czech Republic

The Centre for Renaissance Texts, the Faculty of Arts of Palacký University Olomouc
The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, the Faculty of Theology of University of South Bohemia
The Department of Philosophy, the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of University of Pardubice
The Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The Library of The Czech Academy of Sciences (ASL)
The National Museum Library in Prague
The J. A. Comenius Museum in Uherský Brod
The National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Komenský in Prague
Comenius Museum in Přerov

Cooperation within the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought
The Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS)
The Centre for Classical Studies
The Jan Patočka Archive

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