This is the title of a lecture by Professor Jaroslav Panek, Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, to be delivered during International Conference Humanities and the Contemporary World. The symposium was hosted by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts and was held from 7 to 9 June, 2012 at Podgorica, Montenegro. and Jaroslav Pánek.
Distinguished personalities presented guest lectures and led lively discussions with students and the public at CERGE-El (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute) during May and June. Alan Krueger. Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors and the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University lectured on Reasons for Confidence in the U.S. Economy. Christopher Sims, the 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics (together with Thomas Sargant) gave a lecture on Current Macroeconomics and Reality, in which they discussed the current economic crisis and its impact on academic economy. Harvard Professor Philippe Alto discussed two of his recent papers, Cyclical Fiscal Policy, Credit Constraints and Industry Growth and Monetary Policy Liquidity and Growth. and Jan Straka.
The tenth in a series of successful workshops dedicated to high energy astrophysics and supporting ground-based experiments (e.g., robotic telescopes) was held in Karlovy Vary on April 22-25. Originally, the IBWS (INTEGRAL/BART) workshops focused on the work of the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Astronomical Institute of the ASCR and relevant international collaborators from the field, with extensive student participation. The workshops now promote regional collaboration in high-energy astrophysics emphasizing interface between satellite projects and ground-based experiments (also in robotic telescopes). and Martin Blažek.
Miroslav Tůmna, Vice-president of the Academy of Sciences, met with representatives of the Department of Science & Technology of the Republic of India and the Ambassador of India, Mr. V. Ashok. April 20, 2012 at the ASCR headquarters. The ASCR continues to collaborate with two Indian science institutions, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India and Indian National Science Academy. This scientific cooperation is open to all institutes of ASCR associated in the Division for Mathematics. Physics and Earth Sciences and in Division for Life and Chemical Sciences. and srd.
India drew our attention last year more than ever. We remembered 150th birth anniversary and 70th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the Laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Tagore visited the Czechoslovak Republic twice and he got in a close contact with the representatives of the Czech intellectual and artistic elite. For example, Leoš Janáček was inspired by him to compose choral The Wandering Madman. Tagore was also in contact with Karel Čapek, Tomáš G. Masaryk and Vincent Lesný, a scientist from Oriental Institute who contributed to the development and research of Indian languages. He was also a mentor to a new generation of students of Indology in the Czech Republic. and Andrzej Magala.