The Sekyra Foundation is a private foundation created in 2018 by Czech entrepreneur Luděk Sekyra[1][2] in support of moral universalism, liberal values, and civil society. Among many other projects the Foundation has a long-term cooperation with the University of Oxford which has also named the oldest statutory professorship in philosophy at Oxford after the foundations founder Luděk Sekyra.[3]
The foundation is focused on support for civil society, the development of critical and philosophical thought, support for academic institutions and educational projects, sustainable development and protection of the environment, lectures, and publishing the works of important thinkers. Another mission of the foundation is the defense of political freedom, human rights, and cultural and religious diversity. In collaboration with leading universities around the world and Europaeum, the foundation is cultivating the legacy of key philosophers of the 20th century like John Rawls and Ludwig Wittgenstein, as well as intellectuals associated with Central and Eastern Europe, such as Isaiah Berlin, Leszek Kołakowski, Jan Patočka, and Karl Popper.
The Sekyra Foundation offers month-long stays at the University of Oxford for students at Charles University in Prague and reciprocal stays for English students in Prague. The renovated building of Sekyra House, part of Oxford’s Harris Manchester College, had its opening ceremony on November 6, 2014, to commemorate the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution[4] and contains student housing as well as three study halls. Also in the building is a lecture hall named for Tomáš Halík. Luděk Sekyra is a member of the board of Harris Manchester College and one of its Foundation Fellows,[5] as well as a member of Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor’s Circle and the Aristotelian Society in London.
Past projectsEdit
Sekyra Foundation and Luděk Sekyra himself has a long-term cooperation with the University of Oxford. The foundation, whose international efforts focus on supporting philosophy, has provided support for the oldest statutory professorship in philosophy at Oxford, the White’s Professorship of Moral Philosophy, which is also the most significant chair of moral philosophy in the world. The professorship was established in 1621 by Thomas White, and after 400 years got a new name Sekyra and White’s Professorship of Moral Philosophy.[3]
The Sekyra Foundation has supported several projects for the development of philosophical and intellectual dialogue, including “Jan Patočka and the Grounds for Political Action: Phenomenology, the Arts, and Civil Society”, a conference organized by The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation (2019);[6] “Culture and Value after Wittgenstein”, a conference held at The Queen's College, Oxford (2019);[7] “Inequality, Religion, and Society: John Rawls and After”, a conference dedicated to the philosophical legacy of the most significant political philosopher of the 20th century, John Rawls, which took place in early 2019 at Harvard University;[8]
“Two Visions of Europe: What Sources of Hope for the Future?”, an international conference and seminar in the Cracking Borders, Rising Walls Series organized by Kultura Liberalna in Warsaw;[9] the annual Central European Forum in Bratislava, a discussion conference founded by Václav Havel; a conference on Trust and Understanding organized by the Broumov Monastery;[10] and “Margaret Thatcher in historical perspective”, a lecture organized by the Centre for Political Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague.[11]
The Sekyra Foundation sponsored a project at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna called the “Annual International Editors’ Roundtable”, which includes authors and editors from prestigious intellectual non-academic periodicals from across the political spectrum (The Economist, The Week, openDemocracy, Eurozine, Esprit, FAZ, and Süddeutsche Zeitung) and the 57th International Congress of European Journalists, which took place in Prague for the first time in 2019[12] and was organized by former RFE/RL journalist Lída Rakušanová. It also arranged an evening discussion at the Václav Havel Library with the CEO of The New York Times CompanyMark Thompson, and leading representatives of the Czech media.[13]
The Sekyra Foundation supports the idea to erect a new building for the Czech National Library, recently revived by the Czech Centre of the PEN International and The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation.[14] One potential location is the former Žižkov freight railway station, part of which will be the site of a new neighborhood built by the Sekyra Group.
The Foundation is contributing to the publication of a three-volume set of memoirs of Dr. Emil Ščuka, who played an important role in the emancipation of the Roma national minority in the Czech Republic (published by the Václav Havel Library, 2019).
In 2021, the Foundation supported an international symposium dedicated to Ludwig Wittgenstein. The symposium is organized in cooperation with the Vienna Circle Society and the Vienna Circle Institute at the University of Vienna.[15]
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This article has an unclear citation style The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Sekyra Foundation is a private foundation created in 2018 by Czech entrepreneur Ludek Sekyra 1 2 in support of moral universalism liberal values and civil society Among many other projects the Foundation has a long term cooperation with the University of Oxford which has also named the oldest statutory professorship in philosophy at Oxford after the foundations founder Ludek Sekyra 3 The Sekyra FoundationEstablishedJuly 31 2018 5 years ago 2018 07 31 FounderLudek SekyraFounded atPragueLegal statusFoundationPurposePhilanthropyLocationU Sluncove 666 12A Karlin 186 00 PragueBoard of directorsTomas Halik Michael Zantovsky Jirina Siklova Jiri Pehe Martin Palous Daniel KroupaKey peopleSupervisory board Jiri Priban Jakub Jirsa Vaclav StetkaWebsitehttps www sekyrafoundation com en Contents 1 Purpose 2 Past projects 2 1 Partners 2 2 Supported organizations 2 3 Sponsorship of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution 3 Notes 4 External linksPurpose EditThe foundation is focused on support for civil society the development of critical and philosophical thought support for academic institutions and educational projects sustainable development and protection of the environment lectures and publishing the works of important thinkers Another mission of the foundation is the defense of political freedom human rights and cultural and religious diversity In collaboration with leading universities around the world and Europaeum the foundation is cultivating the legacy of key philosophers of the 20th century like John Rawls and Ludwig Wittgenstein as well as intellectuals associated with Central and Eastern Europe such as Isaiah Berlin Leszek Kolakowski Jan Patocka and Karl Popper The Sekyra Foundation offers month long stays at the University of Oxford for students at Charles University in Prague and reciprocal stays for English students in Prague The renovated building of Sekyra House part of Oxford s Harris Manchester College had its opening ceremony on November 6 2014 to commemorate the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution 4 and contains student housing as well as three study halls Also in the building is a lecture hall named for Tomas Halik Ludek Sekyra is a member of the board of Harris Manchester College and one of its Foundation Fellows 5 as well as a member of Oxford s Vice Chancellor s Circle and the Aristotelian Society in London Past projects EditSekyra Foundation and Ludek Sekyra himself has a long term cooperation with the University of Oxford The foundation whose international efforts focus on supporting philosophy has provided support for the oldest statutory professorship in philosophy at Oxford the White s Professorship of Moral Philosophy which is also the most significant chair of moral philosophy in the world The professorship was established in 1621 by Thomas White and after 400 years got a new name Sekyra and White s Professorship of Moral Philosophy 3 The Sekyra Foundation has supported several projects for the development of philosophical and intellectual dialogue including Jan Patocka and the Grounds for Political Action Phenomenology the Arts and Civil Society a conference organized by The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation 2019 6 Culture and Value after Wittgenstein a conference held at The Queen s College Oxford 2019 7 Inequality Religion and Society John Rawls and After a conference dedicated to the philosophical legacy of the most significant political philosopher of the 20th century John Rawls which took place in early 2019 at Harvard University 8 Two Visions of Europe What Sources of Hope for the Future an international conference and seminar in the Cracking Borders Rising Walls Series organized by Kultura Liberalna in Warsaw 9 the annual Central European Forum in Bratislava a discussion conference founded by Vaclav Havel a conference on Trust and Understanding organized by the Broumov Monastery 10 and Margaret Thatcher in historical perspective a lecture organized by the Centre for Political Philosophy Ethics and Religion at the Faculty of Arts Charles University in Prague 11 The Sekyra Foundation sponsored a project at the Institute for Human Sciences Institut fur die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna called the Annual International Editors Roundtable which includes authors and editors from prestigious intellectual non academic periodicals from across the political spectrum The Economist The Week openDemocracy Eurozine Esprit FAZ and Suddeutsche Zeitung and the 57th International Congress of European Journalists which took place in Prague for the first time in 2019 12 and was organized by former RFE RL journalist Lida Rakusanova It also arranged an evening discussion at the Vaclav Havel Library with the CEO of The New York Times Company Mark Thompson and leading representatives of the Czech media 13 The Sekyra Foundation supports the idea to erect a new building for the Czech National Library recently revived by the Czech Centre of the PEN International and The Jan and Meda Mladek Foundation 14 One potential location is the former Zizkov freight railway station part of which will be the site of a new neighborhood built by the Sekyra Group The Foundation is contributing to the publication of a three volume set of memoirs of Dr Emil Scuka who played an important role in the emancipation of the Roma national minority in the Czech Republic published by the Vaclav Havel Library 2019 In 2021 the Foundation supported an international symposium dedicated to Ludwig Wittgenstein The symposium is organized in cooperation with the Vienna Circle Society and the Vienna Circle Institute at the University of Vienna 15 Partners Edit University of Oxford UK Edmond J Safra Center for Ethics Harvard University Cambridge USA Athens Democracy Forum 16 and The New York Times USA University of Notre Dame USA Europaeum a network of leading European universities Oxford UK The Centre for Political Philosophy Ethics and Religion Charles University Prague 17 Supported organizations Edit Vaclav Havel Library Prague Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize Czech Centre of PEN International Prague Czech Christian Academy Prague 18 Liberal Institute Prague 19 Kultura Liberalna Warsaw 9 Czechoslovak Documentation Centre Prague European Journalists Association London UK 20 Institute Vienna Circle Institut Wiener Kreis Vienna International Crisis Group Washington USA Central European Forum Bratislava Slovakia 19 Foyer Sint Jans Moelenbeek Belgium 21 The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation London UK Salve A Revue for Theology and Spiritual Life 22 Broumov Monastery Klasika Plus a classical music websiteSponsorship of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution Edit Festival of Freedom Concert for the FutureNotes Edit Ludek Sekyra The Sekyra Group Libka Safr Ludek Sekyra podnikatel s dusi filozofa Exclusive Life 1 2019 s 10 21 a b Oldest professorship in philosophy renamed after 400th anniversary donation Retrieved 2021 11 23 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Oxford University Czech and Slovak Society Opening of Sekyra House amp Tomas Halik Lecture Room Harris Manchester College 6 11 2014 Foundation Fellows of Harris Manchester College The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation Jan Patocka and the Grounds for Political Action British Wittgenstein Society Culture and Value after Wittgenstein Inequality Religion and Society John Rawls and After Edmond J Safra center for Ethics Harvard University Jan 24 2019 a b Liberal culture The international edition of Kultura Liberalna Warsaw Broumov Monastery Broumov discussions Lecture by Sir David Cannadine Margaret Thatcher in historical perspective 31 10 2019 European Journalists Congress Prague Vaclav Havel Library Mark Thompson The Jan and Meda Mladek Foundation Wittgenstein po 100 letech Videnska univerzita 2022 08 03 Retrieved 2022 08 03 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Athens Democracy Forum The Centre for Political Philosophy Ethics and Religion Charles University Prague The Czech Christian Academy CCA Liberal Institute Prague European Journalists Association Foyer Salve English summaryExternal links EditSekyra Foundation websiteThis article needs additional or more specific categories Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles February 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sekyra Foundation amp oldid 1102077634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
