April 7-9, 2010
Nebraska Union, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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(Updated 3/10/2010) - Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Toni Brendel
A founder of the Phillips Czechoslovakian Community Festival in 1984, Charlotte “Toni” Brendel served as President or Vice President of the organization for 12 years and chaired or co-chaired the festival event for 22 years. Director of the Miss Czech Slovak Wisconsin State Queen Pageant for the past 11 years, she recently retired in order to spend more time with her family. She authored the brochure, Lidice Shall Live in Phillips, Wisconsin, co-produced the Phillips Czechoslovakian Community Volume I and II, co-authored Slovak Recipes along with Sidonka Wadina and authored Slovak American Touches. She was the first woman to serve as a Director on the Phillips Area Chamber of Commerce, is a charter member of the Northwoods Players, has a musical background and is a contributing correspondent for the news periodical of the Wisconsin Slovak Historical Society.
Martin Mejstřík
Martin Mejstřík received his Master Degree from the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, College of Theatre at Charles University. He was elected to the Senate of the Czech Republic. At present, he serves as an elected representative to the municipal council of Prague 1 (independent), in the fields of environment, protection of cultural heritage, and regional development. He is the recipient of the Masaryk Award by the Czech and Slovak Association in Canada 2008 and of the honorary Award by Czech compatriots in the USA 2008.
Daniel E. Miller
Daniel Miller, Professor of History at the University of West Florida, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in East-Central European as well as Balkan, Russian, Soviet, German, and Modern European history. He is one of the world's leading published authorities on modern Slovak and Czech history, the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918-1938), agrarian politics, including land reform after 1919 and collectivization after 1948. His book Forging Political Compromise: Antonín Svehla and the Czechoslovak Republican Party, 1918-1933 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999) was translated into Czech in 2001. He is currently working on a monograph dealing with the creation of new agricultural settlements on the great estates during the land reform between the world wars in Czechoslovakia.
Milada Polišenská
Milada Polišenská is Senior Vice -President of the Anglo-American University and a Dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Anglo-American University in Prague. She obtained her Ph.D. from Charles University, Prague in History in 1987, and Habilitation (University Docentship) from Palacký University in Olomouc in 2006. Her area of specialization and research deals with history of diplomacy and international relations within the context of modern and contemporary history of Central and Eastern Europe and issues of national identity and nationalism. She has been invited to teach in several countries in the world, including the United States in Texas and Nebraska, and in Taiwan. She has authored seven books and monographs, and published ten articles.
