October 1, 2007
All the lectures will be at
Bohemian National Hall,
321 E 73rd Street
(between 1st and 2nd Ave.)
Manhattan, New York
October 20, 2007 [3 pm]:
Vlado Simko:
MEDICINE IN COLONIAL AMERICA
Thanks to medical advances in the last 150 years we can hardly imagine the impact of disease on the colonization of America. Infections and epidemics were out of control, ancient beliefs and superstition prevailed; the transportation and exchange of information were minimal. Blood letting, purgatives, emetics and blistering further increased the rate of mortality in the seriously ill. Wounds usually became infected, amputations were done without anesthesia. In the Revolutionary War more soldiers died of smallpox and dysentery than battle injuries.
November 10, 2007 [3 pm]
Lilly E. Landerer:
DISCUSSION ON THE UNITED NATIONS
Brief discussion about how the United Nations functions, and also about Czechoslovakia (and the Czech and Slovak Republics) in the United Nations.
December 8, 2007 [3 pm]
Rev. Moira Ahearne:
THE CZECHOSLOVAK HERITAGE OF THE JAN HUS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
How did Czechs and Slovaks get involved in the JHPC? What is the spiritual legacy of Jan Hus? How should American Christians understand his theology and message today? What is the JHPC doing today? Rev. M. Ahearne will address all of these questions.
How to contact the SVU-NY:
SVU.NewYork@hotmail.com
Czech and Slovak Society of Arts and Sciences
New York Chapter
c/o Jaroslav E. Sykora
1058 Carroll St.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
