The Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln are proud to sponsor the Czech/American Reading Circle. Started in January, 2019, the Reading Circle shares significant books about, by, for, and important to, people of Czech Heritage.
Attendees are not required to have read the book being discussed, however, it helps to have some familiarity with it, and we encourage all participants to contribute any relevant information they may have.
Attendees are not required to have read the book being discussed, however, it helps to have some familiarity with it, and we encourage all participants to contribute any relevant information they may have.
Please join us! The circle meets the last Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6:15 pm central time
on ZOOM. Everyone is welcome.
Please contact the following or any Board Member for additional information and/or to get your Zoom Link.
Lois Shimerda Rood
on ZOOM. Everyone is welcome.
Please contact the following or any Board Member for additional information and/or to get your Zoom Link.
Lois Shimerda Rood
402-570-2333 lois@loisrood.com
Layne Pierce
402-770-5029 layne.pierce@yahoo.com
Mila Saskova-Pierce
402-770-4624 msaskova-pierce1@unl.edu
The Czech/American Reading Circle is continuing with its eighth year of reviewing great books.
Please join us the last Tuesday each month.
The Czech/American Reading Circle is continuing with its eighth year of reviewing great books.
Please join us the last Tuesday each month.
MEETING INFORMATION:
Join Zoom: 6:15 p.m. Presentation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.THE ZOOM LINK:
Our Zoom Link is the same for ALL of the Reading Circle Sessions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87384971615?pwd=anI0UXQ4T0I3Qk44RE16emhISGI5QT09
Meeting ID: 873 8497 1615; Passcode: 123553
Past Reading Circle Brochures:
2026 Reading Circle Brochure
2026 Reading Circle Brochure
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The Czech/American
Reading Circle
Český čtenářský kroužek
Please Join Us for our August 25, 2026
Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Reading Circle!
Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Reading Circle!
SUMMARY: Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe (2020) [left photo]
The presentation will focus on selected aspects of the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and, in particular, on the role played in this process by selected American politicians and diplomats. Emphasis will be placed not only on the well-known figures (such as the U. S. President Woodrow Wilson or Businessman and Ambassador Charles Crane), but also on those who have remained somewhat unjustly in the shadows and whose role is not so often the subject of scientific or popular texts.
AUTHOR: Larry Wolff [center photo]
Larry Wolff is the Silver Professor of European History at New York University, and at NYU he has held the positions of Director of the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, Director of the Remarque Institute, and Co-director (with Perri Klass) of NYU Florence at Villa La Pietra.
OUR LEADER: Petr Just, Ph.D. [right photo]
Dr. Petr Just (b. 1978) obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, where he has served as part-time Assistant Professor of Political Science since 2005. In 2006 he joined the Metropolitan University Prague (MUP), Czech Republic, as full-time Assistant Professor. He also served as MUP’s Vice-Rector for Student Affairs in 2007-2013 and since 2013 he has been the Chair of MUP's Department of Political Science. His teaching engagements have included more than 20 short-term visiting teaching positions at universi-ties in Iceland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Turkey.
His professional interests include mainly comparative politics (forms of government, coalitions, bicameralism, presidency) and political systems of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (and Czechoslovakia). He has authored or co-authored 9 monographs, 40 chapters in collective mono-graphs and 40 scientific articles. He has actively participated at more than 80 scientific conferences, both international and domestic. Since 2015 Petr has served both as Vice-President of the Czech Political Science Association (CPSA) and member of Executive Committee of the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA). In 2018 he was elected CEPSA’s Secretary General. He is also member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the American Political Science Association (APSA). Since 2006 he has provided almost 2000 political analysis, commentaries, and interviews for both Czech and foreign media.
His Nebraska connections date back to 1994 when he came as an exchange high school student to Lincoln, Nebraska.
MEETING INFORMATION:
Join Zoom: 6:15 p.m. Presentation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.THE ZOOM LINK:
Our Zoom Link is the same for ALL of the Reading Circle Sessions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87384971615?pwd=anI0UXQ4T0I3Qk44RE16emhISGI5QT09
Meeting ID: 873 8497 1615; Passcode: 123553
Please Join Us for our September 29, 2026
Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Reading Circle!
Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Reading Circle!
SUMMARY: Forgotten Immigrants:The Bohemians of Turners Falls, Massachusetts
The Bohemians of Turners Falls, Massachusetts, began life as serfs on the estates of wealthy nobles in the heart of Europe. Fleeing their homeland to escape poverty and mandatory military service, they crossed the ocean in the bowels of immigrant ships, chasing the dream of a better life in America.
The Bohemians of Turners Falls, Massachusetts, began life as serfs on the estates of wealthy nobles in the heart of Europe. Fleeing their homeland to escape poverty and mandatory military service, they crossed the ocean in the bowels of immigrant ships, chasing the dream of a better life in America.
But conditions in a small factory village in rural New England were almost as harsh as they had been in Bohemia. Life in the tenements was crowded. Work in the dust-laden air of the local cutlery led to grinder’s consumption and an early grave. Children fell prey to the grim reaper at an alarming rate. The immigrants soon learned that the streets of America were not paved with gold.
This book uncovers the lost story of the courageous pioneers from Bohemia who gave up everything they knew to start life again in a small New England village.
AUTHOR & LEADER: James Bridgman