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Activities in 2008

2008 marked the passing of Thomas J. Bata, son of Tomas Bata, at age 93.

Muslim Cairo - Lecture by Ing. Michaela Balíka

Cairo is a major centre of contemporary Islam, with hundreds of mosques and traditional neighbourhoods. What is their relationship with Old Cairo and with Egyptian Christians?

Advent Concert - Zuzana Lapčíková

Insight into Africa

Nigeria, the African giant - lecture by RNDr. Ivan Mrázek

How to deal with Africa - lecture by Ing. Tesar

African drum concert and instruction - Barakaba

African bazaar

Ghana, Country of Smiles - lecture by PhDr. Vladimir Klima

Children's workshops

Research and science for Life 2008

Grant program focusing on theoretical or applied science research projects involving students, young researchers, scientists and researchers in higher education and universities. Open to Czech nationals under the age of 35 only.

Test your Managerial Skills competition results

1st place - Žaneta Šebková, from the Czech Technical University, Prague, Faculty of Nuclear and Physical Engineering and Matej Konvalina from Masaryk University, Brno, Faculty of Economics and Administration

2nd place - Lenka Košíková, University of Economics, Prague Business Faculty and Matej Bačík, University of Technology, Brno, Faculty of Business

3rd place - Lenka Krpcová, T. Bata University, Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics and Zdenka Vogeltanzová, T. Bata University, Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics. Complete results here.

Thomas Bata Prize

For the presentation and defense of the best thesis in English: the winner of the 2008 prize was Ing. Zdeňkovi Drbálkovi for his thesis entitled 'Developing components for distributed search engine ObjectSpot.' The winner receives a glass plaque and 14-day internship at a Bata company.

The Wood Sculpture Symposium

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Publication of Tomáš Baťa - Time and Society

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Film presentation

by the Thomas Bata Foundation and the Faculty of Multimedia Communications TBU: Return to the Red City