Lecture by Dr. Petr Just, political scientist, Metropolitan University, Prague, CR. His professional interests include mainly comparative politics (forms of government, coalitions, bicameralism, presidency), political systems of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other Central european countries. He has authored or co-authored 7 books, more than 30 chapters in collective monographs and 20 scientific articles on the topics of his interest.

Petr’s ties to nebraska date back to 1994 when he came as a foreign exchange student to Lincoln High School for the 1994/95 academic year. During his Lincoln study stay he also took part in number of Komensky Club activities. He has kept contacts with Nebraska since then and has returned back several times, as well as has played host for several Nebraskans travelling to Czech Republic.

Pizza will be provided by Czech Komensky Club and Nebraska Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences.