The Freedom Lecture is a public debate on a current social topic with outstanding personalities that has been held annually at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic on the occasion of International Students´ Day (Student Seventeen).
The main aim of the Freedom Lecture is to inspire creativity and promote active citizenship while helping students realize their dreams and encourage their efforts for a better and more peaceful world.
Founders of the Charta 77 Foundation František Janouch and Ada Kolman or the German activist Rainer Höss with the Israeli journalist Tal Bashan have participated in the debates.
Alumni and Friends of Masaryk University invited the founders of the Charta 77 Foundation František Janouch and Ada Kolman from Stockholm, Sweden.
The 2015 Freedom Lecture took place on the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II, in connection with the Year of Reconciliation initiative organized by the City of Brno.