Author: Jules Eisenchteter

A Sciences Po Paris graduate and former student of Charles University in Prague, Jules Eisenchteter has worked as a policy analyst and speech-writer in France, South-East Asia and Central Europe. Freelance writer and translator since 2015, he co-founded Kafkadesk in 2018.

by Jules Eisenchteter 22 February 2019 5

Czech Republic Magazine Slovakia

Interview: A behind-the-scenes snapshot of life in communist Czechoslovakia

This week, Kafkadesk spoke with Thomas K. Murphy, an American historian who recently published a book on popular culture inContinue Reading

by Jules Eisenchteter 24 January 2019 12

Czech Republic Hungary Magazine Poland Slovakia

“The ‘Hungarization’ of the Visegrad Group is harmful to the rest of Central Europe”

This week, we spoke with Vít Dostál, director of the Research Centre at the Association for International Affairs (AMO), aContinue Reading

by Jules Eisenchteter 13 January 2019 3

Magazine Slovakia

“Many foreigners suffer from social isolation in Slovakia. This can change”

This week, Kafkadesk sat down with Henrieta Valková, a Slovak social worker who, throughout her whole life, has witnessed first-handContinue Reading

by Jules Eisenchteter 30 December 2018 0

Czech Republic Hungary Insight Poland Slovakia

Steve Bannon flounders in Europe’s illiberal heartland

Prague, Czech Republic – Steve Bannon, the chief architect of ‘America First’, came to Central Europe hoping to find theContinue Reading

by Jules Eisenchteter 23 April 2018 0

Czech Republic Magazine

Interview: “Our Prague summer university fosters mutual understanding between nations”

Prague, Czech Republic – It was back in 2013. An undergrad student from Paris, I had freshly landed in PragueContinue Reading

by Jules Eisenchteter 19 March 2018 12

Czech Republic Magazine

Interview: “The quality of life in Prague is hard to find elsewhere”

Prague, Czech Republic – Robin and Kamila met in Prague in 2010. He was a French Erasmus student, discovering forContinue Reading

by Jules Eisenchteter 6 March 2018 0

Czech Republic Insight

George of Podebrady: A European visionary in XVth century Bohemia?

Prague, Czech Republic – It would be far too pretentious and misleading, if not outright dishonest, to credit one singleContinue Reading