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TITUSVILLE,
Aug. 16 -- Margaret
H. Peaslee, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
and Vice President for Academic Affairs at
the University of Pittsburgh at
Titusville, recently presented a paper at
the North American Conference of the
Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences
at the University of Nebraska.
Her paper, “Bozena Nemcova Remembered,” explores the life of Nemcova, a Czech writer in the 19th century who was persecuted by the Austrian monarchy for her strong support of Czech nationalism and personal freedom. |
Peaslee became interested in Nemcova while researching F.M. Klacel, teacher of Mendel, and J.G. Mendel, the father of genetics. Nemcova was a close personal friend of Klacel and his family.
Nemcova’s most famous book, Babicka (The Grandmother), tells of country life in Bohemia during the early 19th century.
Peaslee and two other UPT professors will conduct a study abroad program in the Czech Republic in May 2002.