A new student center, Sekyra House, has been established in Oxford

Oxford (Britain) - Today, as part of the so-called Velvet Day, which commemorates the events of November 1989, a student center named Sekyra House was opened at the Oxford University campus, featuring a lecture hall named after the Czech priest and philosopher Tomáš Halík. The facility will be used for social activities by Czech and Slovak students at Oxford, of which there are currently around sixty.
In the facility, built by Czech entrepreneur Luděk Sekyra and part of Harris Manchester College, students will find accommodation as well as three study rooms.
"The support for the construction of the student center is, for me, a certain culmination of long-term collaboration with Oxford University. I intend to continue this collaboration, as well as my academic activities in the field of political philosophy, in the future," said Luděk Sekyra, who is a member of the board of trustees and the academic community at Harris Manchester College and recently also a member of the rector's college at Oxford University.
The Czech entrepreneur also presented his future plans in Oxford today. "I am considering establishing an institute for political philosophy, which would help develop central European thought in the context of European and global political thinking. I see this as a challenge. And I believe that this idea will also gain the support of the university," Sekyra added.
The student building also includes a lecture hall named in honor of Czech priest, theologian, and sociologist Tomáš Halík, this year's recipient of the Templeton Prize. This prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to strengthening the spiritual dimension of life.
Halík served as a visiting professor at Oxford University during the fall semester of 2001.