University of Washington Looks at Germany Since the Wende

Nov 19, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 20, 2009 5:00 PM | Seattle, Washington

East Berliners staged their biggest public demonstration for democratic change on November 4, 1989 - only days before border crossings between the divided city were finally opened to them again after 28 years. © picture-alliance/dpa
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East Berliners staged their biggest public demonstration for democratic change on November 4, 1989 - only days before border crossings between the divided city were finally opened to them again after 28 years.
(© picture-alliance/dpa)

The University of Washington in Seattle will host a two-day conference from November 19 to 20 on "The Legacies of Unification - Remaking German Society and Culture since the Wende". Dr. Konrad Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina, will kick off the conference on November 19 with a keynote address entitled "Germany 1989: a new kind of revolution?"

On November 20, a series of panel presentations will moreover focus on: United Germany in a Unifying Europe; Culture and the Arts in the Berlin Republic; and Remaking German Society in the Context of Globalization.

This will be followed by a gala event showcasing student projects in conjunction with "Freedom Without Walls: Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989-2009", sponsored by the German Embassy.

Schedule:

Start: November 19, 2009

Keynote Address - "Germany 1989: a new kind of revolution?" (Konrad Jarausch) - 7:00 PM

End: November 20, 2009

Gala Event showcasing student project - 5:00 PM

Location:

University of Washington

Walker-Ames, Kane Hall 225

More Information:

University of Washington (full conference schedule)

Center for West European Studies

120 Thomson Hall
Box 353650
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-1675

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Gala Event

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Freedom Without Walls: 1989-2009

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The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of a new era in history. It was the end of the cold war, the beginning of a fully united Europe and proof that peaceful change is possible, even in the moments when it seems most unlikely. 

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