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“Timothy Garton Ash: 'From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe - and Back” (September 12th)
“Timothy Garton Ash: 'From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe - and Back” (September 12th), © Yale University Press
The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the Deutsches Haus at NYU are pleased to announce the presentation of the book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by the renowned British historian Timothy Garton Ash.
The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the Deutsches Haus at NYU are pleased to announce the presentation of the book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by the renowned British historian Timothy Garton Ash. In his new book, Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945, drawing on his extensive personal notes from 50 years of events witnessed, places visited, and historymakers encountered (from Margaret Thatcher to Vladimir Putin) to chart the rise and then faltering of the quest for a 'Europe whole and free'.
In this lecture, Professor Garton Ash will extend the analysis in Homelands to offer an interpretation of how Europe progressed from the post-War period (famously analysed by Tony Judt) to what he calls the post-Wall period. And why it then regressed, in a 'downward turn' after 2008, culminating in Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 – beginning the largest war in Europe since 1945. What did Europe get right? Where did it go wrong? Why?
“Timothy Garton Ash: 'From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe - and Back'” is funded by the DAAD from funds of the German Federal Foreign Office (AA).
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 12th 2023, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Location: Deutsches Haus at NYU, 42 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003