Steve Pfaff (Sociology & CWES)

Sabine Wilke (Germanics)

Sponsored by the Center for West European Studies, the European Union Center of Excellence, and the Department of Germanics

Twenty years ago this autumn, the Berlin Wall fell and the transformation process that led to formal German unification began. This milestone anniversary provides an exceptional opportunity to take stock of how life, politics, and culture have evolved in unified Germany, and how the momentous events of 1989 continue to shape the ongoing process of European integration. The conference will feature leading US and European scholars discussing the impact and historical significance of the German Wende (“turning point”) from a diverse and complementing set of disciplinary perspectives. The event will be tied to a UW course on post-war Germany and a student project week sponsored by the German Embassy.

November 19-20, 2009
Walker Ames Room, 225 Kane Hall

Germany 1989: A new kind of revolution?
Konrad Jarausch
(Lurcy Professor of European Civilization, UNC-Chapel Hill)

A United Germany in a Unifying Europe

Culture and the Arts in the Berlin Republic

Remaking German Society in the Context of Globalization

For details, times and loctaions, see the official Conference Website.