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Graffiti on Berlin Wall: "The world's too small for walls"
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 11:30 am - 12:50 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Dawn of Freedom—East Germany 1989

Twenty-five years ago and after protests and peaceful demonstrations, the Berlin Wall opened, the East German government resigned, and German unification was on the horizon. The year 1989 was an eventful year for East Germans: protests during the local elections in spring; the flight of thousands via Hungary and Czechoslovakia in summer; anti-government protests in Leipzig and other cities and towns in fall, and the fall of the Wall in November.

Mat Schulze, prof in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies and director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, was a student in Leipzig in 1989. He will talk not only about the political developments that year but also give an eyewitness account of protests, civic rights actions, and demonstrations in Leipzig.

A large crowd of people at Lichtgrenze, the art installation by Marc and Christopher Bauder
Friday, May 29, 2015 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Lichtgrenze (The Berlin Wall as a Border of Light): A Talk by Creator Marc Bauder

Marc Bauder will talk about how he and his brother, Christopher, conceived and executed a public art installation to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the