Remembering a Europe of Walls and Iron Curtains
In the context of the Night Of Ideas at the Institut français a debate takes place around the topic of Remembering a Europe of Walls and Iron Curtains. The Night of Ideas opens at 5 PM, the debate begins at 6 PM.
The dismantling of the Berlin Wall remains one of the most potent political images of the 20th Century. Yet we may be too easily forgetting the history of Cold War division, and what it can teach us about European identity, the dangers of being divided, and the long struggle it took to unite the continent.
Debate with:
Anna Kaminsky, Director of the Federal Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship.
Thomas Serrier, Professor of Contemporary German history, University of Lille and fellow 2018-2019 at Nantes Institute for Advanced Study; Coordinator of
Europa. Notre histoire.
Chaired by
Anna Reading, Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Professor of Culture and Creative Industries, King’s College London
With live drawing by
Chris Riddell, Illustrator and political Cartoonist for The Observer.
Master of Ceremony: Marc Bena, PwC Partner.
The Goethe-Institut London is delighted to support the participation of Anna Kaminsky.
Supported by the deutsch-französischer Kulturfonds. A project by the Institut Français London and the Goethe-Institut London.
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