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2:30 PM
From ‘Peaceful Revolution’ to German Reunification – How our Memory has changed in the last 30 Years
Lecture|Lecture by Dr. Andreas Kötzing
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Room 4.34, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
- Language English
- Price Free admission
The lecture describes the change in the culture of remembrance in Germany using the example of the "Peaceful Revolution". Based on the events of 1989/90, it is shown that today - 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall - in Germany reunification is viewed more skeptically than 5 or 10 years ago. What are the reasons for this change? The economic developments of the 1990s and a rather one-sided memory of the GDR play just as much a role as the rise of a new, right-wing populist party, the so-called "Alternative for Germany".
Dr. Andreas Kötzing studied history and cultural studies and was a trainee at the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bonn). His research focuses on German post-war history, and cultural and media history in the Cold War. He works as a freelance film journalist for various media outlets.
Dr. Andreas Kötzing
Lecturer, German History, University of Leipzig
Dr. Andreas Kötzing studied history and cultural studies and was a trainee at the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bonn). His research focuses on German post-war history, and cultural and media history in the Cold War. He works as a freelance film journalist for various media outlets.
Location
Room 4.34, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Hongkong (SAR)
Hongkong (SAR)