Fall of Berlin Wall Remembered at UA Panel Discussion

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Eyewitnesses will tell what really happened during the fall of the Berlin Wall at a panel discussion titled “The Cold War & The Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Retrospective” from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Ferguson Theatre on The University of Alabama campus.

The wall, which fell Nov. 9, 1989, was the 20th century’s leading symbol of difference and division and had an enormous cultural and historical impact on the two former Germanys, Europe and the world. The UA panel discussion will feature a group of interdisciplinary scholars and eyewitnesses from the fields of German studies, history and English and will address cultural and social dimensions of borders, exclusion and reunification.

The panel members are Dr. Rasma Lazda, associate professor of German, Dr. Margaret Peacock, assistant professor of history, and Dr. Steffen Guenzel, instuctor, department of  English.

This event is sponsored by the German program of the department of modern languages and classics in The College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, contact James Garner, president of the German Club, at jrgarner@crimson.ua.edu, or Dr. Barbara Fischer, professor of German, at bfischer@bama.ua.edu or 205/348-8463.

The department of modern languages and classics is part of The College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All-American Teams.