DISCUSSION

on the occasion of the Booklaunch of:

Karen Leeder, New College, Oxford 
“Von Stasiland bis Ostalgie: The GDR Twenty Years After” 

(Un)Divided Skies:
Memories and views on the separated and unified Germany, through the media of theatre, literature and academic thought

A panel discussion examining the circumstances of the separation and re-unification of Germany and the effects of this event on Europe and the world. It also adresses the discrepancy between the reality of everyday life in the GDR and the subsequently constructed memory and nostalgia.
The panel will be made up of the academics included in the volume to be launched and theatre practitioners involved in the season, with special guests Anne Rabe, author of Sunflower House, and the German Ambassador to London.

There will also be a temporary bookstore with salient publications as well as a photo-exhibition and music throughout the weekend.

Click here for details of the participants publications and further suggested reading.

Sunday January 31st 5pm