#47 30 years after the fall of the Wall. Daring more change!
47th Römerberg Talks
1989 not only marked the end of an era in German history. The East-West divide also seemed to have been happily overcome, open European borders and the democratization of former dictatorships promised a better future, but this spirit of optimism has long since given way to a political hangover. New divisions have emerged within Europe, and walls and borders are also back in fashion globally. Concerns about social security, future prosperity and visions of ecological fear have replaced the euphoria of ’89.
The Römerberg Talks take the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as an opportunity to take a critical look at the global present: where are the major lines of conflict and divides today, and where should a similarly courageous departure into a new era be dared in 2019?
10:00 – Welcome Angela Dorn
Hessian State Minister for Science and the Arts
10:15 – Ivan Krastev
Making Sense of the Long 1989 (in English)
11:00 – A discussion with Gunther Hellmann and Ivan Krastev (moderated by Rebecca C. Schmidt and Uwe Berndt)
What happened to the Future of the Liberal International Order?
12:00 – Thomas Biebricher
1989 – the beginning of a spiritual and moral turning point?
13:00 – LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – Steffen Mau
The broken society – resentment and system skepticism in East Germany
14:50 – Patrice G. Poutrus
For a narrative of East Germany beyond victim myths and misanthropy
15:10 – Manuela Bojadžijev
Dangerous conjunctures. The East, migration and an understanding of exclusion and belonging
15:30 – Discussion
with Manuela Bojadžijev and Patrice G. Poutrus
16:00 – Jana Hensel
Why everything remains different
17:00 – Stephan Lessenich
The lives of others: Rethinking solidarity
18:00 – END
