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20th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall  (1/1)
Canisius College will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of Communism
Time: Fri Nov 06 2009 06:00 PM  to  10:00 PM
Location:
Student Center Grupp Fireside Lounge
Organization: MODERN LANGUAGE 
Contact: Tina Burke     888-2835
Description: Click to generate a vCalendar file to import into your off-line calendar *Canisius College will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of Communism with "Freedom Without Walls," a program of events from Monday, November 2-Sunday, November 8. The government of the Federal Republic of Germany selected Canisius as one of 28 colleges from across the United States to participate in the program, which is designed to raise awareness of the 'Peaceful Revolution' in Eastern Central Europe during the second half of 1989.

A 56-foot long, eight-foot high sheetrock replica of the Berlin Wall will be built in the college's main Quadrangle behind the Old Main Building. As part of the observance, Canisius College students will create "wall art" on its panels reminiscent of the original Berlin Wall and compete in an artwork contest. The general public is welcome to come to campus and view the wall. Free parking is available in the college's ramp located on Jefferson Avenue.

All events are free and open to the public:



Friday, November 6

"In a Foreign Shoe: A Reporter's View of the Collapse of Communism" will be the topic of John Tagliabue's lecture on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Tagliabue is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times.
Freedom Without Walls is a partnership between the German Embassy, the German Consulates General and Honorary Consuls and more than 25 universities. The project reaches out to the generation that was born around the time when the wall came down.

Sponsors for Canisius College's Freedom Without Walls program include the German Information Center, the Mulroy Family Foundation, the Canisius College Office of Admissions, the Department of International Relations, the Frank Walter Fund, the Fitzpatrick Foundation and the Canisius College Undergraduate Association (USA).

For information, contact Peter Bohm, PhD, associate professor of modern languages, at 716-888-2327 or send an E-mail to boehmp@canisius.edu.

http://www.canisius.edu/newsevents/display_story.asp?iNewsID=6327&strBack=%2FDefault%2Easp


 
 
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