"1989 in a Global Perspective" Conference

There is an upcoming conference entitled "1989 in a Global Perspective" which will be held at the University of Leipzig, Germany from October 14 to 16, 2009. "This conference is meant as a contribution not only to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and revolutions in Eastern Europe in 1989, but also to the 600th anniversary of Leipzig University. Since Leipzig has a long established tradition in the discussion about problems of universal and global history we decided to focus on the global dimension and to gather scholars who have excelled in the study of dynamics and entanglements of world regions."

The conference is being held in conjunction with the Global and European Studies Institute (GESI), the Centre for the History and Culture of East-Central Europe (GWZO), the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH) and the Graduate Centre for the Humanities and Social Sciences of the Research Academy Leipzig. It is sponsored by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur and the University of Leipzig.