AGENDA ’25 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL’
Monday, 3 November 2014
Activity
Summary
Date, time, location
and number of
participants
Opening and
Lecture
During the opening event former Minister of Defence of
the Netherlands and Member of the CESS Board, Dr.
Willem van Eekelen, will officially open the programme
and give an introduction. This will be followed by a lecture
by the former (and last) leader of the Socialist Unity Party
of East Germany, Egon Krenz, will give a lecture on the
“Opening of the border on 9 November 1989 and its
consequences”. The photo exhibition will be officially
opened by photographer Peter Ruiter.
Date: 3 November
Time: 15:30
Location: Senaatszaal,
Academy Building
University of Groningen
Participants: 100
Film Night I
During the first Film Night of the week, we will show you
‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
Love the Bomb’. In this film by Stanley Kubrick, an insane
general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war
room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
This film will be introduced with a short lecture about the
film and its topic, given by Coen van Zwol, historian and
film critic at the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
Date: 3 November
Time: 20:30
Location: Forum Images
Groningen
Participants: 100
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Activity
Summary
Date, time and number
of participants
Masterclass
Royal Netherlands Navy Commodore (ret.) Michiel Bart
Hijmans, Royal Netherlands Army Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ton van
Loon and Royal Netherlands Air Force Col. Robert Adang
will talk about military threats during the Cold War and
current threats in relation to the Cold War. This session
will be moderated by Royal Netherlands Air Force Maj.
Gen. (ret.) Carel Hilderink.
Date: 4 November
Time: 13:00
Location: Heymanszaal,
Academy Building
University of Groningen
Participants: 50
The evening will open with introductions about the threats
of the Cold War by journalist and historian Geert Mak and
a former senior BVD officer, Frits Hoekstra. In the second
part of the evening, both guests will be interviewed by
Juurd Eijsvoogel, International Relations Editor at the
Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. During the third part
of the evening, the audience will be given the opportunity
Date: 4 November
Time: 20:00
Location: Infoversum
Participants: 250
‘Military
Threats, Then
and Now’
On Tour
Session
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to ask questions and discuss the topics at hand with our
guests.
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Activity
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number of
participants
Panel
Discussion
A panel discussion with Maj. Gen. (ret.) Kees Homan,
Professor André Gerrits (UL) and Professor Herman
Hoen (RuG) about the consequences and the historical
meaning of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This session will
deal with the challenges of the transformation process in
Eastern Europe after the Fall of the Wall. Each speaker
will deal with a specific topic, followed by a discussion
among the panel and a plenary discussion. The
discussion will be moderated by Professor Jan Hoffenaar
(UU).
Date: 5 November
Time: 15:00
Location: Heymanszaal,
Academy Building
University of Groningen
Participants: 50
On this second Film Night, we will show you ‘Charlie
Wilson’s War’. A drama, based on a Texas congressman
Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his
efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have
some unforeseen and long-reaching effects. The film will
be introduced by Professor Doeko Bosscher (RUG), who
will give a short lecture on the film and elaborate on the
topic.
Date: 5 November
Time: 20:30
Location: Forum
Images Groningen
Participants: 100
‘Beyond the
Wall’
Film Night II
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Activity
Summary
Date, time and
number of
participants
Film Night III
On this third and last Film Night, we will show you ’Das
Leben der Anderen’. In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the
secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his
lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by
their lives. This film will be introduced by Dr. Frans Willem
Lantink (UU), who will give a short lecture on the film and
its topic.
Date: 6 November
Time: 20:30
Location: Forum
Images Groningen
Participants: 100
3 November – 3 December 2014
Activity
Summary
Photo Exhibition
CESS will organise a one-month Photo exhibition on the remains of the
Cold War that can still be seen in the Dutch landscape. This photo
exhibition will be created by photographer Peter Ruiter. Location: University
Library of the University of Groningen.
‘Remains of the Cold
War’
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