From the Slavic Center
Posted Nov 3, 2009
Commemoration of 20 Years After the Berlin Wall: Art Installation, Lecture and Films
Monday, November 9
Art Installation of Wall on Mershon Plaza, 8:00a.m. – 5:00p.m. (set up at 7:00a.m.)
Lecture: "Ground Zero in World War III: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall" by Dr. Alan Beyerchen (OSU – History), Thompson Library, 6:00 – 7:00p.m.
Movie double feature at the Wexner Center, 7:00p.m.
The Center for Slavic and East European Studies invites students, faculty and the general public to join us for a commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. The commemoration will include the construction and destruction of an actual “Berlin Wall” on the Wexner Plaza between Page Hall and the Wexner Center for the Arts. Students are invited to help with the building and decorating/graffiting of the wall. Please contact the Slavic Center if you would like to help with set up at 7:00a.m. (csees@osu.edu)
At 6:00pm Dr. Alan Beyerchen (OSU—History) will give a lecture on “Ground Zero in World War III: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall.” Following the lecture we highly encourage everyone to attend the Berlin Wall Double-Feature at the Wexner Center for the Arts, where Mission to Moscow and The Last Bolshevik will be playing back-to-back starting at 7:00pm.*
*Wexner tickets cost $5 for students and $7 for the general public.
For more information, please contact the Slavic Center at (614) 292-8770 or CSEES@osu.edu.
