In the context of the 175-year anniversary of the revolutions of 1848/49, on June 15, the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and the State Centre for Political Education Saxony-Anhalt host a public panel discussion on the current significance of these historical events. How can we engage with the revolutions’ legacies without reducing the complexities and ambivalences of this so called ‘milestone’ of German democratic history to a mere opportunity for self-gratulatory contentedness?
Discussants:
- Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Hachtmann, Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam
- Prof. Dr. dr. h.c. Dieter Langewiesche, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen,
- Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Hettling, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Prof. Dr. Theo Jung, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
All are welcome.
Date: June 15, 5 to 7 pm
Venue: Franckesche Stiftungen, Franckeplatz 1, Haus 1, Freylinghausen-Saal, 06110 Halle a.d. Saale
Funding: State Centre for Political Education Saxony-Anhalt.
Theo Jung 
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