Utopias and Dystopias in Music and Media of East Central Europe Circum 1989
Friday 02 May, 2014
9:15am - 5:15pm, $0
Columbia University, Hamilton Hall
1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 602
Please join the East Central European Center, the Harriman Institute and the Balassi Foundation for a conference.
After the chaos of World War II, East Central Europe experienced the imposition of a (corroded) utopian view of mankind and then its disintegration into dystopia, culminating in an invincible popular revolt symbolized by the toppling of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.