In his new book Homelands: A Per sonal History of Europe\, Timothy Garton Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945.
PUBLIC LECTURE
Timothy Garton Ash: 'From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe - and Back'
In his new book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe\, Tim othy Garton Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945. This is history illustrated by memoir and reportage. Garton Ash draws on h is extensive personal notes from 50 years of events witnessed\, places visi ted and history makers encountered (from Margaret Thatcher to Vladimir Puti n) to chart the rise and then faltering of the quest for a 'Europe whole an d free'.
In this lecture\, Professor Garton Ash will extend the analy sis in Homelands to offer an interpretation of how Europe progressed from t he post-War period (famously analysed by Tony Judt) to what he calls the po st-Wall period. And why it then regressed\, in a 'downward turn' after 2008 \, culminating in Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 202 2 – beginning the largest war in Europe since 1945. What did Europe get rig ht? Where did it go wrong? Why?
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This event is hosted by the SPPGA\, UBC’s Department of Pol itical Science\, History\, and Anthropology.