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On 9 May, NOWALL partners promoted the workshop “Europe, Human Rights and the Fall of the Berlin Wall”. Promoted on Europe Day, this event was based on the “counter and alternative narratives” for the promotion of diversity in Europe. The idea was to involve the participants in deconstructing some arguments related to freedom of expression…

On 9 May (from 10AM – Lisbon time), the NOWALL partners will be promoting a workshop based on the “counter and alternative narratives” for the promotion of diversity in Europe. The idea is to involve the participants in deconstructing some arguments related to freedom of expression between the two sides of the Berlin Wall and…

After World War II, the countries of Western Europe felt threatened by the expansion of the communist Soviet Union and the growing predominance of the United States. Thus, the idea of ​​European consolidation was becoming more and more important. Strengthened by US economic aid and the policy of containment of communism, Western Europe was gradually…

The Cold War began almost the day after the end of World War II, with recent allies on opposite sides of the barricade. It was then that another global conflict would soon break out. Since then there was “peace that is not peace.” “Cold War” became a term for an international conflict that could not…

8 March | 18:00 – 20:00 Lisbon time | 19:00 – 21:00 Berlin and Amsterdam time | 20:00 – 22:00 Helsinki time | Join for free at https://rb.gy/iat0pi One of the manifestations of a well-functioning civil society are numerous active social movements. They testify to the high activity and the ability to self-organize citizens. In this webinar…

Last February 8, Idesbald Goddeeris (KU Leuven University) and Christie Miedema (University of Amsterdam) presented their research on activism and European solidarity at the end of the Cold War, highlighting the diversity of opposition social movements in the East and their relations with Western Europe actors during the 1980s. The debate was hosted Bernd Rother…

The webinar aims to present differences of how citizens were opposing to the communist regimes in East Germany and the Soviet bloc countries. Could the way to freedom undergo less obstructed, if more people were united? Freedom was the main political postulate of the opposition movements in Central and Eastern Europe. People fought for human…

The webinar aims to debate and give insight on how political resistance in East Germany and neighbouring Poland during the Cold War, succeeded in making a change leading to freedom and respect of human rights. 8 February 2021 – 6:00 – 8:00 PM Lisbon time | 7:00 PM – 9:00 P.M. Berlin and Amsterdam time…

Last November, CAAT Projects promoted an online workshop to rethink the main obstacles (walls) in Europe that divide us, decide if we could do something to change them, and if yes, what could it be. The inspiration for this process was the various forms of activism that contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall…

Check the video on the sidebar On December 4, 2020, the University of Helsinki in collaboration with the Center for International Studies, Young Educators – European Association, JEF Finland (EUROOPPANUORET) and the Willy Brandt Foundation, brought together political and economic historians and human rights scholars to discuss three interrelated themes in European and global politics…

To celebrate “Human Rights Day” join CAAT Projects on December 8, from 7 p.m. (CET), to debate “the walls around us” inspired by the interactive video performance around activism, human rights and walls, “No Wall”, produced by CAAT Projects. This initiative represents a multiplier event as the NOWALL project supported by the Europe for Citizens…

December 4th, 2020, join for free at  http://RB.GY/K4J83A The webinar brings together political and economic historians and human rights scholars to discuss interconnected topics that reshaped the international system and government legitimacy between the Helsinki Final Act in 1975 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. PROGRAMME Ana Mónica Fonseca (ISCTE – University Institute of…

Join online on the 24th of November, 5 p.m., via Zoom The event “NO WALL” is an interactive video performance over activism and the fall of the Berlin Wall  based on the historical events preceding the fall of the wall and on interviews with human rights defenders and activists. We will foster a constructive dialogue over our…

NOWALL international conference Our first event took place on the 11th and 12th November in Lisbon, at ISCTE-IUL. The conference “From Helsinki to Berlin: Europe and the End of the Cold War” gathered researchers, professors and students from at least 17 different countries to debate the last years of the Cold War. On the 30th anniversary…

Join our International Conference at 11 & 12 of November 2019 – ISCTE-IUL – Auditorium B203, Lisbon, Portugal Programme Session 1 | Europe and the End of the Cold War I This session will be focused on the end of the Cold War on national and European contexts and on the international economic order. Chaired…

Partners meet at Iscte to prepare NOWALL project’s activities Center for International Studies welcomed the partners of the “NOWALL: Europe and The Fall of the Berlin Wall project” for a kick-off meeting. The meeting was coordinated by University Institute of Lisbon. With the presence of CEI-Iscte’s team coordinated, Professor Luis Nuno Rodrigues and representants from…

In the year of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we will be promoting the project “NOWALL – From Helsinki to Berlin: Europe and the Fall of the Berlin Wall” in partnership with CEI-IUL (Portugal) the Young Educators Europe (Portugal, Germany and Helsinki), the Willy Brandt Foundation (Germany), CAAT Projects (Netherlands), JEF Finland and the University of Helsinki (Finland), and with the…