Dr. Marion Deshmukh Instrumental in GMU’s Part in “Freedom Without Walls”
November 9, 2009, was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event was celebrated on the George Mason University Fairfax campus with the destruction of a replica of that wall, built earlier in October by students and faculty. Throughout the process of wall-building and demolition, Dr. Marion Deshmukh has been instrumental in organizing a wide range of programs. From moderating a panel discussion during the Fall for the Book festival with German journalists and scholars Dieter Dettke, Thomas Kline-Brockhoff, and Oliva Schoeller to swinging a hammer at the wall replica, to inviting German novelist Peter Schneider to speak at GMU, she has been tireless in her efforts to further our understanding of this monumental event.
For further information, please check out the Center for History & New Media’s site Freedom Without Walls.