invites
you to the Lecture
LESSONS FROM THE PAST:
FROM THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC TO
NAZI GERMANY (1919-1933)
How an economic crisis bred
a political thunderstorm
Anna
Koukkides-Procopiou
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
18:00 – 19:30
UNESCO
Amphitheatre, Europa Building
University
of Nicosia
Chair: George Kentas
Welcoming Comments:
18:05 – 18:15 George Kentas
Assistant
Professor of International Relations, University of Nicosia
Presentation
18:15 – 18:45 Anna Koukkides-Procopiou
Historian
Comments and Reflections:
18:45 – 19:00 Andreas Theophanous
Professor
of Political Economy, Center for European and International Affairs, University
of Nicosia
19:00
– 19:30 Discussion
Abstract
Was the Weimar
Republic doomed to fail from the start or could it have survived the Nazi
threat had it not been for adverse economic conditions? Why was the Republic able to overcome
hyperinflation in 1923 but not able to survive high rates of unemployment in
1929? How did the economic become political? Why did Hitler come to power?
Although the focus of this presentation will be on providing an account of
events in Germany between 1919-33, speakers will attempt to draw useful
parallels between past and present and examine differences and similarities
between Weimar Germany back in the 1930s and conditions in Greece and Cyprus
today.
RSVP 22841600, e-mail: cceia@unic.ac.cy
