Auditorium Ivan Pictet
Maison de la paix, Geneva
In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, precipitating the end of the Soviet empire. The following year, Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts in facilitating this historic transition.
In a special keynote speech, historian Geir Lundestad, Director of the Nobel Institute when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990, will reflect on the relationship between a man, a prize and the end of the Cold War.
The event forms part of The Great Transformation? Reassessing the Causes and Consequences of the End of the Cold War, the annual conference of the Graduate Institute's International History Department and the Pierre du Bois Foundation.