A. James McAdams, William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs and director of the University of Notre Dames Nanovic Institute for European Studies, will appear in a documentary television program,Megastructures: The Berlin Wall,which will air at 8 p.m. and11 p.m. ESTon Tuesday (March 14) on the National Geographic Channel.The program will be rebroadcast March 19 at3 p.m.and March 21 at4 p.m.
The program, one in a series on remarkable human monuments, concerns the 11-foot-tall concrete slab that dividedBerlinfor four generations and became the most visible reality and symbol of the Cold War before it was breached and dismantled in 1989.McAdams, who lived and traveled inEast Germanyduring the 1980s, provides scholarly perspective throughout the program on the history of the wall preceding its construction and its significance for the daily life of East Germans afterwards.
A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1992, McAdams teaches and writes extensively on comparative and international politics, political history, and law and technology.He also is the author of several books, includingJudging the Past in Unified Germany,GermanyDividedandEast Germanyand Détente.He is at work on a comparative study of Internet surveillance inGermany,Great Britainand theUnited States.
* Contact: * _A. James McAdams at 574-631-5253 or amcadams@nd.edu
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