Recording of the international conference "Between Past and Future: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Struggle for Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe" organized by CEU and the University of Maryland, held at CEU between 26th and 28th of March, 1999. Numerous leading scholars, journalists and public figures came to CEU to discuss the legacy of the revolutions of 1989 and the prospects for continued democratic consolidation in the coming decade. Contains the inaugural session of the conference presented by CEU Professor Sorin Antohi and the introductory remarks delivered by President and Rector of CEU Josef Jařab and the Mayor of Budapest Gábor Demszky.