Are you a faculty member or a PhD student in international contemporary history? If yes, do not miss this amazing academic seminar organized by the London School of Economics in collaboration with Sciences Po. The Seminar The seminar is an ideal environment to share works-in-progress, such as PhD chapters, journal articles, or sections of monographs…

We are excited to present you the newest article published by Stephan Kieninger, on The International History Review. Dr Kieninger is a prominent historian and an important member of the Cold War Research Network, whose research projects focus on the history of the United States’ foreign relations and European Security. Abstract: Based on recently declassified…

The Conference Do not miss the International Conference on the COLD WAR (A)SYMMETRIES: Conflict, Cooperation and Trade organized by the University Valahia of Târgoviște Târgoviște, Romania which will take place online on the 28th and 29th of October 2021. This conference aims to explore how asymmetric/unequal relationships shaped the Cold War in bilateral, multilateral, regional…

The first hundred days of any American Presidency are traditionally analysed for indications of the policy priorities of the new administration. American President Joe Biden’s first three months in office understandably largely focused on the American response to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, diplomats and scholars have highlighted some advances from President Biden, a long-time ardent…

Deadline: April 30, 2021 Event: 11th Annual International Student Conference of the Cold War History Center Date: 1-2, 2021 About the Cold War History Research Center of Budapest The Cold War History Research Center is a virtual center for Cold War history research in East Central Europe established in 1998. Through the Center’s English language…

Save the date On Tuesday 13 April, from 16.00 to 17.00 CET, Utrecht University will host a book talk with Dr Christy Thornton about her new work Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy. The event is chaired by Dr Eline van Ommen, professor of the History of International Relations and…

Deadline: May 7, 2021 Location: Germany Date: 29-30 October 2021 Subject Fields: Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies, Diplomacy and International Relations, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Human Rights, World History / Studies This international workshop will bring together established and emerging scholars to chart the intersection between refugee history and Cold War history….

The Cold War Research Network (CWRN) is proud to present the new special issue edited by its member Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam together with the CWRN coordinator Giles Scott-Smith on Translation and the cultural Cold War. Overall, in the bipolar arena of the Cold War, translation was a crucial tool used by superpowers in the ideological battle…

The partner institutions of the European Summer School on Cold War History and the Cold War Research Network in the Netherlands are pleased to announce that the 10th edition of the School will be hosted by the Global Cold War Research Group at Utrecht University, on 1-3 September 2021. This will be a fully virtual event. Sessions will be held between 10AM and 6PM,…

We are proud to announce that on the 18th of March, the Cold War Research Network will be hosting Dr Eline van Ommen’s lecture on The Nicaraguan Revolution and the Cold War: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in Western Europe, 1977-1990.  Through the lens of Nicaraguan and Western European relations during the final decade of the Cold…