Dear members, We have an interesting upcoming event to share! On the 13th of June, there will be a seminar on the The Transatlantic Era: a discussion of the new book edited by Bram Boxhoorn and Giles Scott-Smith (Routledge, 2021). The seminar will be located in the University of Amsterdam. The seminar will be conducted in Dutch,…

Dear members, we have an interesting and exciting opportunity to present for those who are – or know someone who is – working on their history doctoral dissertations. Dr. Margot Tudor (Exeter) and Dr. Molly Pucci (Trinity College Dublin) are calling for unpublished doctoral dissertations in history to be reviewed in Cold War History. Many thanks to Liliane…

We have another upcoming international conference to share with you, which will take place somewhere this September. The event will be hosted by the research project: The Contributions of State Socialist Countries of Central Eastern Europe to the Development of International Law after 1945. Details TBA! The project explores the overlooked role of state socialist…

Dear Members, We come with another exciting call for papers and an International Conference for those interested in Soviet Cold War History. The University of Naples L’Orientale (UniOr), in collaboration with the Higher School of Economics (HSE) Institute for Advanced Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, has organized the international conference Beyond Moscow. Rethinking the international and…

On Thursday, January 27th, Dr. Lennart Bolliger will present for us during our monthly online panel. He will be presenting and discussing his first published book: Apartheid’s Black Soldiers: Un-national Wars and Militaries in Southern Africa. This event is open and free to all. There’s no need to register. Dr. Lennart Bolliger will be presenting for…

One of our coordinators, Giles Scott-Smith, would like to share his latest work! This accessible textbook uses key documents embedded in a clear narrative to chart the post-Cold War rise and decline of transatlantic relations. It provides a novel interpretive framework by proposing that the three decades between 1989 and 2020 represent a distinct ‘transatlantic…

We have another interesting call for submissions for anyone interested in contributing!

is inviting all those interested to contribute to their Bibliography of New Cold War History.  Below follows their message and more information:

  Event open to all! Register via this link   COLD WAR (A)SYMMETRIES: CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND TRADE International Online Conference University Valahia of Târgoviște Târgoviște, Romania 28-29 October 2021 This conference aims to explore how asymmetric/unequal relationships shaped the Cold War, in bilateral, multilateral, regional or global situations. It intends to discuss the relationship between…

This is a friendly reminder for those interested in the ‘Book Diplomacy’ event to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words to Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam at e.haddadian-moghaddam@hum.leidenuniv.nl Please include a working list of references and archival resources. Deadline for submissions: 15 December 2021 Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2022 Deadline for final paper submission:…