Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
GW Cold War Group
Call for Papers: the 10th Annual LSE-GWU-UCSB International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War 
Overview
The George Washington Cold War group (GWCW) works closely with the National Security Archive and the Cold War International History Project to build a community of faculty, scholars, and graduate students dedicated to encouraging a multilingual, multi-disciplinary and multi-national exploration of the Cold War experience and its implications for understanding current policy issues. GWCW strives to support the work of the next generation of Cold War scholars. However, GWCW's promotion of Cold War studies is not confined to the university level. GWCW, along with the Cold War International History Project of the Wilson Center, developed "The Cold War Files: Interpreting History Through Documents" website as a resource for high school teachers and students. The project was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Founded in 2000, GWCW promotes research and scholarship on this critical period in international affairs and strives to elucidate the ways in which Cold War legacies (economic, political, psychological, military, and environmental) affect public policy in many parts of the world. GWCW encourages explorations of the Cold War experience through its seminar series that showcases recent books and ongoing research; the annual Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, which is organized in conjunction with the London School of Economics and the University of California at Santa Barbara; and the Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research, which brings together Ph.D. students from across the US and world receive to receive training in conducting archival research.
GWCW meets regularly for work-in-progress presentations by doctoral students and other scholars conducting research on the international history of the cold war. For more information, please contact Hope M. Harrison at hopeharr@gwu.edu.
The 2011 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
The George Washington Cold War group faculty organizers
(L-R) Hope M. Harrison, James G. Hershberg, James M. Goldgeier and Gregg Brazinsky
Events
Informal Justice in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Friday, May 25, 9:30-11:00
Missionary Zeal of Recent Converts: Norms and Norm Entrepreneurs in the Foreign Policy of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia in 1989-2011
Thursday, May 31, 4:00-5:00
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News
Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on NATO and Caucasus security.
Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Georgian Politics in a Washington Post article.
Professor Scheherazade Rehman joins a US News and World Report debate on whether Greece should leave the Eurzone.
Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks with BBC World on Greece Coalition Talks.
Professor Harris Mylonas speaks about Greece and the Eurozone on PBS' Nightly Business Report.
Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors piece on the aftermath of Greek elections.
Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the financial crisis on Huffington Post College.
Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about electoral reponses to austerity measures on NPR's On Point.
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