GW Cold War Group

Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

2009 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
April 24-26, 2009 l London, UK

Hosted by three partner institutions: the Cold War Studies Centre at LSE IDEAS, the George Washington University Cold War Group (GWCW), the Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS) of the University of California Santa Barbara. The 2009 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War will be held this year at the London School of Economics.

 

2008 The First Annual U.S.-China Doctoral Forum on the Cold War
July 26-28, 2008 l Shanghai, PRC

In July 2008, the GW Cold War Group (GWCW) began an annual "US-China Doctoral Forum on the Cold War" with the Center for Cold War International History Studies of East China Normal University in Shanghai. Seven doctoral students in history, accompanied by Professors Hope M. Harrison and Gregg Brazinsky, gave presentations on their dissertation research at the conference, as did doctoral students from all over China. The Doctoral Forum will be held at GW in May/June 2009 and again in China in 2010.

Participants pose at the close of the first annual US-China Doctoral Forum on the Cold War held July 26-28 2008 in Shanghai, China.

 

2008 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
April 4-5, 2008 l Santa Barbara, CA

This annual conference is sponsored and hosted by three partner institutions: the George Washington University Cold War Group (GWCW), the Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS) of the University of California Santa Barbara, and the Cold War Studies Centre at LSE IDEAS. The 2008 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War will be held this year at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

 

2007 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
April 19-21, 2007 l Washington, DC
Conference Schedule (Word)

The George Washington University Cold War Group (GWCW), the Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS) of the University of California Santa Barbara, and the Cold War Studies Centre (CWSC) of the London School of Economics and Political Science are pleased to announce their 2007 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, to take place at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. on 19-21 April 2007.

Please enjoy our photos from the 2007 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War!

 

2006 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
April 6-8, 2006 | London, England
Conference Schedule (Word)

The conference is sponsored by The George Washington Cold War Group (GWCW), the Cold War Studies Centre (CWSC) of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS) of the University of California Santa Barbara, in cooperation with Cambridge University.

The best paper presented at the event will be published in the journal Cold War History, subject to all revisions required by the editors (website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CWSC/coldWarHistoryJournal/Default.htm). The conference discussants will provide a first selection, and the final decision will be taken by the directors of the host institutions.

2005 Graduate Student Conference
2005 Conference Agenda

The George Washington Cold War Group (GWCW), the University of California as Santa Barbara's Center for Cold War Studies, and the London School of Economcs' Cold War Studies Centre held their annual Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, "The Cold War and Its Contexts," April 29-30, 2005, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The conference provided an opportunity for graduate students to present papers and receive critical feedback from peers and experts in the field. Each paper had a faculty discussant, and a keynote address was made by a distinguished scholar in the field.

Participants pose at the close of the second annual GWU-UCSB Graduate Student Conference held April 30-May 1, 2004 in Washington, DC.

2004 Graduate Student Conference
2004 Conference Agenda (PDF)

GWCW and University of California at Santa Barbara's (UCSB) Center for Cold War Studies held their Annual Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War at the George Washington University, April 30-May 2, 2004. This year marked the first jointly sponsored conference.

2003 Graduate Student Conference
2003 Conference Agenda (Word)

UCSB's Center for Cold War Studies and GWCW held the Graduate Student conference on the Cold War at UCSB on May 2-4, 2003.

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