Skip to main content
Support
Article

Conference "China, North Korea, and the Cold War in Asia," 22-24 October 2004

The Woodrow Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project and the US-China Studies Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia will hold an international conference on "China, North Korea, and the Cold War in Asia" at the University of Virginia on 22-24 October 2004.

The Woodrow Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project and the US-China Studies Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia will hold an international conference on "China, North Korea, and the Cold War in Asia" at the University of Virginia on 22-24 October 2004.

Following up on earlier efforts by the Cold War International History
Project's Korea Initiative (coordinated by Kathryn Weathersby) and its partners (see the CWIHP North Korea workshop organized and co-sponsored by George Washington University's Cold War Group in March 2003, report at http://cwihp.si.edu), the primary aim of the meeting is to utilize archival documents from North Korea's former Communist allies, in particular China, to pursue a deeper understanding of China's changing relations with North Korea throughout the Cold War. A second objective is to illuminate the dynamics, logic, goals and strategies of North Korea's internal and external policies. The conference will explore previously inaccessible or unnoticed documentation kept by North Korea's Communist allies (present or former). Selected documents will be edited and published in a documentary collection. The conference organizers also intend to publish a volume of selected conference papers.

Scholars are invited to submit proposals for papers. The proposals should outline the paper's topic and main themes/theses, as well as the documentary sources that will be used. The conference organizers will cover the participants' expenses to attend the conference.

Proposals should be sent no later than 25 February to Chen Jian
at Jchen@virginia.edu and Christian Ostermann at ostermac@wwic.si.edu. For further information, see http://cwihp.si.edu.

Related Program

Cold War International History Project

The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.  Read more