Events
OFFSITE - The Rise of a Multipolar World: Sino-European Relations in the Last Decades of the Cold War (1960s-1980s)
June 29, 2012 // 9:00am — July 01, 2012 // 5:15pm
Bringing together academics, diplomats, and newly declassified documentation, the conference will seek to determine how the Sino-Soviet split and the subsequent Sino-American engagement influenced Sino-European relations in the Cold War.
North Korean Calculations behind the Blue House Raid and the USS Pueblo Incident
June 20, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:00pm
On June 20, Korea Foundation Junior Scholar Yuree Kim will present the results of her research conducted at the Woodrow Wilson Center from January through June 2012.
Between Scylla and Charybdis: US Cold War Strategy and the Question of Democracy in South Korea, 1961-1972
June 05, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
On June 5, Wilson Center History and Public Policy Scholar Sang-Yoon Ma will present on "Between Scylla and Charybdis: US Cold War Strategy and the Question of Democracy in South Korea, 1961-1972"
Foundations of the American Century
May 30, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
In "Foundations of the American Century," Parmar sheds new light on the complex interrelations, shared mindsets and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony.
Confrontation Controlled: Sino-American Relations and the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1962
April 19, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:00pm
Wilson Center ECNU Scholar Ming Chen will present on Confrontation Controlled: Sino-American Relations and the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1962
Occupied Economies: An Economic History of Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1939-1945
April 11, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
What were the consequences of the German occupation for the economy of occupied Europe?
Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State
April 04, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California, San Diego will lead a panel discussion on his latest book entitled Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State which examines one of the most successful Soviet soccer clubs of all-time.
Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions: James Angleton and His Influence on US Counterintelligence
March 29, 2012 // 9:00am — 5:30pm
A Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Georgetown University Center for Peace & Security Studies joint conference.
Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War
March 28, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Elena Agarossi, professor of contemporary history at the Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione in Rome and member of the Wilson Center European Alumni Association will lead a panel discussion on her latest book entitled Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War.
Return to China or "Return to Taiwan": The Chinese POWs Who Derailed the Korean War Peace Talks
March 22, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
David Cheng Chang, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University will give a presentation based on his recent work entitled Return to China or “Return to Taiwan”: The Chinese POWs Who Derailed the Korean War Peace Talks.