History Events
St. Petersburg Regionalism as a Political Force: 1980s to 2010s
April 30, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kennan Institute
Lev Lurye, cultural historian, St. Petersburg
Confrontation Controlled: Sino-American Relations and the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1962
April 19, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:00pm
Cold War International History Project
Wilson Center ECNU Scholar Ming Chen will present on Confrontation Controlled: Sino-American Relations and the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1962
The Outbreak of World War I
April 16, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
This seminar talk will discuss the consequences of World War One and suggests ways of considering the issue.
Occupied Economies: An Economic History of Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1939-1945
April 11, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
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
Kennan Institute
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.
Reassessing Exploration: The West in the World
April 02, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
This seminar talk will review recent efforts to reassess the history of exploration.
Book Discussion: "Russia: It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past"
April 02, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kennan Institute
David Satter, Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute
Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions: James Angleton and His Influence on US Counterintelligence
March 29, 2012 // 9:00am — 5:30pm
Cold War International History Project
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
History and Public Policy Program
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.
Unmitigated Gaul: The French Confront America, 1980–2000
March 12, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
Richard Kuisel discusses French attitudes towards American policies, practices, and values during the 1980's and 1990's.