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International Conference: The Historical Dimensions of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program
Jan 04, 2013Together with the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project,and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa) Monash South Africa organized and hosted a landmark conference on the historical dimensions of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program.
European Studies Short-term and Summer Research Grant Competitions
Jan 02, 2013European Studies is now accepting applications for two of its research grants - the short-term research grant and the summer research grant. Both stipends are available to American academic experts and practitioners, including advanced graduate students, engaged in specialized research requiring access to Washington, DC and its research institutions. Grants are for one and two months respectively, and include residence at the Wilson Center. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, in order to be considered eligible for this grant opportunity. The deadline for applying for both grans is March 1, 2013.
Summer Institute on the International History of Nuclear Weapons
Dec 20, 2012The sixth annual Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations’ (SHAFR) Summer Institute, hosted by the History and Public Policy Program’s Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP).
Jane Harman and James Person on North Korea's Missile Launch
Dec 18, 2012Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO of the Wilson Center, and James Person, NKIDP Coordinator, write in the LA Times that a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking the West Coast of the United States may be available to North Korea in the near future.
Apply for NPIHP's Summer 2013 Nuclear Boot Camp
Dec 18, 2012Aimed at building a new generation of experts on the international history of nuclear weapons, the third-annual Nuclear Boot Camp will be hosted by the University of Roma Tre and the Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies (CIMA) in the village of Allumiere near Rome, Italy for ten days beginning in late June 2013
Senior Research Scholar Bernd Schaefer Quoted in Der Spiegel on North Korea's Missile Launch
Dec 17, 2012CWIHP Senior Research Scholar Bernd Schaefer was quoted in an article appearing in Der Spiegel on North Korea's recent missile launch.
NPIHP Partners Host Conference on Swedish Disarmament Policy
Dec 05, 2012The Nuclear Proliferation International History Project is pleased to announce a conference on Swedish nuclear disarmament policy, organized and hosted by Stockholm University on 26 november 2012.
NPIHP Senior Adviser Martin J. Sherwin Publishes Article 'One Step from Nuclear War'
Nov 30, 2012NPIHP Senior Adviser Martin J. Sherwin places the Cuban Missile Crisis in historical perspective in the latest edition of the National Archives and Records Administration's Prologue Magazine.
NKIDP in the Media, November 2012
Nov 29, 2012A media round up of recent articles in the Korean press discussing materials obtained and released by, as well as events hosted by, the Wilson Center's North Korea International Documentation Project.
Call for Papers: 2013 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
Nov 19, 2012Paper proposals are now being accepted for the 2013 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, to take place at the George Washington University on April 25-27, 2013.