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Between Aid and Restriction: Changing Soviet Policies toward China’s Nuclear Weapons Program: 1954-1960
May 22, 2012Based on newly-available archival material from Chinese sources, this latest addition to the NPIHP Working Paper series explores the relationship between Soviet Union and China during the 1950s and 1960s as the latter sought to establish their atomic industry and develop a nuclear weapon with Soviet scientific and technological assistance.
Call for Applications: Nuclear History Fellowship with NPIHP partner, Monash South Africa
May 22, 2012Monash South Africa, a partner of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP), is pleased to announce a 3-month research fellowship to a scholar studying South Africa's nuclear history, in particular relating to its nuclear weapons program, collaboration with other countries, and non-proliferation policies.
NPIHP Announces Summer 2012 Nuclear Boot Camp Participants
Apr 20, 2012The Nuclear Proliferation International History Project is please to announce the participants of the 2012 Nuclear Boot Camp in Allumiere, Italy.
NPIHP Partners Release New Documents on Indian Nuclear History
Apr 11, 2012New archival documents on the history of India’s nuclear program from a collection of Indian nuclear physicist Homi J. Bhabha's papers.
NPIHP Partner Hosts Conference on Brazil's and Argentina's Nuclear History
Mar 26, 2012NPIHP partners at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) recently hosted a critical oral history conference on the Brazilian and Argentine nuclear programs. The conference discussions suggest that scholars may need to re-evaluate the standard historical narrative which portrays Brazil and Argentina as nuclear rivals who became partners following the end of military rule in both countries.
NPIHP Senior Advisor Reviews Philip Taubman's "The Partnership" in Washington Post
Mar 06, 2012NPIHP Senior Advisor Martin J. Sherwin reviews Philip Taubman's "The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb" in the Washington Post.
Summer 2012 CWIHP Internship Opportunities
Feb 28, 2012The Cold War International History Project is currently accepting internship applications for the Summer 2012 academic semester. Deadline to apply: 3/31
Apply for the Summer 2012 Nuclear Boot Camp
Feb 20, 2012Aimed at building a new generation of experts on the international history of nuclear weapons, the second-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 in the last half of June 2012.
NPIHP Releases 20 Documents on the South African Nuclear Program
Feb 01, 2012These documents shed new light on South Africa’s unique nuclear history, from early uranium supply arrangements with the United States to the South African response to the September 1979 Vela incident.
Call for Papers: European Summer School on Cold War History
Jan 25, 2012Fourth Annual European Summer School on Cold War History at the Università di Trento, 5-8 September 2012
