Events

Workshop: Discussion of Billy Marino's Paper, "Seeing Mars: How the First Close-Up Images of Mars Reshaped Understanding of the Red Planet’s Environment in the 1960s"

On Saturday, June 3, the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) and the Cold War Working Group (CWWG) will host an in-person workshop from 11:00-12:30 pm at the West Campus Point faculty housing community's outdoor plaza. We will be reading and discussing a paper, "Seeing Mars: How the First Close-Up Images of Mars Reshaped Understanding of the Red Planet’s Environment in the 1960s," by Billy Marino, a doctoral candidate in the UCSB History Department. The CWWG is a collaborative, graduate student-led group designed to provide a supportive, welcoming environment for graduate students working on or around topics on the Cold  War and International History.

  1. June 3, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Workshop: Discussion of Isidro González's Paper, “Making Eugenic Field Workers: Shaping a Profession, Shaping Selves, 1910-1924”

On Monday, May 22, the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) and the Cold War Working Group (CWWG) will host an in-person workshop from 6:00-7:30 pm (location TBD). We will be reading and discussing a paper, “Making Eugenic Field Workers: Shaping a Profession, Shaping Selves, 1910-1924,” by Isidro González, a doctoral candidate in the UCSB History Department. The CWWG is a collaborative, graduate student-led group designed to provide a supportive, welcoming environment for graduate students working on or around topics on the Cold  War and International History.

Photo of Isidro González, Doctoral Candidate

  1. May 22, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Book Talk: "Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord: The United States since 1945"

On Wednesday, May 3rd, at 4:00 pm in the McCune Room, UCSB History Professor Salim Yaqub will be discussing his new monograph, Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord: The United States since 1945. The event is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and International History. Delicious refreshments will be served! 
Flyer for Salim Yaqub's book talk on "Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord." Event Date: May 3, 2023 Time: 4:00 pm Location: HSSB 6020

  1. May 3, 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Films of the Cold War Presents: Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Join CCWS on the evening of Thursday, April 13th for snacks, drinks, and a free screening of Stanley Kubrick's classic 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb! 

 

  1. April 13, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Workshop: Discussion of Nick Cohen's Paper, "Forging an International Backstop: Commercial Banking, Foreign Policy, and the Empowerment of the IMF, 1973 – 1981"
  • Nick Cohen, Doctoral Candidate

On Saturday, March 4, the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) and the Cold War Working Group (CWWG) will host an in-person workshop at the West Campus Point faculty housing community's outdoor plaza (11am-12:30pm). We will be reading and discussing a paper, "Forging an International Backstop: Commercial Banking, Foreign Policy, and the Empowerment of the IMF, 1973 – 1981," by Nick Cohen, a doctoral candidate in the UCSB History Department. The CWWG is a collaborative, graduate student-led group designed to provide a supportive, welcoming environment for graduate students working on or around topics on the Cold  War and International History.

  1. March 4, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Book Talk: "Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia"
  • This is a photo of Professor Adrienne Edgar. She researches the history of the Soviet Union, and is Professor of History at UCSB

On Monday, February 13, at 4 pm in the McCune Room, UCSB History Professor Adrienne Edgar will be talking about her new monograph, Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia. The event is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and International History. Delicious refreshments will be served! 

  1. February 13, 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Workshop: Discussion of Mika Thornburg's paper "Selling Self-Discovery: Constructing a Desire for Female Travel in Postwar Japan, 1960-1985"

On Saturday, January 21, from 11 am to 12:30 pm, the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) and the Cold War Working Group (CWWG) will host an in-person workshop at the West Campus Point faculty housing community's outdoor plaza. We will be reading and discussing a paper, “Selling Self-Discovery: Constructing a Desire for Female Travel in Postwar Japan, 1960-1985," by Mika Thornburg, a doctoral candidate in the UCSB history department. The CWWG is a collaborative, graduate student-led group designed to provide a supportive, welcoming environment for graduate students working on or around Cold War and international history.

Doctoral candidate Mika Thornburg

Photo of doctoral candidate Mika Thornburg, with short brown hair and wearing glasses.

  1. January 21, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:30pm

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Paul Baltimore (1971-2021)