Events

Book Event: "The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs," by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Poster for event. Text reads: "The Center for Cold War Studies and International History presents a free public event featuring Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Department of History, UCSB The Last Tzar: The Abdication of Nicolas II and the Fall of the Romanovs." An image of Tzar Nicholas II and Prof. Hasegawa is included. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa discusses his acclaimed new book, The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs, which draws on a trove of new archival discoveries. In conversation with Prof. Lewis Siegelbaum of Michigan State, Prof. Hasegawa explores how Nicholas II’s resistance to reform and blinkered faith in autocracy doomed the monarchy.

  1. January 22, 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Call for Papers: 2025 UCSB/GWU/LSE International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

The Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) of the University of California at Santa Barbara, the George Washington University Cold War Group (GWCW), and the LSE Cold War Studies Project (CWSP) of the London School of Economics and Political Science are pleased to announce their 2025 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, to take place at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from May 8 to May 10, 2025.Short description of grad student Cold War conference, with photo or UCSB tower

 

  1. May 8, 2025 - 6:00pm to May 10, 2025 - 6:00pm
Films of the Cold War Presents: Iran—The Evolution of Revolution

This riveting ABC TV documentary film chronicles the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 and the hostage crisis that consumed the United States throughout the presidential election year of 1980,Documentary film screening: "Iran—The Evolution of Revolution," about the Iranian Revolution

  1. October 24, 2024 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Workshop: Discussion of Alexandra Noi's Paper: "The Gulag Labor Camps as Laboratories of Carceral Eugenics"

On Saturday, May 25, the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) will host an in-person workshop from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at the West Campus Point faculty housing community. We will be reading and discussing a paper, "The Gulag Labor Camps as Laboratories of Carceral Eugenics," by Alexandra Noi, a doctoral candidate in the UCSB History Department.

  1. May 25, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
From the Reagan Revolution to the Trump Insurrection: The Role of the Religious Imaginary in American Politics

Religion and journalism expert Diane Winston shows how evangelical religion, the news media, and social turmoil culminated in MAGA’s Second Coming.

  1. May 22, 2024 - 5:00pm
Cold War Insights: Talks by Hayate Murayama and Shelby King

Two UCSB doctoral students, Hayate Murayama of the History Department and Shelby King of the Religious Studies Department, will deliver brief talks based on their original research.

  1. April 25, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Navalny and Putin, Two Poles of Russia

Victor Erofeiev, the acclaimed writer, television, and radio personality, talks about Russia's present and future.

  1. April 25, 2024 - 12:30pm
Workshop: Discussion of Matt Brown's Paper: "The Spirit of Tashkent: Soviet Internationalism, Peaceful Coexistence, and Third World Conflict"

On Saturday, April 20, the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) 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, "The Spirit of Tashkent: Soviet Internationalism, Peaceful Coexistence, and Third World Conflict," by Matt Brown, a doctoral candidate in the UCSB History Department.

A picture of Matt Brown standing in front of an ornate, large doorway in Central Asia

  1. April 20, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

Professor Lerone A. Martin discusses how J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI joined with leading white evangelicals and Catholics to bring about a white Christian America.

  1. February 20, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Book Talk: “Mystery Children: The Stasova International Children’s Home During Stalin’s Purge”

On Monday, February 12, at 4 pm in the McCune Room, Elizabeth McGuire, Associate Professor of History, California State University, East Bay, will be talking about her current book project, Communist Neverland. The book tells the story of the Stasova International Children’s Home, an elite orphanage and boarding school for the children of Communist Party leaders from all parts of the globe. Through dozens of first-person interviews, Prof. McGuire investigates how the fierce struggle for world communism looked through the eyes of children, and how they became symbols, pawns, and victims in the violent geopolitics of the world around them. The event is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and International History. Delicious refreshments will be served! 

Professor Elizabeth McGuire

  1. February 12, 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

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Paul Baltimore (1971-2021)