Conferences
At the heart of CCWS's activities are the international conferences, symposiums, and workshops that it sponsors with its various partner institutions and UCSB departments. These events bring together faculty and graduate students from across the United States and abroad to pioneer new directions in Cold War history and diplomatic/foreign relations history.
Reinterpreting the Cold War in Asia Conference Series
An anticipated three-part series covering the entire Cold War period in East Asia, designed to bring distinguished faculty together to reconceptualize how we view the history of the Cold War in Asia.
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"Reinterpreting the Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956"- (30-31 March 2005)
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"Asia and the Cold War, 1956-1971"- (22-23 March 2006)
- Conference Program (PDF)
- "Reinterpreting the Cold War in Asia, 1971-present"- (Spring 2007)
- Conference Program (PDF)
The UCSB-GWU-LSE International Graduate Student Conferences on the Cold War
A UCSB tradition since 1996 and sponsored in cooperation with the George Washington (University) Cold War Group (GWCW), and the LSE Cold War Studies Centre (CWSC). These graduate student conferences showcase exciting new scholarship on the Cold War era by an international contingent of graduate student presenters. UCSB and GWU first jointly sponsored this conference in 2003 (previously, both institutions had organized separate annual conferences) and the LSE joined as a co-sponsor in 2005.
- The Global Cold War: The 2006 LSE-GWU-UCSB International Graduate Conference on the Cold War, held 6-8 April 2006 at the LSE and the (UK) National Archives in Kew, Greater London.
- The Cold War and its Contexts: The 2005 UCSB-GWU-LSE International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, held 29-30 April 2005 at UCSB.
- Second Annual GWU-UCSB Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War (PDF), held 30 April-1 May 2004 at the George Washington University, Washington, DC.
- "Reconsidering the Cold War," the First UCSB-GWU Graduate Student Conference, held 2-3 May 2003 at UCSB.
A new feature this year (2006) to this annual event was the addition of a best paper prize, sponsored by the journal Cold War History. Please visit the prize announcement site for further details.