Tag: international history

Center for Cold War Studies Talk: Nancy Mitchell, “Andrew Young: Challenging Anglo-Saxon Foreign Policy?”

Flyer for Zoom talk for The Center of Cold War Studies & International History by Dr. Nancy Mitchel - Andrew Young: Challenging Anglo-Saxon Foreign Policy on 5/20/21 from 11AM to 12:15PM PDT

Andrew Young, one of Martin Luther King’s top aides and a former member of Congress, served as Jimmy Carter’s ambassador to the United Nations. Outspoken and controversial, Young questioned prevailing Cold War assumptions. “Communism has never been a threat to me,” he said. “Racism has always been a threat—and that has been the enemy of all of my life.” Nancy Mitchell […]

Read more

Introducing the Cold War Working Group

Cold War Working Group, UCSB Center for Cold War Studies Logo

Doctoral candidates Addison Jensen and Mattie Webb announce the formation of the Cold War Working Group (CWWG), a subset of the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS). The CWWG is a collaborative, graduate student-led group intended to provide a supportive, welcoming environment for graduate students working on or around the Cold War and international histories. Jensen and Webb […]

Read more