The Rethinking the Cold War Lecture Series is an exciting collaboration between the Cold War Studies Project at LSE IDEAS and the Cultures of the Cold War network at the University of Sheffield, two leading centres in the UK for the study of the Cold War.
It brings prominent academics to present their latest research on the Cold War at both universities. Each international speaker gives a public lecture at the University of Sheffield, teaches a masterclass for students on their topic, and speaks at an LSE IDEAS event.
Drawing on a range of approaches, including political, social, cultural, and social aspects of the Cold War, this initiative aims to deepen our understanding of the Cold War and to foster fruitful intellectual exchange both within the UK and internationally.
Rebooting the Cold War: A Global History of Western Triumphalism & Nostalgia
This lecture by Prof Penny Von Eschen of Cornell University considers the restructuring of Cold War binaries in the early 1990s as many Americans searched for ‘a new enemy’, and again after 9/11 with George W. Bush’s ‘Axis of Evil’.
An Imaginary War? Culture, Thought & Nuclear Conflict during the Cold War
Collective imaginations of nuclear warfare were a central battleground of the Cold War, fought through war-games and fictitious scenarios. This panel debate explored the 'imaginary war' and how culture and individuals struggled to comprehend nuclear war. Listen to the podcast
The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the 20th Century with Professor Mark Bradley
Thursday 28th February 2017, 6.30-8pm, LSE
Further lectures will be annouced soon, follow @lseideas and @CulturesColdWar on Twitter for the latest news.