Science Po University Paris

LSE-Sciences Po Seminar in Contemporary International History

The Cold War Studies Project at LSE IDEAS, the Department of International History at LSE, and the Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po in Paris co-organise the joint LSE-Sciences Po Seminar in Contemporary International History (HY510).

 

 

The seminar welcomes presentations on any aspect of 20th or 21st century contemporary international history, broadly defined.

Call for Papers

There are currently no calls for papers.

Attend the seminar 

The seminar is open to all PhD students and staff at both LSE and Sciences Po. We also welcome outside participants: if you would like to take part in the seminar, please sign up via the relevant eventbrite link in the programme below. If you have any doubts or difficulties, please e-mail the course organiser.

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Programme

2022/23 Programme at LSE

Seminars take place from 4 to 5.30pm BST/GMT in-person or on Zoom. Attendance is open to all, but in-person attendance is for LSE participants only. Non-LSE attendees should register in advance by contacting Fionntán Ohara (F.Ohara@lse.ac.uk) or registering via the relevant Eventbrite page close to the time.

05 October 2022 16:00 – 17:30 

- The Triumph of the Mediterranean Strategy: Rethinking Bureaucratic Politics and Geopolitics in Anglo-American Coalition Warfare, Grant Golub, LSE / Harvard Kennedy School ;

-  A Global Order of Secrecy: US Hegemony and the Making of Nuclear Secrecy in European Democracies (1946-1967), Thomas Fraise, Sciences Po CERI ; 

- Discussant : Leopoldo Nuti, Università Roma Tre

19 October 2022 16:00 – 17:30 

- Student Movement during the Last Dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), Guadalupe Andrea Seia, CONICET ;

- Discussant : Anna Cant (LSE)

09 November 2022 16:00 – 17:30 

- Colonial Policy and International Control: The American Philippines and Multilateral Drug Treaties, 1909-1931, Eva Louise Ward, University of Strathclyde - Discussant : Aileen Teague, Texas A&M

23 November 2022 17:00 – 17:30 

- Leaving it to the Future: Debt Sustainability, National Wealth, and Repayment Capacity, 1890-1914, Paula Elena Vedoveli Francisco, FGV São Paulo - Discussant: Nicolas Delalande, Sciences Po CHSP

07 December 2022 17:00 – 18:30North Korean Soft Power and the Liberation of Southern Africa, Tycho van der Hoog, Leiden University 

2021/22 Programme at Sciences Po

Sessions will be held either at Salle du Traité or on Zoom, 5-7pm (Paris time).

Stay tuned for updates on the programme.