"Grenzen des Kalten Krieges | Compromising the Cold War". Lecture series at the Humboldt University Berlin

Winter semester 2016/2017

Thu, 10/20/2016, 12:00 am to Thu, 2/9/2017, 12:00 am
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
Hörsaal 1072
10117 Berlin
Germany

 

The lectures begin at 6.15 p.m.

No admission fee.

Registration not required.

 

Logo: Siegel der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU)

 

 

Logo: Berliner Kolleg Kalter Krieg (B3K)

The lecture series' title "Grenzen des Kalten Krieges | Compromising the Cold War" refers not only to borders on the political map, but also to the limits of social perceptions of order and patterns of thinking. What could be said and done under the conditions of the Cold War? When, why and under what conditions were these perceived frontiers crossed, undermined or completely suspended? Who were the actors? What lines could be shifted, and how far? Which ones were porous, and which particularly stable, even irreversible remaining in effect past the Cold War’s end? The focus is on questions directing awareness towards countercurrents, rigidities, passages and bottlenecks, all replete with their innate dynamics and unintended consequences.

Throughout the lecture series, international and German historians will discuss the "Grenzen des Kalten Krieges" from various perspectives.

The lecture series is hosted by the Berlin Center for Cold War Studies and the Humboldt University Berlin. The Centre Marc Bloch is co-convenor of the lecture on January 12, 2017.

 

Program:

Thurday, October 20, 2016 | Frank Reichherzer (Potsdam) 
Die Entdeckung der Interdependenz. Gedanken zur Vermessung des Kalten Krieges    

Thursday, November 3, 2016 | Stephan Kieninger (Berlin)
Handel gegen den Kalten Krieg. Zur Geschichte des Erdgasröhrengeschäfts mit der UdSSR

Thursday, November 17, 2016 | David Reynolds (Cambridge)/Kristina Spohr (London)
Summitry and the German Question*

Thursday, December 1, 2016 | Elisabeth Röhrlich (Wien)
Kontrolle, Konkurrenz, Kooperation: Wissenschaft und Politik in der International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) im Kalten Krieg

Thursday, December 15, 2016 | Eckart Conze (Marburg)
Grenzüberschreitungen. Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust als Argumente in der Nachrüstungsdebatte der 1980er Jahre

Thursday, January 12, 2017 | Corine Defrance (Paris)/Ulrich Pfeil (Metz)
Ein Kalter Krieg à la française? Frankreich in der ideologischen Auseinandersetzung nach 1945
In Kooperation mit dem Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin        

Thursday, January 26, 2017 | Benno Nietzel (Berlin)
War of Words: Propaganda, Kommunikationsexperten und Wirkungsforschung im Kalten Krieg

Thursday, February 9, 2017 | Gabriele Metzler (Berlin)
Von "Stellvertreterkriegen“, "Entwicklungsländern“ und europäischer Neuerfindung: Die westeuropäischen Gesellschaften zwischen Kaltem Krieg und Dekolonisierung, 1945-1975

* in English