Events

Past Event

Cold War Power: Culture as a Weapon - Student Conference

Photo: Nixon at Disneyland, 1955 (USC Digital Archive)
May 2, 2018
10:45 AM - 4:30 PM
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International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Room 1201
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A student conference for Prof. Victoria Phillips’ course "Cold War Power: Culture as a Weapon" at Columbia University

Featuring Alexander Cooley, Victoria de Grazia, Bradley Gorski, Victoria Phillips, and Anders Stephanson

Keynote: Alexander Cooley
Ordering Eurasia: The Rise and Decline of the Liberal Internationalism in the Post-Communist Space

Panels
- American Jazzmen and Boxers Fight the Cold War
- Words are a Weapon: Literature and Soft Power
- Location, Location, Location: Nixon in Disneyland, Nevada’s Nuclear Ballerina, and Bridges in Space

Closing Remarks: Victoria de Grazia
And When the Cold War was Over?

A light lunch and afternoon refreshments will be served

See the full program at: europe.columbia.edu/events

Sponsored by The European Institute, The Harriman Institute, and The Department of History