Cold War Power: A Conference
Date: May 06, 2016
10-10:30: Keynote Speaker: Sergei Zhuk
10:30-12noon: Peace, Truth, Power, and the Legacy of President Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Hot War Turned Cold
Commentator: Sergei Zhuk
Sarah Roth: “The ‘-ess’ Effect: How Three Women Shaped the Legacy of the Eisenhower Administration”
Blake T. Mueller: “The Peace Corps”
Fatima Dar: “Psychological Warfare and Soft Power: A State of Total War”
Adriana Popa: “Radio Free Europe: The Battle in Eastern Europe”
11:30-12noon: Comments and Questions
12noon-12:15: Lunch
12:15-2:00pm: The Architecture of Hot Power, and Aesthetics
Commentator: François Carrel-Billiard
Spencer Cohen: “Military Base as a Symbol: The Cultural Diplomatic Effect of American Military Bases in Okinawa,” with commentary by François Carrel-Billiard
Nathan Grau: “War in the Crowd: France’s Revolutionary Warfare on the Frontlines of the Cold War,”
Annika Freudenberger: “Architectural Diplomacy: Soft Power and American Embassies During the Cold War,” with commentary by François Carrel-Billiard
Elena Schwamm: “Blueprints and Blue Prints: Design Aesthetics in the Cold War,” with commentary by François Carrel-Billiard
2-pm-2:45pm: From “Star Trek” to “Space Bridges”: A New Cold War?
Commentator: Elizabeth Leake
Tinatin Japaridze: “MIND THE GAP: Rebuilding the U.S.-Russian Space Bridge in the Post-Cold War Era”
Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen: “New Hollywood and Paradoxical Counterculture: A Youthful Cold War Perspective”
Thalia Ertman: “Spies, Stars and Stripes: They Portrayal of Russians in Star Trek and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”
2:45pm-3:15pm: Comments and Questions
3:15-3:30pm: Break
3:30-4:45: Hot Power, Fear Management, and Civil Defense
Commentator: Thai Jones
Sara Newman: “American Library Censorship Abroad”
Allison Emmet: “Fear Management and the Nuclear American Identity”
Lina Raciukaitis: “Protection or Propaganda?: United States Civil Defense in the 1950s and 1960s”
4:1-4:45pm: Comments and Questions
Closing Remarks
Date: May 06, 2016
10-10:30: Keynote Speaker: Sergei Zhuk
10:30-12noon: Peace, Truth, Power, and the Legacy of President Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Hot War Turned Cold
Commentator: Sergei Zhuk
Sarah Roth: “The ‘-ess’ Effect: How Three Women Shaped the Legacy of the Eisenhower Administration”
Blake T. Mueller: “The Peace Corps”
Fatima Dar: “Psychological Warfare and Soft Power: A State of Total War”
Adriana Popa: “Radio Free Europe: The Battle in Eastern Europe”
11:30-12noon: Comments and Questions
12noon-12:15: Lunch
12:15-2:00pm: The Architecture of Hot Power, and Aesthetics
Commentator: François Carrel-Billiard
Spencer Cohen: “Military Base as a Symbol: The Cultural Diplomatic Effect of American Military Bases in Okinawa,” with commentary by François Carrel-Billiard
Nathan Grau: “War in the Crowd: France’s Revolutionary Warfare on the Frontlines of the Cold War,”
Annika Freudenberger: “Architectural Diplomacy: Soft Power and American Embassies During the Cold War,” with commentary by François Carrel-Billiard
Elena Schwamm: “Blueprints and Blue Prints: Design Aesthetics in the Cold War,” with commentary by François Carrel-Billiard
2-pm-2:45pm: From “Star Trek” to “Space Bridges”: A New Cold War?
Commentator: Elizabeth Leake
Tinatin Japaridze: “MIND THE GAP: Rebuilding the U.S.-Russian Space Bridge in the Post-Cold War Era”
Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen: “New Hollywood and Paradoxical Counterculture: A Youthful Cold War Perspective”
Thalia Ertman: “Spies, Stars and Stripes: They Portrayal of Russians in Star Trek and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”
2:45pm-3:15pm: Comments and Questions
3:15-3:30pm: Break
3:30-4:45: Hot Power, Fear Management, and Civil Defense
Commentator: Thai Jones
Sara Newman: “American Library Censorship Abroad”
Allison Emmet: “Fear Management and the Nuclear American Identity”
Lina Raciukaitis: “Protection or Propaganda?: United States Civil Defense in the 1950s and 1960s”
4:1-4:45pm: Comments and Questions
Closing Remarks