The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of
History
9-10 November 2009

The Woodrow Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program, in
cooperation with the Romanian Cultural Institute and the University of
Maryland, College Park, will co-host The End and the Beginning: The
Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History a two day conference
commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

9 November 2009, 8:30am-4:00pm
Margaret Brent Room
Stamp Union Building
University of Maryland, College Park

10 November 2009, 8:45am-5:15pm
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson Center

Visit www.cwihp.org for more information and to RSVP

The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter
2 December 2009, 3:30-5:00pm

Editors Thomas A. Schwartz and Matthias Schulz will discuss findings from
their most recent book The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from
Nixon to Carter.

5th Floor Conference Room
Visit www.cwihp.org for more information and to RSVP

Using a wide array of recently declassified archival materials from the
United States and Western Europe, Schwartz and Schulz offer new insights
into the changing dynamics of transatlantic relations during the era of
detente (1969-1980). Their volume reveals why bitter conflicts developed
between the U.S. and its European allies, and how European integration
evolved less as a consequence of Washington's support than as a result of
America's relative decline and growing U.S.-European discord. Taking into
account the developments in various bilateral and multilateral settings,
such as the European Community, the Helsinki process, and the G-7 summits,
the volume's contributors show that a common alliance strategy has always
been a difficult undertaking, often the result of bitter confrontation and
painful compromises


Democracy: Traps and Question Marks
3 December 2009, 4:00-6:00pm Reception to Follow

Adam Michnik, political activist, founding member of the Committee for the
Defense of Workers, member of Poland's first non-communist parliament, and
Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest daily newspaper, will
deliver a talk entitled Democracy: Traps and Question Marks.

The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinsky, National Security Advisor to President
Jimmy Carter will provide introductory remarks.

Thursday, 3 December 2009, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
-Reception to follow
6th floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson Center
Click here to RSVP.




VLADISLAV ZUBOK TO SPEAK AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY


Doctor Zhivago Avenged: the Uprising of Soviet Intellectuals and the Fall of
the Berlin Wall
9 November 2009, 3:00-4:30pm
1957 E St. NW, Suite 412
Contact ieresgwu@... for more information and to RSVP

On Monday, 9 November 2009, leading Cold War historian Vladislav Zubok will
discuss Doctor Zhivago Avenged: The Uprising of Soviet Intellectuals and the
Fall of the Berlin Wall in connection with the 20th anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall.

Vladislav Zubok is associate professor of history at Temple University and a
former CWIHP senior scholar and former Wilson Center public policy scholar.
Zubok specializes in Soviet and Russian political and social history, and
the Cold War. In addition to the latest monograph, Zhivago's Children: The
Last Russian Intelligentsia, his works, include A Failed Empire: The Soviet
Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev, Inside the Kremlin's Cold
War: From Stalin to Khrushchev, and numerous articles on the Soviet Union
and the Cold War.




The Cold War International History Project is a research institute and
clearinghouse for international Cold War history.

Based at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington,
D.C., CWIHP disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of
the Cold War, in particular, new archival findings from non-western sources.

The Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by
governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the
process of integrating new sources, materials, and perspectives from the
former "Communist bloc" and beyond.

CWIHP seeks to transcend barriers of language, geography, and regional
specialization to create new links among scholars interested in Cold War
history.



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