Filmmakers have been exploring the tension, complexity, and consequence of the Cold War for 70 years. Three decades after the fall of Soviet Russia, Hollywood can still be relied upon to regularly produce Cold War-fueled plotlines. And understandably so—few backdrops provide such authentic drama; few premises inspire the dads of America to pay film admission so enthusiastically. Seemingly, each nook…
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This event will be held as a Zoom meeting: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92920017194. In October 1962, as the Cuban Missile Crisis raged, New York City Ballet (NYCB) toured the Soviet Union, performing seventeen ballets by George Balanchine. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cultural exchange, arranged by the governments of the US and USSR as part of their Cold War strategies. The…
The Ukrainian Institute of America, in collaboration with the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, is delighted to invite you to a special virtual book discussion by Serhii Plokhy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of History and Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: American Airmen Behind the Soviet Lines and the…
RSVP not required – Seating will be first come, first served. Link to PDF of conference program here 12:55-1:00pm – Introductory Remarks Victoria Phillips, Adjunct Lecturer, European Institute & Coordinator, Cold War Archives Research Project 1:00pm-1:45pm – Keynote Speaker Patryk Babiracki, Author of Soviet Soft Power in Europe, Assistant Professor in Russian and East European history at the University…