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Copenhagen Cold War Conference
Location: University of Copenhagen
Period: 30 Nov.-1 Dec. 2007
Deadline: 15 May 2007
Comparing the roles of major powers, small states and NGOs in Europe in ending the Cold War: Unilateralism, multilateralism, and transnationalism in European and transatlantic relations from the 1960s to the 1980s.
The Copenhagen Cold War Conference 2007 is sponsored by the research priority area of the University of Copenhagen, "Europe in Transition".
Major themes of the conference
- Planned major themes of the international Cold War Conference at the University of Copenhagen in late 2007 are:
- The development of and reactions to the West German Ostpolitik in the late 1960s
- The negotiating process in Western Europe as well as the bilateral contacts between East and West European countries leading to the Conference on Security and
- Cooperation in Europe
- The initial phases of the European Policy Cooperation in the 1970s, seen in the light of the East-West détente process
- The implementation and impact in East and West Europe of the Helsinki agreements during the 1970s and early 1980s
- The impact on both sides of the East-West divide in Europe of the so-called 'Second Cold War' on the détente process during the early 1980s, including the roles of opposition and dissident movements in Eastern Europe and the role of independent anti-nuclear weapons movements in Western Europe (and the United States).
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Information and Contact
Further Information: http://www.ku.dk/satsning/Europa/arrangementer/cold_war/
Contact: Conference secretary, Mr. Jens Runge - jensrunge@hum.ku.dk
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