Cold War Interactions Reconsidered

Venue: University of Helsinki (Finland)
Period: Oct. 29–31, 2009

The conference aims at analysing Europe and the former Socialist countries, as well as smaller states and non-state actors by looking at new ways to view and conceptualise the international and transnational histories of the Cold War era.
Leaving East-West bipolarity and superpower confrontation aside, with a multidisciplinary approach the conference will focus on interactions that took place despite the existence of the Iron Curtain.

The conference will analyse the following themes:

The conference language will be English.

Read the programme of the conference.

Participants and observes are welcome to take part in the 9th Annnual Aleksanteri Conference. Registration is required and will open in September, 2009.
Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation and cover the costs related to participation.

Aleksanteri Institute

Riikka Nisonen-Trnka
Conference Coordinator

Eeva Korteniemi
Conference Secretary

address: Unioninkatu 33 (P.O.Box 42)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
tel. 00358.(0)9.191.23645
fax. 00358.(0)9.191.23615
mail. fcree-aleksconf@helsinki.fi