Professor Ben Goossen will discuss a history of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year.Knowledge of planet Earth as a set of interconnected environmental systems is fundamental to present-day efforts to address global environmental challenges, including climate change. Among the most consequential projects in the history of Earth science was the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year (IGY), a […]

Join the Sigur Center to hear GW alumna Dr. Qingfei Yin discuss her new book State Building in Cold War Asia.How did two Cold War-era revolutionary states—China and Vietnam—and their people collaborate and compete along their shared border? GW alumna Qingfei Yin dove into archives to unearth the intersections of grand strategy and daily life […]

A history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and warContested City offers a history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops […]

This talk argues language politics played an important role in the Global Cold War.This talk argues language politics played an important role in the Global Cold War. In the aftermath of decolonization, Soviet officials viewed themselves as having been drawn into a new field of Cold War competition with their western rivals—not only for the […]

Learn how to bridge the political divide by guiding people through conversations that seek common ground.PLEASE NOTE: This event has a virtual/Teams option as well. Please make sure you reserve the correct ticket. A Teams link will be emailed prior to the event.Vermont Public is taking the principles of StoryCorps’ One Small Step on the […]

Paul Krugman and Zachary D. Carter in ConversationPaul Krugman, one of today’s leading economists, joins in a discussion with Zachary D. Carter, author of an award-winning biography of John Maynard Keynes, the great 20th-century thinker and father of macroeconomics, “whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes” ­– The Wall Street Journal. What can […]