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Re-Thinking Cold War: A Comparative Perspective
First International Student Conference
May 23-24, 2007

Cold War is re-entering the academic discourse. This conference aims at understanding the political and cultural tendencies in a time of global conflict. Students from both sides of the Atlantic will present and discuss their findings about this highly heterogeneous phenomenon which continues to shape Europe and the US in the 21st century.

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Organizers

Prof. David Jervis, Department of Political Science, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, USA

Sina Nitzsche, M.A., Department of English and American Studies, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

 

Venue

Altes Heizhaus (Innenhof CUT), Straße der Nationen 62, Chemnitz, Germany
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Schedule May 23, 2007

10:00-12:30 pm

Opening Panel Discussion
Consul General of the United States Mark Scheland, US Consulate Leipzig
Prof. Paul Rundquist, School for International Studies, TU Dresden
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm

Key Issues in Cold War
Jessica Schwabe: “Cold War Paranoia: Manipulation Through Science Fiction”
Sebastian Oehme: “The Cold War Brainwashing Scare: Examining A Clockwork Orange”
2:30-3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 pm

U.S.-S.U. Politics, Propaganda, Censorship
Rebekah Fiehn: “Cold War Propaganda: A Comparison of Tactics Used by United States and the Soviet Union in Germany“
Matt Hahn: “Complicity During Atrocity”
4:00-4:30 pm Coffee Break
4:30-5:00 pm

Alternative Representations of Cold War in Britain and the US
Tamás Novák: “'MAD' or how we learned to start worrying and fear the bomb”
Michele Hengst: “Biting the Red Flesh: How Dracula Became Political in the 1950s”
6:00-8:00 pm Film Screening and Discussion
Club der Kulturen, TU Chemnitz

 

Schedule May 24, 2007

9:00-10:00 am

European Dimensions of Cold War: The Czech Republic
Matt Riddle: “The Strength of Flowers: Why the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia Was Velvet”
Emily Miller: “The Prague Spring: A Dream Deferred”
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 am

Building and Crossing The Wall in Germany
William Rose: “Kennedy and Berlin”
Juliane Hohmann: “Cold War Comedy Crossing Over: One, Two, Three (1961)”
11:30-12:30 pm Lunch
12:30-1:30 pm

Cold War Aftermath: from 11/9 to 9/11 and Beyond
Christian Lindner: “Muscle-Bo(u)nd Nostalgia for the Cold War?: The Crisis of Masculinity in Casino Royale (2006)”
Carolin Betker: “’It’s all your fault, mother!’: Momism in the Manchurian Candidate (1962) and (2004)”
1:30-2:00 pm Coffee Break
2:00-3:00 pm

Final Panel Discussion
Prof. Dave Jervis, Rockford College
Sina Nitzsche, Chemnitz University of Technology

 

Contact

Sina Nitzsche
Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Reichenhainer Str. 39, Office 013
0371/531-36527
sina.nitzsche@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de