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Book Event: "The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs," by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Poster for event. Text reads: "The Center for Cold War Studies and International History presents a free public event featuring Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Department of History, UCSB The Last Tzar: The Abdication of Nicolas II and the Fall of the Romanovs." An image of Tzar Nicholas II and Prof. Hasegawa is included. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa discusses his acclaimed new book, The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs, which draws on a trove of new archival discoveries. In conversation with Prof. Lewis Siegelbaum of Michigan State, Prof. Hasegawa explores how Nicholas II’s resistance to reform and blinkered faith in autocracy doomed the monarchy.

  1. January 22, 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Call for Papers: 2025 UCSB/GWU/LSE International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

The Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) of the University of California at Santa Barbara, the George Washington University Cold War Group (GWCW), and the LSE Cold War Studies Project (CWSP) of the London School of Economics and Political Science are pleased to announce their 2025 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, to take place at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from May 8 to May 10, 2025.Short description of grad student Cold War conference, with photo or UCSB tower

 

  1. May 8, 2025 - 6:00pm to May 10, 2025 - 6:00pm
Films of the Cold War Presents: Iran—The Evolution of Revolution

This riveting ABC TV documentary film chronicles the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 and the hostage crisis that consumed the United States throughout the presidential election year of 1980,Documentary film screening: "Iran—The Evolution of Revolution," about the Iranian Revolution

  1. October 24, 2024 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

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Paul Baltimore (1971-2021)