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In September 8-9, 2003, the Cold War International History Project of the Woodrow Wilson Center, the leading global research project on the history of the Cold War, will host a pioneering international conference on Cold War commemoration. The conference will bring together cultural resource specialists, leading international scholars, Cold War veterans, media and foundation representatives, artists, government officials, and other professionals to determine how best to remember the global conflict.
As personal memory of the long ideological struggle begins to fade, creating a network among those charged with its preservation and interpretation is becoming critically important. As a nonpartisan center of scholarly inquiry, the Cold War International History Project does not endorse any one historical interpretation. The principle objective of the conference is to ensure that the broadest historical perspectives receive a full hearing.
DRAFT AGENDA
“Cold War Memory. Interpreting The Physical Legacy of the Cold War”
An International Conference
Organized and sponsored by
The Cold War International History Project
of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Co-sponsored by
- The Cold War Museum (Fairfax, VA)
- The Association of Air Force Missileers (Breckenridge, CO)
- The German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)
- The Harry S. Truman Library (Independence, Missouri)
- The Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
In cooperation with
- The Norwegian Aviation Museum (Bodø, Norway)
- The Eisenhower Foundation and Eisenhower Presidential Library (Abilene, Kansas)
- The National Coalition for History (Washington, D.C.)
With generous financial support from The Boeing Company
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
September 8-9, 2003
Program
September 7, 2003
Arrival
[Spy Tour offered by the Cold War Museum]
September 8, 2003
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Conference Registration
& Breakfast Buffet
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Flom Auditorium, 6th floor
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hon. Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson Center
Hon. Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior
Hon. John Fowler, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, The White House
Hon. Carol D. Shull, Keeper, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service
Hon. Brent Scowcroft (invited)
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Flom Auditorium, 6th floor
Panel I: International Scholarship in the Making: Toward a New Cold War History
Melvin Leffler, University of Virginia (CHAIR)
Tom Blanton, National Security Archive
Chen Jian, University of Virginia
Hope Harrison, George Washington University
Roger Lotchin, University of North Carolina
Discussion
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Lunch served outside the Conference Room, 5th floor
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Conference Room, 5th floor
Panel II: Preservation, Interpretation and Department of Defense and NASA Properties
CHAIR: Michael Devine, Truman Museum and Library
Dave Berwick, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Rebecca Welch, Office of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office
Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum
Jay Thomas, Navy Cultural Resources Office
Janelle Warren-Findley, Arizona State University
Discussion
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Conference Room, 5th floor
Panel III: Honoring Service, Interpreting the Past
Donald A. Ritchie, Senate Historical Office (CHAIR)
Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation
Paul Lusignan, National Park Service
Frank Tims, Cold War Veterans Association
Mark Vogl, AMVETS
Troy Wade, Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation
Discussion
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Reception
Board Room, 6th floor
Opening of Paul Shambroom’s and Robert Del Tredici’s Exhibit
Opening of the Gulag Museum’s Traveling Exhibit
Introductions: Paul Shambroom, Robert Del Tredici
Leonid A. Obukhov, Gulag Museum at Perm-36, Russia
September 9, 2003
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Outside the Conference Room, 5th floor
Breakfast Buffet
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Conference Room, 5th floor
Introduction: William Taubman, Amherst College and CWIHP
Remarks: The Hon. Joel Hefley, R-CO, U.S. Congress
9:30-12:00 a.m.
Conference Room, 5th floor
Panel IV: Approaches to Cold War Museums
Francis Gary Powers, Jr., Cold War Museum (CHAIR)
Dan Holt, Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, KS
Jeffrey Engel, University of Pennsylvania and Sue Lamie, National Park Service, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, SD
Doug Lantry, U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH
Art Wolf, Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Conference Room, 5th floor
Panel V: International Museum Projects
Bernd Schaefer, German Historical Institute, Washington, DC (CHAIR)
Leonid A. Obukhov The Gulag Museum at Perm-36, Perm, Russia
Anne Kaminsky, Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin
Axel Klausmeier, Technical University Cottbus
Karl Kleve, Norwegian Aviation Museum, Norway
Romulus Rusan, Sighet Memorial Museum, Romania
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:45-5:30 p.m.
Conference Room, 5th floor
Panel VI: Preservation, Interpretation and Department of Energy Properties
Skip Gosling, Department of Energy (CHAIR)
Gary Hartman, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Oak Ridge, TN
Kris Mitchell, Department of Energy, Pantex Facility, Amarillo, TX
Gene Weisskopf, B Reactor Museum Association, Richland, WA
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Tour of the International Spy Museum
7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Reception in Spy Museum lobby
7:45 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Welcome by Peter Earnest, Executive Director, followed by brief presentations by museum developers Dennis Barrie, President, The Malrite Company, and Kathy Coakley, Vice President of Exhibition Development.
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