Cold War and Culture

"Atoms for Sale"

by John P. DiMoia

T & C, July 2010

"Transnational Scientific Networks and the Postwar Research University: Taikyue Ree, and Physical Chemistry at the University of Utah, 1948-1970"

by John P. DiMoia

published, EASTS (Duke), 6.1, published, EASTS (Duke), 6.1,

"Counting People" / Demography in South Korea, (1945-early 1980s)

by John P. DiMoia

forthcoming in edited volume out of Germany (C. Unger, H. Hartmann, eds.)--first version submitted; edits submitted in early May 2012.

Before Rolling Thunder: Hyundai Construction in Southeast Asia, 1965-1973

by John P. DiMoia

in process, aiming to submit to JAS, JKS or Positions later in 2012? in process, aiming to submit to JAS, JKS or Positions later in 2012?

L’evoluzione giuridica del potere dell’occupante un territorio nemico nel diritto internazionale bellico nel corso della Seconda Guerra Mondiale

by Flavio Carbone

published in AA. VV., Acta del XXIV Congresso della Commission Internationale d’Histoire Militaire, Trieste 31 agosto – 5 settembre 2008, Roma, Commissione Italiana di Storia Militare, 2009, tomo 1, pp. 374-381.

The juridical evolution of the occupying forces in an enemy territory in International Law during the Secondo World War. The juridical evolution of the occupying forces in an enemy territory in International Law during the Secondo World War.

An Account of Fahrenheit 451

by JC Brown

Written for the History of Books, Printing, and Publishing (LIS 7790) -- Wayne State University, School of Library and Information Science. Dedicated to the three Js: Jaema, Janet, and Jarod.

This paper explores the development, publication history, and reception of the 1953 dystopian novella Fahrenheit 451... more This paper explores the development, publication history, and reception of the 1953 dystopian novella Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. A brief biographical sketch of Bradbury provides readers with necessary background information that shows an early interest in the topics of book burning and censorship. Development of the novella is traced by way of a collection of short stories that later evolved into Fahrenheit 451 – most of which had not been published until recently. A summary of the publication history is laid out with the most recent being the work's release in e-book format much to Bradbury's consternation. The paper examines the historical happenings which were occurring at the time of the novella's publication which affected the overall interpretation of the work with consideration given to Bradbury's sentiments. An examination of the book's censorship history is explored.

They Turned a School Into a Jungle! How The Blackboard Jungle Redefined the Education Crisis In Postwar America

by Adam Golub

Published in Film and History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 39.1 (Spring 2009): 21-30.

East? West? Or Both?' Foreign perceptions of architecture in Socialist Yugoslavia

by Vladimir Kulić

Journal of Architecture (RIBA) 14, no. 1 (2009): 87-105.

Refashioning the CK: Transitory Meanings of Belgrade’s Tallest Building

by Vladimir Kulić

Serbia on Prague Quadriennal 2007, exhibition catalogue, 11th International Exhibition of Scenogrpahy and Theater Architecture, Prague, 2007 (Belgrade: YUSTAT, 2007), n.p.

The State of Islam: culture and Cold War politics in Pakistan (Review)

by Snehal Shingavi

Since the beginning of the Cold War, Pakistan has appeared in the international imagination as a minor figure in the... more Since the beginning of the Cold War, Pakistan has appeared in the international imagination as a minor figure in the drama between rival superpowers or (and this is usually accomplished by the slightest of changes in accent) as the religiously hidebound antagonist to the rise of a modern, secular India. In both instances, what has been obscured are the political debates, struggles and movements inside Pakistan for a different future to the one imagined by those who have been at the nation’s helm throughout its 64-year history, or those (usually American, but occasionally Saudi, agents) who have directed its course from afar by meddling in the nation’s politics. More often than not, Pakistan’s current situation is blithely understood as the necessary consequence of its origins in a religious ideology, and any serious investigation of the nation’s social and political dynamics are summarily reduced to the equation of Pakistan with that baggy term, ‘Islam’.

The State and Economic Development

by Nemanja Sukalo

You Cannot Continually Inflict

by Jim Dingeman

Gauge, Battleground, Weapon: Celebrations in Cold War Cyprus, 1945-1955

by Christopher Sutton

A short article for Ex Plus Ultra.

What is Jewish (If Anything) about Isaiah Berlin’s Philosophy?

by Arie Dubnov

part of a Special Issue: " Between Religion and Ethnicity: Twentieth-Century Jewish Émigrés and the Shaping of Postwar Culture". Published in Religions vol. 3, no. 2: pp. 289-319.

This paper has two central aims: First, to reappraise Isaiah Berlin’s political thought in a historically... more This paper has two central aims: First, to reappraise Isaiah Berlin’s political thought in a historically contextualized way, and in particular: to pay attention to a central conceptual tensions which animates it between, on the one hand, his famous definition of liberalism as resting on a negative concept of liberty and, on the other, his defense of cultural nationalism in general and Zionism in particular. Second, to see what do we gain and what do we lose by dubbing his philosophy Jewish. The discussion will proceed as follows: after describing the conceptual tension (Section 1), I will examine Berlin’s discussion of nationalism and explain why comparisons between him and Hans Kohn as well as communitarian interpretations of him are incomplete and have limited merit. I will continue with a brief discussion of Berlin’s Jewishness and Zionism (Section 3) and explain why I define this position “Diaspora Zionism”. The two concluding sections will discuss Berlin’s place within a larger Cold War liberal discourse (Section 5) and why I find it problematic to see his political writings as part of a Jewish political tradition (Section 6).
Keywords: Berlin, Isaiah (1909–1997); Kohn, Hans (1891–1971); Namier, Lewis B. (1880–1960); Shklar, Judith N. (1928–1992); nationalism; communitarianism; Cold War liberalism; Jewish political tradition

A Very British Vision of Détente: The United Kingdom's Foreign Policy During the Helsinki Process, 1969-1975’

by Dr Martin D. Brown

Published in the volume ' Overcoming the Iron Curtain: Visions of the End of the Cold War in Europe, 1945–1990' , based on contributions made at a conference held at the Sorbonne, Paris, in June 2008.

Edited by Frédéric Bozo (Sorbonne, Paris), Marie-Pierre Rey (Director of the Centre of Slavic Studies at the Sorbonne), N. Piers Ludlow (LSE), and Bernd Rother (Willy Brandt Foundation in Berlin). It forms part of Berghahn Book’s series on Contemporary European History [ISBN 978-0-85745-288-7

An Avant-Garde Architecture for an Avant-Garde Socialism: Yugoslavia at EXPO ’58

by Vladimir Kulić

Journal of Contemporary History January 2012 47: 161-184.

The Pavilion of Yugoslavia at EXPO ’58 in Brussels was an attempt to internationally showcase the specific brand of... more The Pavilion of Yugoslavia at EXPO ’58 in Brussels was an attempt to internationally showcase the specific brand of socialism developed in that country since its break from the Soviet bloc ten years prior. That goal was best achieved through the pavilion building, an inspired piece of modern architecture designed by the Croatian architect Vjenceslav Richter, which attracted much positive attention. In most other respects, the presentation was a relative disappointment, failing to engage the visitors in an attractive and well-rounded experience. This article provides an analysis of the conceptualization, development, and reception of the pavilion based on the abundant material from the Archive of Yugoslavia in Belgrade. It argues that Richter’s avant-garde design resonated with the self-proclaimed avant-garde status of Yugoslav socialism, but that its complex connotations, when seen through the lens of the Cold War, were reduced to a mere index of Yugoslavia’s break from the Soviet bloc.

Mirrorings: Communists, Capitalists and Voortrekkers of the Cold War

by Monica Popescu

Published in Beyond the Border War: New Perspectives on Southern Africa's Late-Cold War Conflicts. Eds. Gary Baines and Peter Vale. UNISA, 2008.

Reworked and republished as "Voortrekkers of the Cold War: Enacting the South African Past and Present in Mark... more Reworked and republished as "Voortrekkers of the Cold War: Enacting the South African Past and Present in Mark Behr's The Smell of Apples" in Settler and Creole Reenactment. Eds Vanessa Agnew and Jonathan Lamb. Solicited for reprinting by the editors.

Cold War and Hot Translation

by Monica Popescu

published in Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies

Licence for shooting: South African literature, the media, and the Cold War.

by Monica Popescu

published in Scrutiny2: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa, 13.1 (2008)

The war in Angola represented one of the hot spots of the Cold War. Despite the length of the conflict and the number... more The war in Angola represented one of the hot spots of the Cold War. Despite the length of the conflict and the number of warring parties involved, relatively little attention has been paid to the ways in which South African literature represented this conflict. This article focuses on the relationship between text and image, between literature and photojournalism. For Etienne van Heerden (“My Cuban” and “My Afrikaner”) and Mark Behr (The smell of apples), literature is capable of exposing ideological regimentation, the role of state apparatuses in creating a captive audience, and the mechanisms that perpetuated apartheid mentality and endorsed South African foreign policies. These literary works, and their relationship to war photography, are also indicative of the relatively marginal yet revealing position South African cultural texts hold in global mediascapes focused on the Cold War.

Lewis Nkosi in Warsaw: Translating Eastern European Experiences for an African Audience

by Monica Popescu

Published in The Journal of Postcolonial Writing 48.2 (2012)

This article discusses overlaps and dissimilarities between eastern Europeans’ and Africans’ subordinate position in... more This article discusses overlaps and dissimilarities between eastern Europeans’ and Africans’ subordinate position in relation to imperial powers from the perspective of a South African writer who lived in Poland. Lewis Nkosi’s subtle and ironic style outlines the burden of colonialism and cultural marginalization shared by Poles and South Africans, but also reveals the paternalism and condescension disguised by socialist slogans of solidarity with Third World nations. The complex relation between (post)colonial and eastern European cultures is informed by the Cold War.