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“Onward! No Retreat!”: The Matters & Memory of Asia’s Conversations with Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War I

Fri, October 24, 1:00 to 2:45pm EDT (1:00 to 2:45pm EDT), -

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While the Cold War superpowers busied themselves with partitions and proxies, small, non-aligned, and newly independent states started conversations of a different kind. Rather than abiding by the East-West logic of the Cold War, smaller states worked around, within, and despite this largely imagined reality. This panel will explore how countries throughout Asia negotiated the Cold War between 1945 and 1991 by relying on political, economic, and cultural partnerships with Central and Eastern European countries. These ties to Central and Eastern Europe did not always come through straightforward diplomatic avenues—sports, highly competitive living standards races, postwar reconstructions, and environmental concerns also helped solidify these international collaborations. This panel will also examine how these Cold War alliances are remembered today—from Josep Broz Tito Boulevard in Phnom Penh to Nehru Street in Belgrade and every avenue in between. How are official and “unofficial” memories of this Cold War outreach used today? Comprising a wide range of scholarly voices covering multiple countries, perspectives, and approaches, the panel will feature the yet-untold conversations between Central and Eastern Europe and Asia’s non-aligned forces during the Cold War and how those conversations are remembered today.

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