Debating the Cold War: The Cold War that Never Ended and the Cold War in the Classroom

As part of a workshop hosted by the Reluctant Internationalists research group on Debating the Cold War, Piers Ludlow (LSE), Elidor Mehilli (Hunter College, NY) and Angela Neilson-Nagy (Blackheath High School/Birkbeck) discuss the legacies of the Cold War and if it ever really ended. The panel, chaired by Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck) also address how we understand and communicate the history of the Cold War to younger generations. The panel included discussion on the extent to which new historiographical approaches have informed, or, more frequently, failed to inform, current teaching materials and curricula in UK secondary schools. The challenge, panellists agreed, was to integrate the complex, heterogeneous and multi-centred historiography of the Cold War, into a narrative which remained comprehensible and engaging for students and the general public. For more information – http://bit.ly/2nkGWiQ