CoMo Symposium: Rethinking the End of the Cold War

How might our current moment – characterised by talk of disorder, crisis, and shifting world orders – ask us to reflect on the end of the Cold War? CoMo’s 2026 symposium brings together interdisciplinary and regional perspectives on this juncture, with an emphasis on conversation and debate. You are welcome to attend for the whole afternoon or just individual sessions.

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Agenda

1.00 Lunch (please ensure you register)

1.30 Writing the history of the world since the end of the Cold War: Andrew Hindmoor (Sheffield, Politics), author of Haywire: A Political History of Britain since 2000

2.45 Coffee

3.00 Regional perspectives: rethinking the end of the Cold War in uncertain times: 

• Central America Eline van Ommen (Leeds, History)
• Eastern Africa Daniel Branch (Warwick, History)
• Russia Miriam Dobson (Sheffield, History)
• East Asia Derek Kramer (Sheffield, East Asian Studies)

4.30 Concluding remarks

For further information please contact george.roberts@sheffield.ac.uk.