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Programme at a glance

All registered participants will receive a Zoom link to the conference two days before the conference starts.

Wednesday 5 May 2021

10:15-11:00 Keynote: Dr. Matthew Grant, University of Essex (GB):
The Cold War and the remaking of British Citizenship (confirmed)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-14:30 Paper session I:
Nuclear power and the remaking of citizenship and civil society after 1945
(Interrupted by lunch)
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
14:45-15:45 Virtual guided tour of REGAN VEST

Thursday 6 May 2021

09:30-10:15  Keynote: Marie Cronqvist, Lund University (Sweden):
Cold War and warm welfare: The contribution of cultural history to the study of civil defence in Scandinavia
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-14:30 Paper session II:
Shelters as Cold War (cultural) history
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:00  Coffee break
15:00-15:15  Informal virtual gathering

Friday 7 May 2021

10:00-10:45 Keynote: Heike Hollunder, Museumsleiterin, Dokumentationsstätte Regierungsbunker, Bonn:
Exhibiting and narrating Cold War civil history (confirmed)
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15- 12:15 Paper session III:
Exhibiting and narrating Cold War civil history
12:15-13:15 Lunch break
13:15-14:45  Paper session IV: Nuclear Cold War technology
14:45-15:00 Closing of the conference