Due to the corona crisis and the physical lockdown of the university and the physical distancing, the seminar will be held online, via Zoom:

Zoom link: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/64420039284

Invited Speaker:
Rósa Magnúsdóttir, Associate Professor at the Department of History, Aarhus University 

Abstract

To date, most biographies about the Cold War period are political biographies or they cater to a popular interest in spies and dictators. But how do we move from a focus on statesmen and spies and what can the lives of non-statesmen teach us about the Cold War? In my current research, I focus on individuals involved in Cold War cultural diplomacy and their transnational networks. Showing how individual actors navigated the superpower competitions and the ideological struggle, my biographical writing aims to shift the focus from a dominantly political narrative to a focus on lives lived in the context of the cultural Cold War.

Short bio

I am Associate Professor of History at Aarhus University, with a focus on cultural diplomacy, propaganda, and ideology during the Cold War. My most recent publications focus on the Soviet-American cultural Cold War and European soft power and public diplomacy.

See Rósa Magnúsdóttir's Research

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