The Cold War in the Classroom

Course Leader: Ben Walsh
Academic Leader: Dr Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck)

The 2017 Teacher Fellowship Programme will focus on the history and historiography of the Cold War. The course will be taught by historians at Birkbeck College London in collaboration with the Historical Association. The programme will be fully funded, including travel and accommodation costs.

It will provide opportunities to make sense of the history of the Cold War. How global was the Cold War? What role did Europe and countries like Britain play in the standoff between the two superpowers? Were there parts of the globe that were untouched by the Cold War? To what extent did ideology define the conflict? How was the Cold War experienced in East and West, and how did life on both sides of the Iron Curtain compare? When did the Cold War really begin? Why do some Cold War assumptions still shape our world in the 21st century?

Teacher Fellows will explore the state of the field and a range of new and old historical sources, and develop ways to use them in the classroom.

The course will begin in January 2017 with a residential in London, with applications due in the autumn term. To register your interest in this programme, please fill email our Education Officer, Maheema Chanrai, at maheema.chanrai@history.org.uk.

For more information about the programme and application process, click here.