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The international conference DROPPING, MAINTAINING AND BREAKING THE IRON CURTAIN: The Cold War and East-Central Europe twenty years later
The Institute for Contemporary History – Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Institute of International Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences – Charles University, organized an international conference (19-21 November 2009) about the role played by East-Central Europe in the Cold War. Thirty leading historians and political scientists from 12 countries presented their views in six panels and one panel discussion (the topic of which was “How Well Did the Cold War Experience Prepare for Membership in NATO and EU?“). The conference was deservedly covered by Czech media and Prime Minister Jan Fischer took the opportunity to award seven distinguished academics with the Karel Kramář Memorial Medal of the Czech Prime Minister for their promotion of knowledge of modern Czech (Czechoslovak) history on the international stage. The awardees were: Thomas Blanton, Saki Ruth Dockrill in memoriam, Mark Kramer, Vojtěch Mastný, Alex Pravda, Vilém Prečan, William Taubman.
4. 12. 2009
