Reflections on Global History in the 20th Century: Towards a New Vision for the 21st Century

Join us for a dialogue among leading scholars of global history on the legacies of the 20th Century and the prospects for developing a more stable and prosperous world order in the remainder of the 21st Century. On this 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, participants in a CSIS research project will summarize key findings from a series of workshops and papers to be published in an edited volume in 2016.

2:00-2:15

Opening Remarks
John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

2:15-3:45

Perspectives on the Global History of the 20th Century

Germany :
Sebastian Conrad, Professor of History, Freie Universitat Berlin

Japan :
Yuichi Hosoya, Professor, Keio University
Satoshi Ikeuchi, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo

United States :
William Inboden, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs,
University of Texas-Austin

China :
Jian Chen, Hu Shih Professor of History for U.S.-China Relations, Cornell University

Turkey :
Cemil Aydin, Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Moderator :
Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

3:45-4:00

Break

4:00-5:00

Towards a New Vision for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Zbigniew Brzezinski

Moderator:
John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS