THE INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES
The George Washington University Cold War Group
Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research
June 14-18, 2004
All sessions held at 1957 E. Street, N.W., Lindner Commons, 602
June 14
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:30-9:55
Welcome and Introduction
Hope M. Harrison,
The GeorgeWashington University
10:00-10:30
Preparing to visit an archive
Distribution of National Security Archive “How To” CD-ROM
Vladislav Zubok, Temple University and William Burr, National Security Archive
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:45-3:30
The State Department’s FRUS series: What's in and what's not
David Geyer, U.S. Department of State
3:30-3:45
Break
3:45-5:15
Understanding where documents come from, how they come to be written, and the
policymaker’s perspective
James M. Goldgeier and Hope M. Harrison, The George Washington University
7:00
Dinner
Speaker: Christian Ostermann, The Cold War International History Project
June 15
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:45-11:45
At the archives: how to get what you want
Part I: The National Archives
Michael Hussey and Martin F. McGann, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
12:00-1:15
Lunch
1:30-3:00
3:00-3:15
Presidential Libraries
Nancy Smith, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Break
3:15-5:15
Break
3:45-5:15
At the archives: how to get what you want
Part II: Non-American Archives
Svetlana Savranskaya, National Security Archive
Hope M. Harrison and James Hershberg, The George Washington University
June 16
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:45-11:15
A Policymaker's Perspective
Strobe Talbott, The Bookings Institution
11:15-12:00
Break
12:00-1:30
Lunch
Military Archives
Speaker: Ronald Spector, The George Washington University
1:45-3:45
3:45-4:00
Going beyond the archives: FOIA requests and private papers
Gregg Brazinsky, The George Washington University
Malcolme Byrne, National Security Archive
Priscilla Roberts, Hong Kong University
Break
4:00-5:30
Presidential Recordings
Timothy Naftali, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia
June 17
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:45-12:30
Hands on: your chance to read and interpret documents and engage in a debate about
them. We will distribute documents on several issues from various countries and
discuss questions of interpretation.
Hope M. Harrison and James Hershberg, The George Washington University
12:45-2:00
Lunch
2:15-3:45
3:45-4:00
Going beyond the archives: conducting interviews
James M. Goldgeier and Hope M. Harrison, The George Washington University
Break
4:00-5:00
Concluding Discussion
5:00
Reception
June 18
10:00
Optional meeting at College Park with National Archives staff
Speakers
Gregg Brazinsky, Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs, GWU
Specialist on South Korea
William Burr, Senior Analyst, National Security Archive
Specialist on U.S. foreign policy
Malcolm Byrne, Deputy Director and Director of Research, National Security Archive
Specialist on U.S., Iran and Central Europe
David C. Geyer, Office of the Historian, Department of State
Compiler of FRUS volumes on Germany and Europe
James M. Goldgeier, Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, and Professor of
Political Science and International Affairs, GWU
Specialist on U.S.-European-Russian relations
Hope M. Harrison, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, GWU
Specialist on Russia and Germany
James G. Hershberg, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, GWU
Specialist on U.S. foreign policy and the Cold War, former director of the Cold War International History
Project
Michael Hussey, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Martin F. McGann, Access Officer for Presidential Materials, U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration
Timothy Naftali, Associate Professor and Director of the Presidential Recordings Program and the Kremlin
Decision-Making Project, Miller Center, University of Virginia
Christian Ostermann, Director, Cold War International History Project, the Woodrow Wilson Center
Specialist on U.S., Germany and the Cold War
Priscilla Roberts, Lecturer of History and Director of the Center of American Studies, Hong Kong University
Specialist in Cold War and private archives
Svetlana Savranskaya, Director for cooperative projects with Russian archives and institutes and editor of the
Russian and East Bloc Archival Documents Database, National Security Archive
Nancy Smith, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Ronald Spector, Professor of History and International Affairs, GWU
Specialist on Military and Diplomatic History
Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution
Vladislav M. Zubok, Associate Professor of History, Temple University
Specialist in Soviet history and politics