Baker Peace Conference

A New Cold War? 

Feb. 23–24, 2023, in the Walter Rotunda 

Are we in a new Cold War? This is the theme of the Contemporary History Institute’s annual Baker Peace Conference taking place Feb. 23-24 in Ohio University’s Walter Rotunda.

The keynote address will be delivered Thursday evening by Julia Ioffe, a Russia specialist who has contributed articles to The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Forbes, The Washington Post, and other prominent publications. Ms. Ioffe is currently the Washington correspondent for the recently founded website, Puck.

On Friday, the conference will feature three panels, each with three speakers. The first panel will take place in the morning from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and focus on Russia and Europe. The second will take place in the early afternoon from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and address China and Asia. The third panel will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and adopt a broader view, considering the question of how peace may be achieved and preserved in tomorrow’s world.

We hope to see you there. Coffee and other refreshments will be available to attendees throughout the day on Friday.

See the full conference schedule.

About the Baker Peace Conference

The Baker Peace Conference is an annual event that brings together a diverse group of leading experts to discuss a significant national or international issue related to peace.

The first Baker Peace Conference took place in 1988, six years after the late Dr. John C. Baker, the University's president from 1945-62, and his wife, Elizabeth, established the John and Elizabeth Baker Peace Studies Endowment to encourage the education of students and the general public in the means by which peace can be established and maintained throughout the world. The Baker Conferences are jointly sponsored by the Contemporary History Institute and the Baker Peace Studies Program.

All events are free and open to the public. Institute students participate in these conferences and are involved in helping to organize them.

Conferences

• 2022 Baker Peace Conference | Technology and Freedom: A Brave New World, on Feb. 24-25
• 2020 Baker Peace Conference | Religion and Peace: Global Perspectives and Possibilities, Feb. 20-21
• 2019 Baker Peace Conference: Temple of Peace? International Cooperation and World Order since 1945
• 2018 Baker Peace Conference: Populism, the Press, and Election
• 2017 Baker Peace Conference: "Communism: Reflections on a Violent Century"
• 2016 Baker Peace Conference: "History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East"
• 2015 Baker Peace Conference: "The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective"
• Past Conferences

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