Workshop: Researching covert action
Out of the Shadows Project Networking Event: Researching Covert Action
The first workshop of the Out of the Shadows Project will bring together Early Career Researchers and senior academics to discuss covert action in US and UK history. The workshop will provide an opportunity to present research on the topic and share experiences of teaching the topic in the classroom. The event will take place at Friends House, in London.
9:30-10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:10 Introduction by Luca Trenta
10:10 - 11: 10 Panel One: The British Way of Covert Action, Chair Vladimir Rauta
Huw Bennett - ‘British psychological warfare in the Middle East, 1951-61’.
Thomas Maguire - ‘Shades of grey: the British way of covert propaganda during the Cold War’.
Rory Cormac - ‘The British way of covert action’.
11:20 - 12:40 Panel Two: The US Government and Covert Action, Chair Luca Trenta
Chris Hoekstra - ‘US Special Operations Policy in South Vietnam, 1957-65: Three Key Questions and How to Teach Them.’
William Carruthers - ‘Offensive Cyber Operations: Back to the Past’.
12:40 - 1:10 Lunch break
1:10 - 2:00 Panel three: Non-Military Covert Operations, Chair Simon Willmetts
Amanda Niedfeldt, "Overt? Covert? U. S. Philanthropy and the Cold War".
Olivier Lewis, ‘Open Economies, Political Autonomy, and Joint Covert Operations: A Trilemma?’
2:00-3:30 Roundtable: Bringing Covert Action to the Classroom
Chris Hoekstra, Lloyd Hopkins, Simon Willmetts, Vladimir Rauta, Claire Hubbard-Hall, and Luca Trenta.
3:30 - 4:00 Conclusion: next steps for the project.
