Conference Photos

The Global Impact of 1956: Race, Neutralism, and National Liberation

Richard Herrmann, Director of the Mershon Center
for International Security Studies, welcomes participants
to "1956: Race, Neutralism and National Liberation."

Carol Anderson, University of Missouri-Columbia, moderates the panel
on race. Panel members included (seated left to right) Ryan Irwin,
The Ohio State University; John Munro, University of California-Santa
Barbara; and Alice Conklin, The Ohio State University.

Robert McMahon, Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History at
The Ohio State University, moderates the panel on neutralism.

Conference organizer Rajiv Khanna, The Ohio State Univesity, speaks on
"Nehru and the Aftermath of Suez" as conference participants look on.

Jason Parker, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Mershon Center, speaks on
"Neutralism and Race in U.S. Foreign Policy" as the panelists look on.
Seated (from left to right) are Rajiv Khanna, The Ohio State University;
Margaret Manchester, Providence College; Rinna Kullaa, University
of Maryland-College Park; and Robert McMahon, The Ohio State University.

Conference organizers Ursula Gurney and Rajiv Khanna
take a break during the dinner at The Blackwell Hotel.

(From left to right) Mark Grimsley, The Ohio State University; Gary Hearn,
husband of plenary speaker Donna Guy, The Ohio State University;
Ken Andrien, The Ohio State University; and Rinna Kullaa, University
of Maryland-College Park, enjoy conversation at the conference dinner.

(From left to right) Ryan Irwin and Peter Hahn, both
of The Ohio State University, and Carol Anderson,
University of Missouri-Columbia, take a break during
the conference dinner at The Blackwell Hotel.

(From left to right) Mytheli Sreenivas, Jennifer Siegel, Alice Conklin, and Donna Guy,
all of The Ohio State University, enjoy time together during the conference dinner.

(From left to right) Ahmad Sikainga and Jason Parker, both
of The Ohio State University, and Daniel Branch, University
of Exeter, share a laugh at The Blackwell Hotel.

Ryan Irwin and conference organizer Amanda
Rothey, both of The Ohio State University,
settle into their seats at the conference dinner.

Donna Guy, The Ohio State University, delivers the
plenary address, "1956: The Messages of Revolution
and Reaction in Latin America."

William Risch, Georgia College and State University,
speaks on "Dissent Within the Soviet Empire: Ukranian
Student Movements in the 1950s" as moderator Ahmad
Sikainga, The Ohio State University, looks on.

1956 conference participants listen to the proceedings.

Conference organizers Rajiv Khanna and Carole Fink,
both of The Ohio State University, speak during the
wrap-up session of the 1956 conference.

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