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How much was today’s world order shaped by the Cold War era and its end? What events represent important caesurae of the East-West conflict besides the year 1989, for instance the founding of the United Nations, the Decolonization starting in the 1960s and the catastrophe of Chernobyl etc.? What role did new social, political, and ecological movements, as well as regional and international organisations play in this? How were literature, the visual and performing arts deployed as salient battlefields in the global Cold War? And which changes are difficult to explain from an European point of view or are not a direct outcome of the end of the conflict?[caption id="attachment_1198" align="alignleft" width="221"] "1953 ... our women helpless!" (James Vaughan under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)[/caption]Find out how these questions can possibly be answered at the fourth WeberWordCafé "Globalisation during the Cold War: Culture, New Geopolitics and Che Guevara" taking place November 16, 2015, from 4:30 to 8 pm at Literaturcafé im Haus des Buches Leipzig! Our table topics and experts are:Educational "Aid" During the Cold War: Constantin Katsakioris (Universität Bayreuth), Corinne Geering (Universität Giessen)Social Movements and Cultural Icons: James Mark (University of Exeter), Beata Hock (Universität Leipzig)Ideologies, Geopolitics and the Search for New Allies during the Cold War: Zaur Gasimov (Orient-Institut Istanbul), Jens Boysen (Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau)New Political Agendas: Human Rights, Gender and Environment: Ned Richardson-Little (University of Exeter), Karena Kalmbach (Freie Universität Berlin)Youth Movements, the "Third World" and the Radical Left: Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College), Hector Perla Jr. (University of California Santa Cruz)[caption id="attachment_1200" align="alignright" width="200"] "... To Fly Higher, Faster, Farther!" (James Vaughan under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)[/caption]International and Regional Organizations: Léonie Maes (UNU CRIS), Jorge Garzón (GIGA Hamburg)Art, Literature and Propaganda: Elizabeth Holt (Bard College), Yang-Wen Zheng (University of Manchester)Decolonization and Postcolonial Solidarity: Leslie James (University of Birmingham), Elisabeth Leake (University of London)&#160;