Kian Byrne is the senior program manager for the History and Public Policy Program at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy's Global Policy Institute. Byrne runs the digital archive and supports the program's various sub-projects, such as the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP), the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP) and the Critical Oral History Series.
His own research focuses on modern Middle East history and he holds an MA in history from George Washington University. He has written on subjects ranging from the state of archives in the Middle East, to the Iran-Iraq War and the history of US-Iran relations, about which he co-authored the book, Worlds Apart: A Documentary History of US-Iran Relations, 1978-2018 (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
The University of Maryland Digital Archive is a resource where students, researchers and specialists can access once-secret documents from governments and organizations all over the world.
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The Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP) was founded in 2011 with the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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For over three decades, the project has been a leading force in opening the historical record of the Cold War, supporting the full and prompt release of materials by governments on all sides of the conflict, and publishing an unprecedented collection of documents that have transformed how scholars understand the era.
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The Critical Oral History Conference Series is a cornerstone project of the History and Public Policy Program. Based on the methodology first pioneered by scholars James Blight, Janet Lang and colleagues, the series represents the juncture between the fields of history and public policy.
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