Segunda cumbre: Actores Todos somos Practicantes
¡Únete a nosotros! Los eventos tendrán lugar el 17 y 19 de noviembre, el 1 y 9 de diciembre de 2021. ¡El registro de Eventbrite se abrirá pronto! Actores: Todos somos Practicantes se centra en las actividades de los practicantes diplomáticos concebidas de forma amplia. Organizada por la Universidad del Sur de California, la cumbre […]
Watch the conversation: Cultural Diplomacy in Your Neighborhood
Cultural Diplomacy in Your Neighborhood took place December 9, 2021, during the final session of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners. This conversation was organized jointly by the University of Southern California (USC) Centre on Public Diplomacy (CPD) and NACDI and hosted virtually by the USC. Read more below Cultural Diplomacy in […]
Cultural Practice and Transnational Outreach: The Practitioner in Sport, Art, and Music
December 1, 2021 Cultural Practice and Transnational Outreach is the third day of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners, organized by NACDI and hosted virtually by the University of Southern California. Keynote: Minding the Gaps: Connecting Diversity, Diasporas, and Skate Diplomacy9:00 AM (PT) / 10:00 AM (CT) / 12:00 NOON (ET) Speaker: […]
(Re)Constructing Identity: Diaspora Diplomacy
November 19, 2021 (Re)Constructing Identity: Diaspora Diplomacy is the second day of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners, organized by NACDI and hosted virtually by the University of Southern California. Keynote- “Mexican Diasporas in the United States: Tools for Engagement that Center Community Knowledges and Experiences“9:00 am – 10:15 (PT)/11:00 – 12:15 […]
Decolonizing Diplomacy
November 17, 2021 Decolonizing Diplomacy is the first day of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners, organized by NACDI and hosted virtually by the University of Southern California. Panel 1: “Call and Response: Resistance and Refusal as Diplomacy“9:00 am (PT)/11:00 am (CT)/12:00 NOON (ET) Moderators: Ryan Rice (Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawake), Associate Dean, […]
Cultural Diplomacy as Critical Practice: the launch of the Spanish-language report
Summarized by Francisco Zepeda Trujillo September 20th, 2021 César Villanueva Rivas (Universidad Iberoamericana) and Lynda Jessup (Queen’s University) welcomed participants emphasizing that diplomacy (official or not) is always related to culture; indeed, culture always goes ahead of any diplomatic practice. Eduardo Tadeo (Universidad Iberoamericana) mentioned that this report results from a North American and transnational […]
Dr. Lynda Jessup responds to Walter Mignolo at 2021 ICRRA conference
On October 13, 2021 Director and founding member of NACDI Dr. Lynda Jessup participated in the opening keynote of ICRRA’s (International Cultural Relations Research Alliance) annual conference by introducing and responding to Dr. Walter Mignolo’s keynote presentation. NACDI is a member of ICCRA, an initiative of ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and close partner to the […]
Players: We Are All Practitioners – the second virtual summit
Join us! Events take place 17 & 19 November, 1 & 9 December 2021 Players: We Are All Practitioners focusses on the activities of diplomatic practitioners broadly conceived. Hosted by the University of Southern California, the summit brings together academics and practitioners from both sides of the culture/diplomacy divide to consider the role of practitioners […]
Simge Erdogan-O’Connor to present at the Royal Geographical Society’s Annual International Conference
Erdogan-O’Connor’s presentation, “Local-Global Engagements of Museums: The Case of the Royal Ontario Museum,” discusses the potentials and challenges of contemporary museum practice in fostering local-global connections. It draws on the findings of her 2019 Mitacs-funded research, which surveyed the global activities of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Making use of archival and interview findings, this case […]
Cultural Diplomacy as Critical Practice: Watch the Report Launch event
This report puts culture back into cultural diplomacy. Download the report in your preferred language: Summarizing the lively conversations and debates during our first virtual summit, Cultural Diplomacy as Critical Practice: Virtual Summit , it marks the first of three research events taking place across North America that form the larger project, The Cultural Relations […]