Sascha Priewe named USC Center on Public Diplomacy Research Fellow
November 28, 2019 Sascha Priewe joins the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy as one of the 2019-2021 CPD Research Fellows. His research project, “Museum Diplomacy: Parsing the Global Engagement of Museums,” explores the international webs of relationships that museums operate within. For more on Sascha Priewe’s exciting new project visit the […]
NACDI and MassCulture MCDigital Gathering Recording Now Live!
November 28, 2019 NACDI is thrilled to have partnered with MassCulture on ‘Can Artists Really Save the World?’ a conversation with leading Canadian cultural actors and workers featuring NACDI director Lynda Jessup. The digital gathering exploring cultural diplomacy and the use of arts and culture in international relations took place earlier this month to a […]
Simge Erdogan Granted Emerging Scholar Award
November 23, 2019 NACDI Research Fellow, Simge Erdogan (Queen’s University) presented her paper “Potentialities of Museum Diplomacy: Rahmi Koc Museum’s Here Comes the Sun Exhibition” at the Twelfth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 7-9, 2019. As one of the recipients of the conference’s prestigious […]
Cultural Diplomacy and the City – an Arts and International Affairs article by Sascha Priewe
October 31, 2019 Sascha Priewe explores the roles of cities in international engagement and argues that cities can, and should, embrace their role in cultural diplomacy in his new article. Read more in Arts and International Affairs here!
“’Museums: Diplomats of the 21st Century’: Dr Sascha Priewe speaks at CAMDO-ODMAC”
Dr. Sascha Priewe delivered talk “Museums: Diplomats of the 21st Century” at this year’s CAMDO-ODMAC (Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization-Organisation des directeurs des musées d’art canadiens) & UCAGAC-ACGAUC (Universities and College Art Galleries Association of Canada-L’Assocation canadienne des galleries des art universitaires et collegiales) Joint Meeting, held at the Ottawa Art Gallery, to a […]
Senate Report on Canadian Cultural Diplomacy
NACDI was pleased to see the launch of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s report on the role played by culture and arts in Canada’s international affairs. Released on June 11, 2019, the report is titled Cultural Diplomacy on the Front Stage of Canada’s Foreign Policy. The report draws on […]
Cultural Diplomacy and Trade: Making Connection
On March 7, 2019, NACDI launched its report Culture and Trade: Making Connections with an event at Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Co-organized with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, the event began with a welcome by Director John English. Sarah E.K. Smith (Carleton University) gave a presentation outlining the report […]
The Future of Museum Diplomacy: Skills and Knowledge for a Connected World
In keeping with the theme of the conference to learn from today for the future, ICOM Canada and NACDI partnered on a well-attended session at the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) National Conference in Toronto on April 16, 2019 to explore the skill set and knowledge needed to be successful in a globally connected and […]
Dr. César Villanueva Rivas visits Queen’s University
March 29, 2019 Dr. César Villanueva Rivas visited Queen’s University earlier this month. Dr. Villanueva Rivas delivered an engaging guest lecture, ‘National Images, Culture and Diplomacy: The Case of Mexico’, at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre to a full crowd on March 5th. The following day, Dr. Villanueva Rivas joined Dr. Lynda […]
Dr. Lynda Jessup visits Universidad Iberoamericana
March 29th, 2019 Dr. Lynda Jessup visited the Universidad Iberoamericana earlier this month. Dr. Jessup delivered a guest lecture on Cultural Diplomacy in Canada and facilitated seminar discussion with Universidad Iberoamericana students. Dr. Lynda Jessup and Dr. César Villanueva Rivas Dr. Jeff Brison, Dr. César Villanueva Rivas, and Dr. Lynda Jessup