Event Details
Date
July 16, 2021
Time
4:54pm
Location
Sarah E.K. Smith and Jeffrey Brison will present "Observing Cultural Diplomacy: Canadian Museums and Global Engagement, 2009-2019" at the 2021 Global Humanities Symposium: Observing Cultural Diplomacy.
The Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy and the National Endowment for the Humanities hosted the 2021 Global Humanities Symposium: Observing Cultural Diplomacy virtually on July 16. The Global Humanities Symposium is part of the Global Humanities Initiative, a slate of programming carried out by Meridian International Center and the National Endowment for the Humanities, that seeks to amplify contemporary scholarship and scholars that focus on cultural diplomacy.
For the inaugural Global Humanities Symposium, the focus is on “Observe,” often one of the first, crucial steps in building bridges across cultures. The Global Humanities Symposium will examine the following themes: museums’ role in cultural diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, and digital public humanities.
Museums as Cultural Diplomacy Panel
This panel surveyed how museums around the world impact cultural exchange by shaping economies, urban development, politics, and social change while also being a site of contention over cultural objects, authority, and interpretation.
Moderator: Dr. Christine Sylvester, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Panelists:
- María Luque-Larena, presenting “Exhibiting Cultural Diplomacy: Lessons on Spain-US Relations Drawn From Two Recent Museum Shows”
- Dr. Sarah E. K. Smith and Dr. Jeffrey Brison, presenting “Observing Cultural Diplomacy: Canadian Museums and Global Engagement, 2009-2019”
- Dr. Antonio C. Cuyler and Khamal Patterson, presenting “France and the Restitution of African Cultural Property: A Critical Race Theory View”
The Museums as Cultural Diplomacy panel runs from 2:00.45-3:29.40. "Observing Cultural Diplomacy" runs from 2:24.28 to 2:46.40.
