International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA

"The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers"

Lionell Thomas (Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities)

"The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers"

Lionell Thomas (Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities)
June 22nd, 2014
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"American exchange programmes and Diasporas in America as a cultural bridge"
Jānis Mažeiks (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations)
June 27th, 2014
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"Conversation between Mark C. Donfried and Novelist Abha Dawesar on Cross Cultural Relationships and the Arts in the Digital Age"
Abha Dawesar (Indian Novelist)
June 27th, 2014
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"Narco Music: the Delivery System for Empathy"
Angela Beeching (Author)
June 27th, 2014
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"Good Governance and the Rule of Lay - EU and UN perspective"
Vladimir Drobnjak (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations)
June 27th, 2014
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"Living with Intention: Lessons in Cultural Diplomacy"
Tia Powell Harris (Executive Director, Weeksville Heritage Center)
June 27th, 2014
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"Cultural Identity and the Globalized World"
Teresa Lapid Rodriguez (Director, George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University)
June 27th, 2014
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"Obstacles to Cultural Diplomacy: Lessons from the Cold War"
Stuart Isacoff (Author)
June 27th, 2014
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"The Importance of Cultural Diplomacy through Government Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education"
Ludwig Brunner (Executive Director, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University)
June 27th, 2014
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"The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers"
Len Bernstein (Photographer)
June 27th, 2014
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"The Hyphen"
Ashok Rajamani (Author)
June 27th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Bob Dotson (American Broadcast Journalist & Host of "American Story with Bob Dotson," NBC News Today Show)
June 27th, 2014
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"Does America Actually Have A Cultural Heritage? And If So - What Is It? And How Can It Affect Change Throughout The Rest Of The World"
Kenny Fame (Poet & Musician)
June 27th, 2014
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"Panda Diplomacy: How Animals Mediate Among Human Cultures"
Boria Sax (Writer & Journalist)
June 27th, 2014
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"The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers"
Emanuel Xavier (Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Novelist, Editor, and Activist)
June 27th, 2014
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"Dante to the Present: Poetry as the experience of pilgrimage in religious, social and personal life"
James Finn Cotter (Professor of English at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh NY)
June 27th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Yuriy Sergeyev (Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations)
June 26th, 2014
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"The Possibility of Fiction and Creating New Maps"
Angie Cruz (Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh)
June 26th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Simona Miculescu (Ambassador of Romania to the UN)
June 26th, 2014
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"The Role of Art in Social Justice: using the arts to celebrate, critique, and change our world"
Renée Watson (Poet)
June 26th, 2014
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"How America can strengthen relations with Turkey, Muslims and the Islamic world"
Oktar Babuna (MD, Representative, A9 TV Turkey)
June 26th, 2014
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"Supporting Diversity through Arts and Culture"
Margaret Newman (Executive Director, Municipal Art Society of New York)
June 26th, 2014
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"Cultural Diplomacy: A Danish Perspective"
Maiken Tandgaard Derno (Head of Culture and Public Diplomacy, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations)
June 26th, 2014
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"Political Satire as Intercultural Diplomacy' with Kayvon Afshari"
Kayvon Afshari (Host & Executive Producer, the Mideast Show with Kayvon Afshari)
June 26th, 2014
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"The Role of the Arts in the Contemporary Global Community: One Painters Perspective"
Joseph L Adolphe (Professor, Fine Arts, St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John's University)
June 26th, 2014
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"How Corporate Fear of Diversity Undermines Economic Success"
Ahsin Rasheed (Chairman & CEO of DDG)
June 25th, 2014
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"Engaging Civil Society to Promote Women's Rights in the MENA Region: Ensuring the Effectiveness of Cultural Diplomacy"
Anna Yankova (Director, International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland)
June 25th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Megan Hamilton (Program Director, Creative Alliance)
June 25th, 2014
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"Bridging the Cultural Divide: United States Diplomacy in the 21st Century; Multilateralism v. Exceptionalism"
Max Hilaire (Associate Professor & Chairperson, Morgan State University)
June 25th, 2014
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"US Cultural Diplomacy in Practice: Building Cultural Bridges to Strengthen the Relationships between America and the Global Community"
Arnold Packer (Former United States Assistant Secretary of Labor)
June 25th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Larry Schugam (Executive Vice President, the Baltimore Curriculum Project)
June 25th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Elissa Bantug (Project Coordinator of the Breast Cancer Survivorship Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center)
June 25th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Yerkin Akhinzhanov (Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States)
June 24th, 2014
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"Engaging Civil Society to Promote Women's Rights in the MENA Region: Ensuring the Effectiveness of Cultural Diplomacy"
Sussan Tahmasebi (Co-Founder of the International Civil Society Action Network, Iran )
June 24th, 2014
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"An American Perspective"
Richard Bryan (Former United States Senator)
June 24th, 2014
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"Diplomacy in Revolutionary Times"
Robert S Walker (Former Republican Chief Deputy Whip of the United States House of Representatives)
June 24th, 2014
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Keynote Address
Carl N. Grant (Managing Director at Kiwi Venture Partners)
June 24th, 2014
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"Cultural diplomacy at Times of Crisis"
Elena Poptodorova (Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States)
June 24th, 2014
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"The Unintended Consequences of Promoting Cultural Diplomacy: Some Lessons from the American Dream"
Enrique S. Pumar (Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology, Catholic University of America)
June 24th, 2014
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"Cultural Diplomacy, Global Governance, and Democratic Sovereignty"
John D. Fonte (Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for American Common Culture, Hudson Institute)
June 24th, 2014
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"Cultural Diplomacy Through Educational And Cultural Exchange: The Case Of North Carolina-Pakistan School Exchange Project"
Jesse Lutabingwa (Associate Vice Chancellor for International Education and Development; Professor of Public Administration at Appalachian State University; Director of the North Carolina-Pakistan School Exchange Project)
June 24th, 2014
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"Cultural Diplomacy Begins at Home"
Yvonne Captain, Director (MIPP Program Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University)
June 23rd, 2014
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"The Influence of American Diversity and Values Through the Rule of Law"
Alberto Gonzales (80th United States Attorney General of the United States)
June 23rd, 2014
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"Cultural Diplomacy – Perspectives of Colombia"
Tatiana de Germán-Ribón (First Secretary of Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Colombia to the United States)
June 23rd, 2014
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Keynote Address
Phil Eskeland (Executive Director, Korea Economic Institute of America)
June 23rd, 2014
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"Cultural Diplomacy – Perspectives of Trinidad and Tobago"
Neil Parsan (Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States)
June 23rd, 2014
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"The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers"
Lionell Thomas (Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities)
June 23rd, 2014
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"The Citizen's Role in Cultural Diplomacy"
Joyce M. Johnson (Rear Admiral (Ret.) U.S. Public Health Service)
June 23rd, 2014
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"Investigative Reporting as a Cultural Bridge"
Jeff Leen (Assistant Managing Editor in Charge of the Investigations Unit, The Washington Post)
June 23rd, 2014
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"How Cultural Diplomacy Helped Win the Cold War"
ohn J. Tierney (Walter Kohler Professor of International Relations; Academic Dean, Ad Interim; Chairman of the Admissions Committee, Institute of World Politics)
June 23rd, 2014

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