| Day
1: Saturday 27 March |
| Morning
Session: In Search of Cultural Diplomacy |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
10:00
– 10:30 am |
Is
Cultural Diplomacy a Contradiction in Terms? |
Dr
Ruth Bereson, Assistant Professor of Arts and Humanities,
Teachers College Columbia University |
10:30
– 11:10 am |
Institutionalizing
Cultural Diplomacy in the 21st Century |
Josh
Grossberg, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Matthias Bär, Institute
for Cultural Diplomacy |
11:30
– 12:30 |
Keynote
Lecture
The Cultural Ambassador: Social Consciousness and
the Artist as Activist and national representative |
Joel
Meyerowitz, Photographer and US Cultural Ambassador |
| Afternoon
Session: Perspectives on Cultural Diplomacy in Education |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
2:00
- 2:45 pm |
Teachers
College and Afghan Ministry of EducationThe Afghan Project: TC Working with Afghans on Education from the 1950s to today. |
Dr
Michele Genor,
Curriculum and Teaching and Dr Greg Hamilton,
Arts and Humanities, Teachers College Columbia University |
2:45
– 3:30 pm |
Auburn
Theological Seminary:
Face to Face/Faith to Faith: Connecting young leaders
across religious and political barriers. |
The Rev. Dr Katharine R. Henderson, Executive
Vice-President of Auburn Theological Seminary |
3:30
– 4:15 pm |
Arts as Education: Theatrical Ventures
in Rural Afghanistan |
Joanna
Sherman, Artistic Director of Bond Street Theatre |
Reception |
5:30
– 6:30 pm |
Hip
Hop New York and Sweden -School Students interact live with
their compositions |
Collaboration between students in Lund, Sweden and School
of the Future, New York. Global Nomads Group; Dr Randall Allsup, Coordinator, Music Education
Department TC; and the University of Lund. |
|
| Day
2: Sunday 28 March |
| Morning
Session: International Education Models - Perspectives on
Cultural Diplomacy Continued |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
10:00
– 11:00 am |
Global
Nomads Group:
Videoconferencing as a means to cultural understanding
between students from diverse cultures and countries. |
Jonathan
Giesen, Director of Education Relations of Global
Nomads Group |
11:00
– 11:30 |
Sound
Negotiations: Self, School, and State as Contexts for Musical
Encounter |
Dr
Lori Custodero, Chair of the Early Childhood Commission
of the International Society for Music Education |
11:30
– 12:00 |
Literature
across the frontiers: reconciling diplomacy and art |
Samuel
Jamier, Cultural Service of the French Embassy |
12:00
– 12:30 |
In
the Trenches: Using Exchange as a Daily Tool of Cultural
Diplomacy |
Patrick
Sciarratta, Executive Director of Friendship Ambassadors
Foundation |
| Sunday
Afternoon Session: Culture, Education and the State |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
2:15 – 3:30 pm |
Round
Table: Designing an effective and responsive methodology
for cross-cultural dialogue |
Moderator Lila Azam Zanganeh
Participants: Jonathan Giesen, Dr Michèle Genor, Dr Greg
Hamilton, Dr Lori Custodero, The Rev. Dr Katharine Henderson |
| |
| Day
3: Saturday 3 April |
| Morning
Session: Arts and the State |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
10:00 – 11:15 am |
Can
Cultural Diplomacy Ever Replace War? |
Emeritus
Professor John Pick |
11:30
– 12:30 |
Cultural
Diplomacy: Nostalgia or New Direction? |
Lea
Perez,
Director, Office of Citizen Exchanges, State Department |
| Afternoon
Session: The State’s Role in Cultural Diplomacy |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
2:00
– 2:15 pm |
When
governments meet to support the arts: dialogue, exchange
and diplomacy |
Sarah
Gardner, Executive Director of the International
Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies |
2:15
– 2:30 pm |
The
Finnish Arts Council, European attitudes and the complexities
of dialogue |
Risto
Ruohonen, Director of Arts and Cultural Heritage
and Special Government Advisor, Ministry of Education, Finland |
2:30
– 3:00 pm |
Arts
International:
Negotiating Arts Across Borders |
Noreen
Tomassi, President and CEO, Claudia Norman Program Manager |
3:00
– 3:20 pm |
Culture
as an element of diplomacy |
Leah
Pisar, International Relations, NYC2012 |
3:30
– 4:00 pm |
Theatre
Training Research and Practice: an Asian based
model of cross cultural artistic exchange |
T.
Sasitharan, Artistic Director, Theater Training
& Research Programme, Singapore |
4:00
– 4:30 pm |
Negotiating
Cultures: artist,
the organization, the government, culture and the importance
of cultural diplomacy in Asia and abroad |
Rachel
Cooper, Asia Society, Director for Performing
Arts and Public Programs |
Reception |
6:30
– 8:00pm |
The
Con Fuoco Duo:
Being
an Artist and Cultural Ambassador for the USIA in Africa.
Performance and Lecture
This event is open to the
general public free of charge on a first come first serve
basis (200 seats will be available). |
Professor
Steven Glaser, Ohio, State University. Dr
Robert Walzel, Director of School of Music, University
of Utah |
| |
| Day
4: Sunday 4 April |
| Morning
Session: The Artist, the Arts: An Analysis of Cultural Diplomacy |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
10:00
– 10:40 am |
American
Cultural Diplomacy in Action: The State, its
Agencies and the visit of the Iraqi National Symphony
Orchestra to
Washington, December 2003 |
Patrick
Hughes, former Artistic Consultant on International
Activities to NEA |
10:40
– 11:20 am |
Arts
Partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia |
Fritzie
Brown, DirectorCEC, ArtsLink International, Lynne
Sachs, Filmmaker |
11:30
– 12:30 |
Visual
Arts and the exchange of culture |
Peter
Trippi, Director, Dahesh Museum, Breda
Kennedy, Program Director, International Studio
& Curatorial Program |
| Afternoon
Session: Institutions, Agencies and the Media |
Time |
Topics |
Speakers |
2:00
– 3:00 pm |
Embassies
and Cultural Programs: Speakers from Embassies, consulates
and cultural institutes present their perspectives on why
they engage in cultural diplomacy |
Representatives
from missions in India, Austria, Germany, France, and Africa. Professor Omotayo Olinayan, Permanent Observer
of the Africa Union to the UN, Dr. Elaine Valdov,
Chair EXO, Executive Committee of NGOs/United Nations DPI
and President, International Institute for a Culture of
Peace, Dr. Thun-Hohenstein, Austrian Cultural
Forum, Olivier Boasson, Deputy Cultural
Counselor French Embassy |
3:10
– 3:40 pm |
The
Media’s Role:
Perspectives from a Photojournalist Journalist, Criticism
and Debate |
Alan
Chin, photojournalist New York Times and Gamma Photo Agency |
3:40
– 4:10 pm |
Plenary
Session |
Emeritus
Professor John Pick |
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