The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the UK
“Cultural Diplomacy throughout the Commonwealth of Nations: International Cooperation across Six Continents”
(London; July 10th - 12th, 2013)
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| Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 | Thursday, July 11th, 2013 | Friday, July 12th, 2013 | |
| 9:00 | Registration Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
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| 9:30 |
"Introduction to Cultural Diplomacy in the UK & the Commonwealth" (Lecture & Discussion) Mark C. Donfried (Director & Founder, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
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| 10:00 | "The Role of Culture in the Foreign Policy of the UK" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Lord William Richard Inglewood (Member of the House of Lords) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
"Ara deg mae dal iar" '. Language Issues between Groups; Problems and Possibilities" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Hywel Williams (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: House of Lords |
"The Latest Global Trends in Cultural Relations & the Role of Culture and Education in Soft Power" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Martin Davidson (CEO and Chair, British Council) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
| 10:45 | "EUNIC and Cultural Diplomacy in Europe" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dorian Branea (Director, Romanian Cultural Center, London) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
"The Role of Cultural Links in the Government's Commercial Diplomacy Drive" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Henry Bellingham (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: House of Lords |
"The Jewish Perspective on Cultural Diplomacy" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Vivian Wineman (President, The Board of Deputies of British Jews) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
| 11:30 | Tea, Coffee and Refreshments | Tea, Coffee and Refreshments | Tea, Coffee and Refreshments |
| 12:00 | "Wild Carpathia" (Film Screening) Presenter: Dorian Branea (Director, Romanian Cultural Center, London) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
"When Human Rights meet Local Traditions" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andrea Zielinski (Professor, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) Location: House of Lords |
Lecture & Discussion (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Natalie Louise Bennett (Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
| 12:30 | Lecture & Discussion (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Tim Unwin (Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
Envisioning Global Influence: The Commonwealth Charter, Cultural Diplomacy, and Civil Society (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Balasubramanyam Chandramohan (Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London in the UK) Location: House of Lords |
Humanist Organisations in Commonwealth Countries: Partnership, Collaboration and Shared Understanding (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Andrew Copson (Chief Executive, British Humanist Association) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 | "Cultural Diplomacy in a Changing World" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ruth Kattumuri (Co-Director, India Observatory & Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
"Cuban Soul" Case Study in Applied Cultural Diplomacy (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: David Soul (Celebrated Actor, Director, Musician) Location: House of Lords |
Cultural Diplomacy Today: the soft option, or the shrewd one? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sangeeta Bahadur (Minister Cultural, High Commission of India to the United Kingdom & Director, the Nehru Centre) Location: The Nehru Center |
| 15.30 | Cultural Diplomacy and the Inequality Challenge (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Robert Picciotto (Visiting Professor, Department of Political Economy, Kings College London) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
The British Quest for a Harmonic and Integrated Multicultural Society (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Omer El-Hamdoon (President of the Muslim Association of Britain) Location: House of Lords |
The British Quest for a harmonic and integrated Multicultural Society (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Anil Bhanot OBE (Managing Trustee, Hindu Council UK (HCUK) Location: The Nehru Center |
| 16:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 16:30 | Cultural Diplomacy throughout the Commonwealth of Nations (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Edward M. Turay (High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
Lecture & Discussion (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Ven Bogoda Seelawimala (Head of the London Buddhist Vihara) Location: House of Lords |
The Sporting Integration of Commonwealth Citizens into UK communities (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Rob Johnson (International Teams Administrator, England and Wales Cricket Board) Location: The Nehru Center |
| 17:00 |
Participant Paper Stabilizing Democracy In The Commonwealth of Nations (Presentation & Discussion) Speaker: Paa Kwesi Inkumsah (JCI UN Affairs Commissioner for Africa and Middle East (www.jci.cc)) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
Lecture & Discussion (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Williams Nkurunziza (High Commissioner of Rwanda to the UK) Location: House of Lords |
The Future of Cultural Diplomacy in the UK (Interactive Discussion) Speaker: Mark C. Donfried (Director & Founder, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) Location: The Nehru Center |
| 17:30 | Participant Paper Two years of revolution: Bahrain's uprising and Britain's Position (Presentation & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Nedal Al Salman (Human right activist; Head of Advocacy in Bahrain centre for human rights; Vice President of the Arab media monitoring group) Location: Romanian Cultural Institute |
The Commonwealth of Homophobia - Failings and Futures (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Peter Tatchell (Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation) Location: House of Lords |
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| 18:00 | Group Dinner- Fire & Stone Covent Garden (recommended social program) |
The "political Bar" (recommended social program) |
Conclusion of Conference |
