The London Art as Cultural Diplomacy Conference 2013
“Contemporary International Dialogue: Art-based Developments and Culture Shared between Nations”
London; August 21st - 24th, 2013
Held Parallel to “The Notting Hill Carnival 2013”
Held Parallel to “The Notting Hill Carnival 2013”
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| Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 |
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 |
Friday, August 23rd, 2013 |
Saturday, August 24th, 2013 |
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| 9:30 | Registration Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
"The Public Representative: A Political Perspective in a Time of Austerity" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Nick Brown (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
Cultural Walking Tour of London | |
| 10:00 | Welcome Address Speaker: The Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (Former Speaker of the Parliament of Luxemburg; Former Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
"Multiculturalism in State "Ethnic" Orchestras in Singapore" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Shzr Tan (Professor, Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London) Location: Center for Creative Collaboration, University of London |
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| 10:30 | "Contemporary African Arts and Artists into Perceptions of Africa in Developed States" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Eric Joyce (MP) Member of the British Parliament Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
(10:45) "How Writers for Young Adults can Stimulate Dialogue across Communities and Challenge Prejudices about the Other" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Miriam Halahmy (Author & Poet) Location: Center for Creative Collaboration, University of London |
"What is 'Official National Art' and What is Not?" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Hywel Williams (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
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| 11:30 | Break | Break | Break | |
| 12:00 | "The Lithuanian Presidency of the EU: Priorities in the Field of Culture and Audiovisual" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Asta Skaisgiryté Liauškiené (Ambassador of Lithuania to the United Kingdom) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
"Alfred Hitchcock British Icon/Universal Icon - Why is Specific General? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sandra Shevey (Associate Tutor, British Film Institute) Location: Center for Creative Collaboration, University of London |
"Art as Cultural Diplomacy - Turkish Perspectives" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz (Ambassador of Turkey to the United Kingdom) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
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| 13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break & Travel | Lunch Break | Lunch Break & Travel |
| 14:30 | "The Way to a Diplomat's Heart? Cuisine as Artistic Expression in Contemporary Global Politics" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Josh Abrams (Principal Lecturer, Department of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies , University of Roehampton) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
"400 Years on: Cultural Diplomacy in London, 1613" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Timon Screech (Professor, Department of the History of Art & Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies) Location: The Nehru Centre |
Out of the Exhibition: Indigenous Performance and the Arts of Diplomacy" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Helen Gilbert (Professor of Theatre, Drama Department, Royal Holloway, University of London) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
(15:00) The Spirit of Utopia (Visit and Reading) Location: Whitechapel Gallery |
| 15:15 | "Art as a means of Understanding the City" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: William Arthurs (Editor, CityCity Magazine) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
"Narratives as Life Stories: Performing Stories of Cultural, Collective and Personal Identity" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Marina Lambrou (Principal Lecturer in English Language and Communication, Kingston University) Location: The Nehru Centre |
(15:30) "Music and Medicine as a Shared Culture between the East and West in the Middle Ages" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Charles Burnett (Professor the History of Arabic/Islamic Influences in Europe', Warburg Institute, University of London) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
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| 16:30 | From Imperialism To Diplomacy: An Historical Analysis Of French And Senegal Cultural Relationship (Participant Paper) Speaker: Aisha Balarabe Bawa, (Lecturer and Researcher, Department of History Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Nigeria) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
"Expressions of Arabic Calligraphy in Arabic Typography for a Cultural Identity of the Visual Arabic Script" (Participant Paper) Speaker: Miss Aysha Khalid-Mahmood (Researcher Arabic Typography and Visual Culture, Nottingham Trent University) Location: The Nehru Centre |
"Art as Cultural Diplomacy in Africa - Case Study: Nigeria" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Amb. Abdul Rimdap (Former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany) Location: The Portcullis House, British Parliament |
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| 17:00 | Travel Time and Exploring Covent Garden | Travel Time and Exploring South Bank Center | Historical Walking Tour of the Westminster Quarter | |
| 18:30 | Group Dinner & Social Activity | Group Dinner & Social Activity | Group Dinner & Social Activity | Farewell |
