The Language of Art and Music

"An International Symposium on the Potential for Artistic Expression to Cross Cultural Barriers and the Relationship between Art, Culture, and International Relations"

(Berlin, 17th - 20th February 2011, Held Parallel to the Berlin International Film Festival)

Participant Papers

Aleksandra Boskovic	Montenegro - culture within the international context and European integration
Alessandra McAllister	Of networks and nation - placing national identities in Internet social sites
Anita Morgan	Towards the creation of a shared space in a divided Northern Ireland - the role of humour in the songs of Tommy and Colum Sands
Bianca Predoi	Reframing some topical issues of art: Kitsch between the contemporary art language and the management of values
Chloe Preece	Identity and branding in the boundaryless career - an analysis of visual artists' career trajectories
Clarice Zdanski	The role of the arts in shaping Europe's future - intercultural communication in art education
Colin Lawson	Painting Sound:the collaborative work of musician Bartosz Dziadosz and painter Colin Lawson
Craig Robertson	Music and conflict transformation in Bosnia: constructing and reconstructing the normal
Dobrila Popovic	Music and stage projects as model of international cooperation
Eva Vass	Creativity, connectedness, embodiment and affect
Henrietta Landells	Aesthetics, emotion and cultural diplomacy
Holly Van Leuven	The rhythm of learning - why the shortest distance between cultures is tin pan alley
Dr. Ioana Petrescu & Dr. Kit MacFarlane	Poetry and Cultural Bridges: Beyond Politics and Economics
Jacquelynne Modeste	Globas swing - identifying structure in the impovised world
Judith McKimm-Vorderwinkler	Can music play a role in intercultural dialogue?
Natalia Grincheva	The 'starfish' of cultural diplomacy: social media in the toolbox of museums
Regina Höfer	Strategies of Global Communication – Contemporary Tibetan Art and the West
Reginald D. Patterson	Violin hero and the knight's blues
Rokus de Groot	Music at the limits - Edward Said's musical elaborations
Romana Franjic	Stories and storytelling - added value in cultural tourism
Sarah Wardle	The international linguistics of art and music
Susanna Niiranen	Singing and rapping experiences of being in a minority in Southern France and in Samiland
Vivian Chetraru	Evolutions of the cultural policy - Romania from 1989 - 2006

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Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon 2020-2021), Raed Khoury (Minister of Economy and Trade of Lebanon 2017-2019), Ghada Chreim Ata (Minister for Refugees of Lebanon 2020-2021)

Abdullah Gül (President of Turkey 2007-14)

His All Holiness Bartholomew (Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople)

Davor Filipovi? (Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia 2022-23)

Gjorge Ivanov (4th President of North Macedonia 2009-19)

Katalin Bogyay (Ambassador of Hungary to the UN 2015-20; Ambassador of Hungary to UNESCO 2009–14)

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Former Member of the British Parliament)

Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania 1996-2000)

Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon 2020-2021)

Ghada Chreim Ata (Minister for Refugees of Lebanon 2020-2021)

Raed Khoury (Minister of Economy and Trade of Lebanon 2017-2019)

Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon 2020-2021), Raed Khoury (Minister of Economy and Trade of Lebanon 2017-2019), Ghada Chreim Ata (Minister for Refugees of Lebanon 2020-2021)

Bill Clinton (President of the USA 1993-2001), Vjosa Osmani (President of Kosovo), Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania 1996-2000) »

Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania 1996-2000), Vjosa Osmani (President of Kosovo), Bertie Ahern (Prime Minister of Ireland 1997-2008), Ehud Olmert (Prime Minister of Israel 2006-9) »

Bertie Ahern (Prime Minister of Ireland 1997-2008), Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania 1996-2000), Vjosa Osmani (President of Kosovo), Ehud Olmert (Prime Minister of Israel 2006-9) »

Bill Clinton (President of the USA 1993-2001), Yossi Beilin (Leading “Architect” of the Oslo Accords), Hiba Husseini (Former Chair of the Legal Committee to Final Status Negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis) »

Iain Duncan Smith (Former Leader of the Conservative Party) Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Former Member of the British Parliament), Chris Law (Member of the British Parliament), Heidi Kühn (Founder Roots of Peace) »

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Miguel Ángel Moratinos (United Nations Under-Secretary-General, High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations) »

André Azoulay (Counsellor to H.M. King Mohammed VI, Morocco) »

Massimo d'Alema (Prime Minister of Italy 1998-2000; Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006-8) »

Hiba Husseini (Former Chair of the Legal Committee to Final Status Negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis) »

Yossi Beilin (Former Minister of Justice of Israel; Leading “Architect” of the Oslo Accords & the Geneva Initiative) »

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Chair of the Alba Party, Scotland; Former Member of the British Parliament) »

Humza Yousaf (First Minister of Scotland (2023-24)) »

Nitzan Horowitz (Former Israeli Minister for Health; Former Head of the Merez Party) »

Robert Serry (United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process 2007-15) »

Ann Linde (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden 2019-22) »

Erkki Tuomioja (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland 2000-07, 2011-15) »

Carlos James (Minister of Tourism of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) »

Jack McConnell (First Minister of Scotland 2001-07) »

Pablo Hernández de Cos (70th Governor of the Bank of Spain 2018-24) »

Charles Fernandez (Minister of Tourism, Investment and Economic Development of Antigua and Barbuda) »

Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar (Deputy Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)) »

Már Guðmundsson (Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland 2019) »

Etleva Kadilli (Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF) »

Miguel Pedro Sousa Monteiro (President of the Board of Directors of Cape Verde Stock Exchange »

Rajeeva Bandaranaike (Chief Executive Officer, Colombo Stock Exchange ) »

Sok Hour Hong (CEO of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)) »

Andrian Iastremschi (President of the Moldovan Stock Exchange) »

Jan Vapaavuori (Chair of Finnvera's Board of Directors; Former Mayor of Helsinki; Former Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland) »

Mohammed Omran (Prof. of Financial Economics, Arab Academy for Science & Technology; Ex- Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority & the Egyptian Exchange) »

George Panteli (Director General of the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth) »

Harris C. Georgiades (Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs of Cyprus) »

Martin Frick (Director of the WFP Global Office Berlin) »

Sandris Laganovskis (Director of Cooperation and Partnerships Department in the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)) »

Jean-Philippe Chauzy (Chief of Mission, IOM Germany) »

The Language of Art and Music

"An International Symposium on the Potential for Artistic Expression to Cross Cultural Barriers and the Relationship between Art, Culture, and International Relations"

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