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Kultūras diplomātija un starptautiskā akadēmiskā apmaiņa: Erasmus Mundus un Erasmus+ izpēte

2018

Kultūras diplomātija var uzlūkot kā fenomenu dažādos veidos un jomās, taču tādās jomās kā izglītības un akadēmiskajā apmaiņā kultūras diplomātiju var aplūkot sākot no 20. gadsimta 30. gadiem Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs. Starpvalstu akadēmiskā mobilitāte attīstīijās pateicoties globalizācijai, kā arī pieaugošajai popularitātei, izmantojot starpkultūru praksi kā palīgu politisko interešu īstenošanā. Eiropas Savienība (ES) izveidoja savu akadēmiskās mobilitātes programmu Erasmus Mundus 2003. gadā, kā piemēru ņemot Fulbraita stipendiju programmu Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs (1946. gads). Erasmus Mundus programmu izveidoja akadēmiskās mobilitātes kanālus ar valstīm, kas nav ES dalībvalstis. Š…

The battle for Azerbaijan : Azeri Perspectives on the Observation of the 2005 Parliamentary Elections and the Post-Election Period

2006

- This report seeks to highlight the role of international observer missions of the 9 November 2005 parliamentary election in Azerbaijan. It also presents in-depth assessments of the pre- and post-election situation in the country. The six articles that are presented in the volume have been produced by leading scholars or development practitioners in Azerbaijan. The report forms part of the ‘Network for Election Observation and Exchange’. This is project that is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Reframing a Damaged Regional Brand on a Global Scale through Cultural and City Diplomacy - the Case of Sicily under a Dynamic Performance Governance …

2020

De-demonising Japan? : Transitioning from war to peace through Japan’s cinematic post-war cultural diplomacy in UNESCO’s Orient project 1957–1959

2017

In 1959, UNESCO published a film catalogue titled Orient. A Survey of Films Produced in Countries of Arab and Asian Culture to familiarise Western audiences with Eastern cultures. Out of the 139 feature films included in the catalogue, 37 were Japanese. Through a discussion of the descriptions of the films provided in the catalogue, this article analyses Japan’s post-war cultural diplomacy in the context of the Orient project. The aim is to discuss the question of what purpose the Japanese films chosen for the Orient catalogue served in terms of cultural diplomacy. The analysis suggests the Japanese representatives aimed to position the nation in the international arena outside the Cold War…

Traveling Together as a Couple: Gender, Diplomacy, and Cultural Mediation in the Life of the Countess of Fernán Núñez, Spanish Ambassadress in Lisbon…

2023

Este artículo profundiza en el papel jugado por las mujeres como mediadoras culturales en el siglo XVIII. Su punto de partida es la figura poco conocida de María, condesa de Fernán Núñez, embajadora de España en Portugal (1777-1787) y Francia (1787-1791), quien llevó una vida transnacional marcada por viajes, cortes internacionales y embajadas, todos espacios de sociabilidad tradicionalmente vinculados al estudio de la mediación cultural, ámbito que en los últimos años ha comenzado a ser estudiado desde la perspectiva de género. La experiencia de la condesa arroja luz sobre las contribuciones de las esposas de los embajadores y diplomáticos a la vida política y cultural europea y sobre las …

Exploring Culture in and of the Cold War

2018

The Cold War used to be portrayed as a global struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even if this image has been challenged many times, the main images that come to mind when speaking of the Cold War, are often linked to superpower rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, the threat of a military conflict, and nuclear armament. These images have proved tenacious regardless of scholarship underlining cooperation across apparent ideological division and cross-border interaction instead of hostility. One of the key weaknesses is that many areas still lack empirical research that would fill in the gaps and provide material to allow us to re-evaluate the extent a…

W drodze ku nowoczesności : dyplomacja publiczna jako narzędzie konsolidacji demokracji

2018

Przemiany zachodzące we współczesnych stosunkach międzynarodowych tworzą nową, dynamicznie zmieniającą się rzeczywistość. Dla państw Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, które od ponad 25 lat znajdują się na ścieżce demokratycznej transformacji, oznacza to szereg dylematów i wyzwań. Młode demokracje regionu muszą nie tylko dbać o dotychczasowy dorobek transformacji, ale przede wszystkim kontynuować proces konsolidacji systemu, będący jednym z najistotniejszych warunków nowoczesnego państwa. Szczególną rolę pełni w tym zakresie społeczeństwo obywatelskie, które rozwija się i umacnia m.in. dzięki dyplomacji publicznej. Ta ostatnia upodmiotowiła obywateli w polityce i dała im możliwość wywierania realn…

EU Public Diplomacy and the Eastern Partnership : Some Reflections on Goals, Determinants and Constraints

2018

The aim of this article is to show public diplomacy using the example of the European Union, which by its very nature is perceived as an actor with a natural potential to conduct public diplomacy. In a more detailed perspective, the analysis concerns EU public diplomacy towards the states of the Eastern Partnership, which is both an addressee of its objectives and a catalyst for its difficulties and constraints. The article consists of three parts. In the first part, the definitions’ section of public diplomacy was briefly presented. In the second part, the aims and objectives of public diplomacy in the understanding of the European Union were presented. An important element of this section…

Dialogue in and as European heritage

2022

In this article, we scrutinize the use and institutionalization of the concept of ‘dialogue’ in the cultural politics of the European Union. Our focus is on how dialogue is understood in the context of the European Union’s flagship heritage action, the European Heritage Label, that aims to strengthen citizens’ sense of belonging to the Union. Since heritage has gained increasing prominence in the European Union international relations, we also discuss how ‘dialogue’ is institutionalized in the European Heritage Label as part of the European Union’s heritage diplomacy. We approach dialogue in the context of the European Heritage Label as a floating signifier; an ideal seldom explicitly defi…

Rzeczpospolita w relacjach berlińskich Philipa Plantamoura: od kwietnia do sierpnia 1702 r

2019

An important element in historical research is analysis of the diplomatic reports from the Old Commonwealth. They show the history of the state as well as its internal and foreign politics from another historical perspective. In 1700 the Great Northern War broke out and changed the political system in Middle and Eastern Europe for decades to come. The evens were of interest for diplomats from foreign courts. One of them was Philip Plantamour, a secretary to ambassador George Stepney in Berlin. He sent his reports to the British Isles. They included information about war and political opperations in the Polish - Lithuanian state. The analysis of the diplomatic reports provides answer to how …