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Call for Applications - Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Italy
By admin | maggio 15, 2013
“Italian Cultural Diplomacy & North-South Relations within the EU”
(Rome; June 12th – 14th, 2013)
The Symposium is hosted by President Francesco Rutelli, President of the ICD
www.italy-culturaldiplomacy-conference.org
Italy’s vast artistic and cultural heritage has assisted the country to practice Cultural Diplomacy effectively as a foreign policy tool for centuries already. In addition, the great cultural contributions of Italy in the 20th century in the fields of the arts, music, cinema, and cuisine have made Italy a cultural icon for many states worldwide. As one of the founding member states of the European Union, Italy has traditionally served the role of a key mediator in political and economic negotiations regarding EU policies and, in the context of the urgent current crises in the European Union, Italy has been called upon once again to take on this role.
The Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Italy will present, explore, and analyze Italy’s historic and current foreign relations, and will place emphasis on the ways in which the country has directly and indirectly used Cultural Diplomacy as a tool to improve its international standing and its relations with other countries. Examples from the public sector, private sector and civil society will be reviewed, with particular emphasis on the ability of successful Cultural Diplomacy practices to ameliorate relations between Northern and Southern Europe in order to overcome the current crisis and to alleviate the long-standing Italian North-South Divide.
Symposium Locations
Based in Rome, the Conference will be hosted at a number of important political, historic, and cultural locations across the city. Featured locations during the Conference will include: the Società Dante Alighieri, Senato della Repubblica, the Ara Pacis Museum, and the Mercati di Traiano.
Participation in the Conference is open to governmental & diplomatic officials, academics, artists, journalists, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, human rights activists, historians, young professionals, and students, as well as other individuals interested in Italy, Europe, international relations, global politics, and related fields from across the world.
Speakers during the Conference will include leading dignitaries, heads of state, ministers, politicians, diplomats, academics, authors, human rights activist, journalists, and artists. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.
Speakers for the Symposium include:
·Adele Chatfield Taylor - President and CEO, American Academy in Rome
· Antonio Paolucci - Director, Vatican Museum; Former Minister of Culture of Italy
· Alessandro Masi - Secretary General, Società Dante Alighieri
· Amb. Bruno Bottai - President, Società Dante Alighieri
· Emmanuele Emanuele - President, Fondazione Roma; President, Fondazione Mediterranea
· The Hon. Francesco Rutelli - Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy; Former Mayor of Rome
· Franco Frattini - Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
· Giovanna Melandri - President, MAXXI Museum; Former Minister of Culture of Italy
· Giovanni Puglisi - Dean, IULM University; Italy; President, Italian Commission UNESCO
· Maurizio Fiorilli - Deputy General Attorney, Italian State
· Paolo Baratta - President, the International Biennale, Venezia
· Paolo Peluffo - Secretary General, National Committee for the National Unity Celebrations
Topics: 02 Conferences and Seminars, Italian Foreign Policy | Commenti disabilitati
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