Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism

This book aims to contribute to the debate on European cultural policy and cultural diplomacy as well as to fill in the gap that exists in this under-researched field. Europe is still struggling in formulating its common cultural policy that will present Europe as a united and diverse entity to the world while the EU Member States invest efforts in promoting themselves only. This volume examines individual practices in 10 selected cases while the introduction study outlines main features of the EU cultural diplomacy.

- Martina Topic/Cassandra Sciortino: Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Hegemony. A Framework for the Analysis - Miklós Székely: Rebuilding History. The Political Meaning of the Hungarian Historical Pavilion at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition - Margarita Kefalaki: Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Communication. Example of France and Corsica - Atsuko Ichijo: Cultural Diplomacy in the Contemporary United Kingdom. The Case of the British Council - Ayhan Kaya/Ayse Tecmen: The Role of Yunus Emre Cultural Centres in Turkish Cultural Diplomacy - Laurens Runderkamp: Dutch and German International Cultural Policy in Comparison - Ovidiana Bulumac/Gabriel Sapunaru: Loosing Focus. An Outline for Romanian Cultural Diplomacy - Daniela Chàlàniova: Cultural Diplomacy and Stereotypes in Present-Day Czech-Slovak Relations Breaking with the Past? Hetero-Stereotypes of Czechs and Slovaks Twenty Years from the Velvet Divorce - Diego Albano: Italian Cultural Diplomacy. A Playboy's Diplomacy? - Alexandros Sakellariou: Greek Orthodox Church's Public Discourse. Balancing between Cultural Hegemony and Cultural Diplomacy - Martina Topic: Culture and Identity as Tools for Forging Europeanization.