Paradise Now is the story of two would-be Palestinian suicide bombers and their personal journey through this process. USC Public Diplomacy Professor Nicholas Cull held a discussion with director Hany Abu-Assad following the film.

"What Works in Public Diplomacy?" Numerous reports have put forth the clarion call asking this question. Distinguished speaker Dietram A. Scheufele, a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visited USC to discuss the relevance of his work on the topic.

Click here to view Scheufele's Powerpoint presentation (.pdf).

"What Works in Public Diplomacy?" Distinguished speaker Robert Entman discussed the relevance of his work to the topic.

Robert M. Entman received a Ph.D. in political science from Yale and an M.P.P. in policy analysis from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently teaching at North Carolina State University's Department of Communication. His research and teaching interests focus on political communication and communication policy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes and her deputy Dina Powell, the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, at the CPD offices.

The Annenberg School for Communication and the Center on Public Diplomacy were pleased to welcome two new faculty members in public diplomacy to USC, Drs. Nicholas Cull and Eytan Gilboa.

Nicholas Cull has recently accepted a tenured appointment as Professor of Public Diplomacy at USC where he will be directing the newly approved Master's in Public Diplomacy. Eytan Gilboa, based at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, will be a Visiting Professor of Public Diplomacy for the fall 2005 semester and will teach a graduate public diplomacy course entitled "Media Diplomacy."

The Center on Public Diplomacy hosted an end-of-the-year open forum on "Journalism and Democracy: A View from Paris - What role does--and should--journalism play in democratic societies?" Our special guest for the discussion was Geraldine Muhlmann.

The USC Center for Public Diplomacy and the Trojan Debate Society are hosted an Eastern European champion debate team for deliberation and discussion regarding whether current Bush administration efforts at public diplomacy were sufficient for a continued American leadership role in Eastern Europe.

The debate was moderated by the director of the Center for Public Diplomacy, Joshua Fouts, and the director of the Trojan Debate Society, Gordon Stables. Question and answer session followed the debate.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy held a special event in conjunction with the Eisenhower Series College Program, "The Changing Role of the U.S. Military: The Defense Department and U.S. Public Diplomacy." The Center hosted a public diplomacy discussion with senior colonels of the United States armed forces.