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Emerging from Crisis? Mexico’s Image and Presence in the World
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) and Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico are pleased to co-sponsor an event, “Emerging from Crisis? Mexico’s Image and Presence in the World." This presentation topic coincides with the latest issue of the Mexican Magazine of Foreign Policy – Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior (RMPE), Vol. 96.
Coordinated by cultural and public diplomacy expert Cesar Villanueva Rivas, this magazine issue features articles from well-known international specialists in the fields of public diplomacy, nation-branding and international relations including Nicholas J. Cull, Jan Melissen, Simon Anholt and Peter Landelius, as well as Mexican professionals Edgardo Bermejo, Jaime Díaz and Mónica Perez.
Speakers
Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy and Director of the Masters Program in Public Diplomacy at USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Alejandro Pelayo Rangel, Cultural Attache at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Pamela K. Starr, Director, U.S.-Mexico Network and Associate Professor of Teaching at the USC School of International Relations and Master's of Public Diplomacy Program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (moderator)
Cesar Villanueva Rivas, Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Estudios Internacionales
At the April 15 event at the University of Southern California, speakers will discuss Mexico’s image and the challenges it faces in a global context. Specific topics include:
--The implementation of innovative public diplomacy initiatives;
--Nation-branding and cultural cosmopolitanism-oriented strategies as part of an overarching foreign policy;
--How Mexico can cope with globally reproduced images portraying it as threatening or violent;
--Opportunities for the new administration to engage in a dialogue about Mexico’s experience and future challenges for its public diplomacy
To R.S.V.P for this event, please send a note to apds@usc.edu
About Revista Mexicana de Politica Exterior
The Mexican Magazine of Foreign Policy (Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior, RMPE) is a publication from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Matías Romero Institute, Mexico’s primary institution for preparing and training its diplomatic service. Since 1983, RMPE has been published quarterly, providing a forum for analyzing foreign policy and international relations issues with relevance to Mexico. RMPE is distinguished for collecting contributions from prominent foreign relations and diplomacy analysts, academics and national and foreign diplomats.
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