European Public Diplomacy: Soft Power at Work

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Center for International Studies, USC School of International Relations, UACES, and Professor Mai'a Cross, School of International Relations, University of Southern California invite faculty and students to attend a working event on "European Public Diplomacy: Soft Power at Work".

This workshop is open to USC students and faculty only. Registration is required and must be received no later than March 28, 2012.Please email lascis@usc.edu to register or for any additional questions.

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WORKSHOP AGENDA

9:30am
Opening Remarks and Welcome Address
Patrick James, Director, USC Center for International Studies
Philip Seib, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Mai'a Cross, University of Southern California

10:00am –10:45am
Perspectives from IR Theory
Mai'a Cross, University of Southern California
Commentator: Steffen Rasmussen, University of the Basque Country

10:45am – 11:00am
Coffee Break

11:00am – 11:45am
Perspectives from History
Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California
Commentators: Geoffrey Wiseman, University of Southern California and Geoffrey Pigman, University of Pretoria

11:45am – 12:30pm
The Domestic Dimension of Public Diplomacy in the European Union at Supranational, National and Sub-national Levels
Ellen Huijgh, Carleton University
Commentator: Philip Seib, University of Southern California

2:00pm – 2:45pm
EU Public Diplomacy
Simon Duke, European Institute of Public Administration
Commentator: Brian Rathbun, University of Southern California

2:45pm – 3:30pm
City Diplomacy
Teresa La Porte, Universidad de Navarra
Commentator: Jeffrey Sellers, University of Southern California

3:45pm – 4:30pm
Networks and Networking in European Public Diplomacy
Ali Fischer, Mappa Mundi Consulting
Commentator: Nicholas Weller, University of Southern California

4:30pm – 5:15pm
The Normative Power of EU Public Diplomacy
Ian Manners, Roskilde University
Commentator: Patrick James, University of Southern California

5:15pm – 5:30pm
Book Progress & Wrap-Up Session
Mai'a Cross, University of Southern California
Jan Melissen, Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’