Announcements
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CPD is now accepting submissions for a one-day symposium, “Public Diplomacy & Development Communications: Intersections, Overlaps and Challenges,” on February 27, 2015.
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The 2014 CPD Prize is awarded to Baik for her paper: “Peng Liyuan: China’s First Lady in Diplomacy.”
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The CPD-BBC Forum is now available online via BBC The World Tonight.
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“Gender Bias Without Borders" highlights the research of CPD University Fellow Dr. Stacy L. Smith (lead author) and her team at USC Annenberg, and demonstrates the prevalence and nature of female characters in popular films from 11 countries around the world, revealing one unifying theme: female characters are not equal to men and they are not aspirational in this sample of global films.
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is proud to announce the return of Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan to the Center as the CPD Distinguished Fellow for the 2014-2015 academic year.
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The latest edition of CPD Perspectives analyzes the globalization of China's Soft Power
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On September 16, the U.S. ACPD released a study on public diplomacy and impact evaluation.
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CPD welcomes USC Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy Erica McNamara as the Center's first-ever Student Fellow for the 2014-15 academic year.