Announcements
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to announce its new CPD Research Fellows for 2012-14: Amelia Arsenault, Craig Hayden, and James Ketterer.
Public Diplomacy Magazine is now accepting submissions for its Winter 2013 issue on Sports Diplomacy.
The latest contribution to CPD's Faith Diplomacy Initiative is a CPD Perspectives on Public Diplomacy paper titled "Buddhist Diplomacy: History and Status Quo" by CPD contributing scholar Juyan Zhang. The paper examines how Buddhism has utilized public diplomacy in disseminating the religion throughout the centuries.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is delighted to announce that Kimberly Marteau Emerson will serve as the new chair of its Advisory Board. Emerson will succeed Ambassador William H. Luers who served as the board's founding chair since 2004.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to host Tara D. Sonenshine, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, as part of its CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy series on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 2:30pm.
CPD congratulates CPD Research Fellow Dr. Mai'a K.David Cross on her recent book award from the University Association for Contemporary Studies for Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks Are Transforming the European Union.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to announce Xinru Ma, MPD '13, as the recipient of the 2012 CPD Prize for Best Student Paper in Public Diplomacy. Her paper titled "Beyond the Economic Ties: EU in the Chinese Media" examines the perceptions of the Chinese public regarding the European Union and the role the Chinese media plays in crafting the public's perception.
The latest issue of PDiN Monitor focuses on public diplomacy at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Games are not only an opportunity for nations to showcase the best of their athletic talent, but to also demonstrate their soft power.