Announcements

From November 22 -24, 2010 CPD Director Philip Seib presented a series of public and private lectures on public diplomacy to the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Embassy in Hungary, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Budapest Corvinus University, and Péter Pázmány Catholic University.

Naomi Leight, Assistant Director for Research & Publications at CPD, will participate in a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy held on Nov. 18 at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

On Nov. 11, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy released a Media Monitor Report on Public Diplomacy and the U.S. Congress. The Media Monitor ran from September 2008 to November 2010, and aggregated the legislative actions, such as U.S. House and Senate bills, resolutions and hearings related to public diplomacy, as well as media coverage on those actions.

On Nov. 9, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy released a 70-page book detailing the proceedings of the Science Diplomacy conference held on Feb. 4-5, 2010.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to announce the publication of its first-ever Annual Report. The report covers the 2009-2010 academic year, and highlights CPD events, publications, research projects, fellows and much more.

Welcome to the October issue of PDiN Monitor, CPD's electronic review of public diplomacy in the news. This issue focuses on the topic of Entertainment Diplomacy.

CPD Director, Philip Seib, reviewed Robert Kaplan's latest book, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power.

On Oct. 29 and 30, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy's research team in Shanghai released the final two video conversations in the series. The first video highlights views from the Chinese pavilions, including its national and regional provinces and the second features an interview with the Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau. Click here to view the videos.

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