Announcements
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The Korea Foundation grant will use the lens of city diplomacy to explore Koreatown's role between South Korea and the U.S.
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As part of its commitment to building the academic field of public diplomacy, CPD will award $2,500 to an emerging scholar engaged in cutting-edge research on public diplomacy.
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Businesswoman, diplomat and educator Marie Royce brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to CPD.
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Join us in welcoming MPD student Carter Rice who will track and research key PD activities related to the Tokyo Olympics, Japan, Southeast Asia and more.
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This University of Piraeus scholar joins CPD to work on the vital role of PD in the evolving international relations of the Eastern Mediterranean region.
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CPD Research Fellow Ian Thomas outlines an integrated, long-term evaluation toolbox for soft power & PD activities.
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The prize will recognize programs and practices that create innovative solutions to vital challenges in contemporary public diplomacy.
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The Korean Association for Public Diplomacy has launched the Journal of Public Diplomacy (JPD), an international journal devoted to public diplomacy scholarship and practice.
JPD was established to attend to a two-fold objective:
First, it aims to offer a dedicated space for theoretical and empirical research on public diplomacy to contribute to the grafting of this domain to the mainstream discipline of international relations.