European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918–1948

​Karène Sanchez Summerer is Associate Professor at Leiden University, the Netherlands.  Sary Zananiri is Postdoctoral Fellow at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

“In addition to some particularly impressive arguments presented here, the complete volume is invaluable for scholars in the field … . From the Swedish School to the politics and culture of archaeological exploration and dig sites, to an examination of the Palestinian novel, the shared effort [in this book] to better understand the history of Palestine’s Christians and their relationship to the broad world is an essential step in our understanding of this important minority group.” (Noah Haiduc-Dale, REMMM Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol. 150, 2021)

• Introduction - Karène Sanchez Summerer and Sary Zananiri.- Part I Turning the Tables? Arab Appropriation and Production of Cultural Diplomacy.- Introduction: Indigenising cultural diplomacy? - Sarah Irving.- Orthodox Clubs and Associations: Cultural, Educational and Religious Networks Between Palestine and Jordan, 1925-1970 - Norig Neveu.- Palestinian Translators and Intellectuals during Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine: Russian Language in the Experiences of Khalil Baydas and Najati Sidqi - Sadia Agsous.- Sound Power: Musical Diplomacy Within the Franciscan Custody in Mandate Jerusalem - Maria Chiara Rioli and Riccardo Castagnetti.- The Melkite Community, Educational Policy and French Cultural Diplomacy: Archbishop Grigorios Hajjar and Mandatory Galilee - Charbel Nassif.- Cultural Diplomacy in Mandatory Haifa: The Role of Christian Communities in the City’s Cultural Transformation - Maayan Hillel.- Part II Showing and Telling: Cultural and Historical Entanglements under the Mandate.- Introduction: Arab Virtù and the Philosophy of History: Excavating, Exhibiting and Cultural Diplomacy in the Palestine Mandate - Philippe Bourmaud.- Palestinian Christians in the Mandate Department of Antiquities: Historical and Archaeological Narratives in a Colonial Space - Sarah Irving.- Between Diplomacy and Science: British Mandate Palestine and its International Network of Archaeological Organisations, 1918-1938 - Mathilde Sigalas.- Competition in the Cultural Sector: Handicrafts and the Rise of the Trade Fair in British Mandate Palestine - Nisa Ari.- Part III Influencing the Other: European Private and Governmental Actors.- Introduction: European Soft Power and Christian Cultures at the Crossroads in Mandate Palestine - Heather J. Sharkey.- Between Athens and Al Quds: The Greek Community in Late Ottoman and Mandate Jerusalem - Konstantinos Papastathis.- Russia and Orthodoxy in Palestine, 1900-1930s: Diplomacy, Institutions, Personalities - Lora Gerd.- Continuities and Discontinuities in the Austrian Catholic Orient Mission to Palestine, 1915–1938 - Barbara Haider-Wilson.- A Coherent Inconsistency: Italian Cultural Diplomacy in Palestine, 1918-1936 - Roberto Mazza.- The International Centre for the Protection of Catholic Interests in Palestine and the Latin Patriarchate’s Cultural Diplomacy in the British Mandate Period - Paolo Maggiolini.- A “Significant Swedish Outpost”:The Swedish School and Arab Christians in Jerusalem, 1920-1930 - Inger Marie Okkenhaug.- French Cultural Efforts Towards Jerusalem’s Arab Population in Late British Mandate Palestine - Dominique Trimbur.- Conclusion: Cultural Affiliations and Identity Constructs during the British Mandate for Palestine - Tamara van Kessel.- Epilogue: Secularist Networks, Cultural Institutions and Cultural Diplomacy in the Levantine Mandates - Idir Ouahes.