Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism

Martina Topić is a research fellow at the University of Zagreb (Croatia), currently completing a PhD in Sociology of Nationalism. She worked on several research projects including FP7 IME (2009-2012) and UNESCO’ Media indicators research (2008-2009).Siniša Rodin is a Jean Monnet professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. He led several research projects including Jean Monnet European Law and FP7 IME. He holds a PhD in Law and specializes in the field of the EU Law and HE.

• Content: Martina Topić/Cassandra Sciortino: Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Hegemony. A Framework for the Analysis – Miklós Székely: Rebuilding History. The Political Meaning of the Hungarian Historical Pavilion at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition – Margarita Kefalaki: Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Communication. Example of France and Corsica – Atsuko Ichijo: Cultural Diplomacy in the Contemporary United Kingdom. The Case of the British Council – Ayhan Kaya/Ayşe Tecmen: The Role of Yunus Emre Cultural Centres in Turkish Cultural Diplomacy – Laurens Runderkamp: Dutch and German International Cultural Policy in Comparison – Ovidiana Bulumac/Gabriel Sapunaru: Loosing Focus. An Outline for Romanian Cultural Diplomacy – Daniela Chàlàniova: Cultural Diplomacy and Stereotypes in Present-Day Czech-Slovak Relations Breaking with the Past? Hetero-Stereotypes of Czechs and Slovaks Twenty Years from the Velvet Divorce – Diego Albano: Italian Cultural Diplomacy. A Playboy’s Diplomacy? – Alexandros Sakellariou: Greek Orthodox Church’s Public Discourse. Balancing between Cultural Hegemony and Cultural Diplomacy – Martina Topić: Culture and Identity as Tools for Forging Europeanization.