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The ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy - December 2012 - Lectures
"Culture as an Emotion"
Áine Collins TD (Member of the Irish Parliament)
"Culture as an Emotion"
Áine Collins TD (Member of the Irish Parliament)
December 12th, 2012
"The Parallax Effect on Long Hair"
Ian Gillan (Singer & Song writer, Deep Purple; ICD Advisory Board Member)
December 14th, 2012
"Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations in the Context of Bulgaria and European Union"
Maria Serkedjieva, (Former Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria)
December 16th, 2012
"Political Power and Cultural Identity in Latin America"
Juan R. Monroy (Chairman of Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society Institute)
December 16th, 2012
"The Cultural Dimension of Diplomacy - The case of the Pan African Festival of Cinema and Television Ouagadougou (FESPACO)"
Fillippe Savadogo (Ambassador of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF))
December 16th, 2012
"EMUNI University as a Tool for fostering cultural Creativity & Production"
Laris Gaiser (President of EMUNI University, Slovenia)
December 16th, 2012
"International Communication and Cultural Diplomacy for the Harmonization of Energy Policies in the Middle East and Central Asia with the Global Economic Interdependence"
Yusuf Ziya Irbec (Member of the Turkish Parliament)
December 16th, 2012
"Thinking together: global Education and cultural Identity"
Mark Aspinwall (Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh)
December 16th, 2012
"Do the Arts and Culture Promote Democracy?"
Sjaak Koenis (Professor of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University)
December 16th, 2012
"Europe and Russia: Cultural Soul Mates or Competitors?"
Anthony Russell Brenton (Former British Ambassador to Russia)
December 16th, 2012
"Not One Homeland" - The Variety of Nationalities That Have Conceived My Cultural Identity"
Emily Atef (Celebrated German Filmmaker & Producer)
December 15th, 2012
"Green Growth to overcome the Financial Crisis and to create Jobs"
Ruud Lubbers (Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands)
December 15th, 2012
"Crisis Management & Cultural Diplomacy Today"
Erhard Busek (Former Vice-Chancellors of Austria, Former Minister of Education)
December 15th, 2012
"How Portugal can use the Power of Arts and Culture in its Economic Growth"
Elsa Cordeiro (Member of the Portuguese Parliament)
December 15th, 2012
"Cultural Diplomacy: a Strategic Tool to Enhance Dialogue, Cooperation, & the Rule of Law"
Francesco Rutelli (Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy)
December 15th, 2012
"Art & Culture Promoting Global Peace''
Graça Mota (Member of the Portuguese Parlament)
December 15th, 2012
"Peaceful Relationships between People: cultural Relations in a World of difference"
Mike Hardy (Professor of Intercultural Relations at Coventry University)
December 15th, 2012
"Importance of the Cultural Diplomacy and the Slovak Experience"
Olga Algayerova (State Secretary and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia)
December 15th, 2012
"Responsibility to Protect and Prevent in the Context of Syria"
György Tatár (Director of the Budapest Centre for the Int. Prevention of Genocide)
December 15th, 2012
"What's the point of cultural Relations in the 21st Century?"
John Whitehead (Director of British Council Berlin)
December 15th, 2012
"Leadership in Dynamic Environment and Cultural Diplomacy"
Selmo Cikotić (Former Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
December 15th, 2012
"The Power of the Arts and Culture to Promote Democracy and Global Peace"
Monkid Mestassi (General, Ministry of Economic and General Affairs)
December 15th, 2012
"Is Prosperity or Poverty in the hands of fate? Can Cultural Diplomacy and Trade change the inevitable?"
Stockwell Day (Former Minister of International Trade of Canada)
December 15th, 2012
"Thinking Inter-Culturally: From racist and Eurocentric Monologism to Inter-Civilizational Dialogism"
John M. Hobson (Professor of Politics and International Relations)
December 15th, 2012
"Political Institutions, Parliamentary Diplomacy & Multiculturalism"
Jesmond Mugliett (Parliament of Malta, Former Minister for Urban Development and Roads of Malta)
December 15th, 2012
"CEDAW Convention after 30 Years: Challenges & Achievements towards Advancement of Women in the Public and political Spheres"
Ferdous Ara Begum (Gender Issues Specialist, Former Member of UN CEDAW Committee)
December 14th, 2012
Welcome Address
Lazăr Comănescu (Ambassador of Romania to Germany)
December 14th, 2012
"The overseen Importance of Culture in Post-war Societies"
Dirk van den Berg (German Filmmaker, Producer)
December 14th, 2012
"Soft Power Honduras Perspective"
Mireya Agüero de Corrales (Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Honduras)
December 14th, 2012
"Conflict Transformation seen through the Prism of People to People Relationship"
Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili (Former Vice Prime Minister of Georgia)
December 14th, 2012
"The Power of the Arts & Culture to Promote Democracy & Global Peace"
Marcia Barrett (Lead Singer of Boney M)
December 14th, 2012
"The Economy & Energy to Enhance Cultural Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean Area"
Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou (Former Minister of Commerce, Industry & Tourism of Cyprus)
December 14th, 2012
"Can Crimes Against Humanity Be Stopped in Syria? How Can Those Committing Them Be Held Accountable?"
Gregory H. Stanton (President of Genocide Watch)
December 14th, 2012
"The Role of Women in resolving Crises"
Kristiina Ojuland (Member of the European Parliament)
December 14th, 2012
"Interculturality, Human Rights and Peace"
Maria de Belém Roseira (President of the Socialist Party, Member of the Portuguese Parliament)
December 14th, 2012
"The UN Genocide Convention, War Crimes Tribunals & the Politics of Justice: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives"
Ögmundur Jónasson (Min. of the Interior of Iceland, Former Min. of Justice & Human Rights)
December 14th, 2012
"The Protection of Human Rights while the UN Performs its Peacekeeping Role"
Ranko Vilovic (Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the UN)
December 14th, 2012
"Genocide Prevention as Peace building: The Auschwitz Institute for Peace & Reconciliation"
Samantha Horn & Laura Collins (Program for Genocide Prevention)
December 14th, 2012
"Democracy, Youth & the Future of the EU"
Milan Zver (Former Minister of Education of Slovenia)
December 14th, 2012
"Responsibility to Protect and in the Context of Syria"
Enzo M. Le Fevre Cervini (Budapester Center Int. Prevention of Genocide & Mass Atocities)
December 14th, 2012
"Standing Together in the Face of Difference: Intercultural Dialogue as a Way to Overcome the Crisis"
Anna Diamantopoulou (Former Greek Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping)
December 13th, 2012
Keynote Address
Halldór Ásgrímsson (Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers)
December 13th, 2012
Welcome Address
Ovidiu Pecican (Vice-dean, Faculty of European Studies at Babes-Bolyai University)
December 13th, 2012
"Peace Building and Reconciliation in Africa"
Pierre Nkurunziz (President of the Republic of Burundi)
December 13th, 2012
"Culture as an Emotion"
Áine Collins TD (Member of the Irish Parliament)
December 13th, 2012
"Four Modes of Integration"
Tariq Modood (Professor of Sociology at University of Bristol, UK)
December 13th, 2012
"The Scribe and the Stone in the Lake: My Personal Experience in Cultural Diplomacy"
Ángeles González-Sinde (Former Minister of Culture of Spain)
December 13th, 2012