Call for Applications
 
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010: "Culture, Globalization, and International Relations over the next Two Decades"

(Berlin, May 23rd – 30th, 2010)
 
 
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is currently accepting applications to take part in the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010. The Symposium is one of the world’s leading conferences in the fields of cultural studies and international relations. Held annually in Berlin, the event will bring together prominent figures from international politics, academia, and the arts to speak to an interdisciplinary audience on a variety of important issues and challenges relating to international politics and culture. 
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Symposium Agenda

The change over the past two decades from an international system based on independent nation states to an interdependent world facing global challenges has been widely explored and analyzed. This shift has placed a higher priority on nation states working closely with one another and pursuing sustainable multilateral approaches to tackling global and regional challenges. The International Symposium 2010 will build on the foundation of these discussions by exploring the challenges that lie ahead and the complex relationship between culture, international relations, and globalization over the next two decades.

This year’s Symposium will be split into three complimentary parts. The program will begin by looking in greater detail at “culture” and “identity” and how these terms are used and understood today (23rd – 25th May). The second part of the program will build on these components by considering the role that culture plays in contemporary international relations and the process of globalization (26th – 27th May). The final part of the program will apply these discussions to one of the key issues that will determine global politics over the coming years – Afghanistan and stability in Central Asia (28th – 30th May). 

Further details about the event can be found at our website: www.icd-internationalsymposium.org

The Participants 

The participants of the program will include diplomatic and political representatives, scholars and academics, students and young professionals, and other interested stakeholders. 

The online application form for the International Symposium 2010 can be found here: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_symposium2010_application-form 


Symposium Speakers
We are privileged to include many distinguished individuals among our speakers and guests. 

Confirmed speakers at the Symposium include:

Amb. Carlo Ungaro: ICD Advisory Board Member - Adviser to the Italian contingent of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan
Emil Constantinescu: ICD Advisory Board Member - Former President of Romania
Dr. Erkki Tuomioja: ICD Advisory Board Member - Former Finnish Foreign Minister
Erna Hennicot Schoepges: ICD Advisory Board Member - European MP; Former Luxembourgian Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs
Isa Gambar: Former President of Azerbaijan
Jack McConnell: ICD Advisory Board Member - Former First Minister of Scotland
Dr. Jacques F. Poos: Former Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Kalonzo Musyoka: Vice President of Kenya
Marcia Barrett: Lead Singer of Boney M
Paul-Eerik Rummo: Former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education
Petar Stoyanov: Former President of Bulgaria (tbc)
Solomon Isaac Passy: ICD Advisory Board Member - Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria and Former Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE
H.E. Yasar Yakis: ICD Advisory Board Member - Turkish MP, Former Foreign Minister of Turkey
Zhelyu Zhelev: Former President of Bulgaria (tbc)

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD - www.culturaldiplomacy.org) is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. The goal of the ICD is to promote global peace and stability through strengthening and supporting intercultural relations at all levels. Over the past decade the ICD has grown to become one of Europe’s largest independent cultural exchange organizations, whose programs facilitate interaction between individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds, from across the world.

Previous events held by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy include “A World Without Walls: An International Congress on “Soft Power”, Cultural Diplomacy and Interdependence”, which marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (www.world-without-walls.org). In February, 2010, the ICD hosted the Berlin International Economics Congress: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roles of Global Politics & Civil Society in International Economics (www.biec.de).

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With warmest regards,
Mark Donfried 
Director & Founder
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)

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