Conference Schedule
Monday, April 28, 2014, John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin
15.00 Registration, Tea and Coffee
16.00-17.00 Introduction and Keynote Speech Room 340
Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Freie Universität Berlin;
Chair: Irwin Collier, Freie Universität Berlin
17.30-19.30 First Session
Panel 1: Now What? The Search for a Framework of Cultural Relations and U.S. Public Diplomacy Room 340Chair: Giles Scott-Smith, Leiden University
Nation Branding before Nation Branding? Reputation and Image at the International Maritime Exposition of 1907 Michael Louis Krenn, Appalachian State University
The Limits of Nation Branding: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Perils of Image Management Justin Hart, Texas Tech University
Staging American Values: The Foreign Relations of the United States Series as Representational Vehicle William McAllister, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
19.30 Dinner
Tuesday, April 29, 2014, John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin
8.00-9.00 Breakfast
9.00-11.00 Second Session
Panel 2: Political Theatricality Before 1815 Room 201Chair: Tilman Pietz, Freie Universität Berlin
The Theatre of Negotiations at the Congress of Rijswijk, 1697 Rebekah Ahrendt, Yale University
Ceremonial between Staged Sovereignty and the Performance of Aristocratic Values: The Evolution of Diplomatic Protocol, 1650-1750 Niels Fabian May, University Paris-Sorbonne
Harmony on the World Stage: Metternich's Designs for Diplomatic Entertainments Damien Mahiet, Denison University
Panel 3: NGOs on the International Stage Room 305Chair: Michael Louis Krenn, Appalachian State University
State Self-Representation: At the Crossroads of States’ and NGOs’ Interests Aurélie Élisa Gfeller, Swiss National Science Foundation
The Performance of Revolution: The "World Council of Churches" and Its Struggle against the Loss of Importance of Religion Hedwig Richter, Universität Greifswald
11.30-13.30 Third Session
Panel 4: Staging the French Struggle for Cultural Supremacy Room 201Chair: William McAllister, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
Cultural and Political Power: French and American Higher Education Diplomacy in the Middle East from the 1860s Rasmus Bertelsen, Aalborg University
Reflections on the Political History of French Cultural Exceptionalism David Ellwood, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center
Panel 5: Staging National Interest Room 305Chair: Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University
“A Parade of Nations”: The Asian-African Conference in Bandung 1955 as Cultural History Jürgen Dinkel, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen
World Stage, Domestic Audience: The United Nations Security Council and Henry C. Lodge's Battle for the 1960 Republican Vice-Presidential Nomination Tilman Pietz, Freie Universität Berlin
“The Deng Show“: Making Sino-American Normalization Palatable Marcel Will, Universität zu Köln
Panel 6: Branding in South America Room 319Chair: Christian Lammert,Freie Universität Berlin
The World’s Concert Hall: Cultural Diplomacy and European Emigres in Buenos Aires during the Second World War Andrea Orzoff, New Mexcio State University
Suriname: The Branding of a Young Nation in South America Rosemarijn Hoefte, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden
Cultural Diplomacy and Nation Branding in Redemocratized Chile: Agents, Strategies and International Tendencies Judith Gelke, Universität Rostock
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.30 Fourth Session
Panel 7: Performing Empire Room 201Chair: Fabian Hilfrich, University of Edinburgh
Performing the Conquest of Africa: Theatricality in the German Emin Pasha and Bushiri War Expeditions, 1889-1891 Matthew Unangst, Temple University
A Welcome to the “Hero of Manila”: New York’s Victory Parades for Admiral George Dewey in 1899 Sebastian Jobs, Freie Universität Berlin
Enacting and Writing the Encounter: Performing British Diplomacy in Afghanistan (c. 1922-1941) Maximilian Drephal, Loughborough University
Panel 8: Dance in International Relations Room 305Chair: Yoko Kawamura, Seikei University, Tokyo
"Counteracting Foreign Propagandas": Ballet Tours as Cultural Diplomatic Tool in the 20th Century, France and Great Britain Stéphanie Gonçalves, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Japan’s Cultural Diplomacy in Western Europe through Dance during the 1930s Kazumi Kuwahara, Shujitsu University
Panel 9: The International Performance of Statehood Room 319Chair: Rosemarijn Hoefte, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden
Performing Justice: America’s Liberal-democratic Justice System Facing International Criticism during the Angela Davis Trial 1971 Kristina Kütt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Performing Sovereignty: The British State and the Hunger Strike in Northern Ireland in the Context of International Criticism 1981 Andreas Spreier,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Performing Dissent: The Controversies over Nuclear Weapons and the East-West Antagonism in West Germany Jan Hansen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
16.30-20.30 Guided Tour at the Berlin Wall Memorial and Dinner
For mor information about the Berlin Wall Memorial, visit their English-language website.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014, John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin
8.00-9.00 Breakfast
9.00-11.00 Fifth Session
Panel 10: Culture and Internationalism on Display Room 305Chair: Frank Kelleter, Freie Universität Berlin
Exhibiting Internationalism? The League of Nations at New York’s World Fair 1939/40 Frank Beyersdorf, Universität Mannheim
The Aesthetics of Internationalism: Art and Politics on Display at the 1935-1936 International Exhibition of Chinese Art Ilaria Scaglia, Columbus State University
From Diamonds to Samosas: The Professionalization, Democratization and Expansion of the Parsi Theatre Rashna Darius Nicholson, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Panel 11: German Civil Society and Cultural Diplomacy Room 319Chair: Gertrud Pickhan, Freie Universität Berlin
Jazz and the Black Other in German Culture Paul J. Edwards, Boston University
Citizen Propaganda: The Last Years of East Germany Alison Furlong, Ohio State University
Establishing a German Cultural Institute in Tokyo Yoko Kawamura, Seikei University, Tokyo
Panel 12: Performing Gender: On Earth and in Space Room 340Chair: Michaela Hampf, Freie Universität Berlin
U.S. Propaganda and Gender Equality, 1945-1990 Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University
Blasting Women’s Equality into Outer Space: Valentina Tereshkova and the Crisis of Masculinity at NASA Petra Goedde, Temple University
The United States’ Portrayal of Women in the Field of Manned Space Travel during the Cold War Karin Hagen, Jacobs University Bremen
11.30-13.30 Sixth Session
Panel 13: Selling a State’s Culture: Marketing and Commerce in International Relations Room 305Chair: Irwin Collier, Freie Universität Berlin
Promoting National Products as Nation Branding? The Cases of Austria and Switzerland, 1915-2000 Oliver Kühschelm, University of Vienna
The Dictator and His Artist: Salvador Dalí's Support in Branding Francoist Spain on the European Stage Carolin Viktorin, Universität zu KölnThe
Commercial Anthropology of Postcolonialism: Swedish Businesses and the Commerce of Culture in the Third World in the 1950s and 1960s Nikolas Glover, Uppsala Universitet
Panel 14: New Insights in the Study of U.S. Cultural and Public Diplomacy Room 319Chair: Ulla Haselstein, Freie Universität Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, and the Cold War Jonathan Rosenberg, Hunter College
Performance and Identity: The Anti-war Movement Abroad Fabian Hilfrich, University of Edinburgh
U.S. Public Diplomacy: A Theoretical Treatise Foad Izadi, University of Tehran
Panel 15: Branding Contemporary European Identities Room 340Chair: David Ellwood, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center
Sovereignty without Theatricality: The Performative Deficit of the European Union Klaas Tindemans, RITS School of Arts, Brussels
Branding and Public Diplomacy as Tools Accompanying “Coming back to Europe” Beata Ociepka, University of Wroclaw
Beyond the Edelweiss: Austrian Image in the United States Hannes Richter, Austrian Press and Information Service, Embassy of Austria, Washington, DC