US Cultural Diplomacy
The Cold War was the heyday of state-orchestrated cultural diplomacy in the U.S., at a time when many...
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Pan Americanism
The US-led Pan American Union, created in 1890, is generally understood as a form of soft power...
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Romain Gary: How to Be Someone Else
The novelist Romain Gary had two connected but quite distinct literary careers, in two languages and...
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L’Alliance française sur le continent américain
Tournée vers le continent américain dès son origine, l’Alliance française développa ses propres...
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La Maison de l’Afrique à la Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
Créée au sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la Maison de la France d’Outre-mer, devenue Maison de l...
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Hispano-Americanism
Hispano-Americanism, which emerged in the 1880s and lasted throughout the twentieth century, was a...
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Francophonie: A Historical Word, A Contemporary Idea
The word Francophonie was created at the end of the 19th century in the context of French...
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The Paris Opera Ballet in the Americas: Dancing Diplomacy (1948-1950)
The Atlantic area was a privileged space for the Paris Opera Ballet after the Second World War. North...
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Reimagining Todd Webb’s Photographs of 1958 Colonial Africa
This paper charts the path of Todd Webb’s 1958 U.N.-commissioned photographs of colonial Africa across...
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Alexandre Vattemare, pionnier des échanges culturels
Au milieu du XIXe siècle, Alexandre Vattemare s'évertua à promouvoir en Europe et dans les Amériques...
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Gisèle Freund: The Life of a Story-Teller with Camera, Retold
This re-appraisal of Berlin-born, French-naturalized, Jewish photographer and sociologist Gisèle...
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William Faulkner, écrivain baroque de la Méditerranée américaine
Faulkner est au carrefour de plusieurs histoires littéraires mais est aussi l'inspirateur de nombreux...
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The American Century
In 1941, the influential publisher Henry Luce declared the century “American.” The United States’ new...
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United States Information Agency
En 1953, la guerre froide pousse le président Eisenhower à créer une agence indépendante du...
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Franklin Book Programs: Guerra fria e imperialismo cultural norte-americano
O Franklin Book Programs foi um programa não governamental norte-americano dedicado à promoção do...
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American Studies: the Cultural Branch of U.S. Empire?
American Studies was meant to emancipate U.S. culture from its British tutelage. It became a tool of...
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La diplomacia cultural de México en el Siglo XX
La diplomacia cultural fue un componente importante en la política exterior de México a lo largo del...
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The Rockefeller Foundation and the international funding of science (1920s-1950s)
The history of the Rockefeller Foundation’s international science policy highlights the pivotal role...
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Reading Across American and Ottoman Archives: Diplomacy and Photography in the Nineteenth...
Album exchanges between American and Ottoman powers (c.1880-1910) reveal a networked history of...
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Faire comprendre la Suisse aux Américains : la radio internationale helvétique après la...
La radio, en particulier avec le développement des ondes courtes, est un outil indispensable au...
