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🚨TOMORROW: Aug. 28, 5pm🚨 Join NACDI co-founder @smithsarah.bsky.social and Rachelle Dickenson to launch 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵 at the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa! 📚 Hosts: Carleton Centre for Public History & the Embassy of Mexico in Canada RSVP: culturaldiplomacyinitiative.com/events/book-...

How are China and Russia deploying cultural diplomacy to reinforce bilateral ties? Check out this new article by NACDI's Sascha Priewe examining #culturaldiplomacy as a vital foreign policy tool. ➡️ opencanada.org/chinese-russ...

Join us in person or online tomorrow (Jul. 24) to talk about my new book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵! I'm thrilled to be in conversation with Ruth Skinner & Judith Rodger at Museum London, hosted by Words, London's literary & creative arts festival. Register: tinyurl.com/tradingonart @ubcpress.bsky.social

Spread the word! NACDI's @smithsarah.bsky.social + Patricia Goff are editing an upcoming Forum for @haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social on 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. Call for papers: www.universiteitleiden.nl/hjd/news/202... Proposals due: September 15, 2025

Culture is not just about identity—it is a tool for global dialogue. Join Dr. Juan Carlos Carrillo Cal y Mayor and an international community of artists, diplomats, and thinkers at the NACDI Summer School Academy 2025. 🗓 May 27–30 | 📍 Mexico City 🔗 Info: qrcd.org/8fcF 📝 Register: qrcd.org/8fc8

New book! 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 by NACDI co-founder @smithsarah.bsky.social is now out with @ubcpress.bsky.social. The book examines how visual art shaped North American relationships during the rise of free trade. www.ubcpress.ca/trading-on-art

🌞✨ We are thrilled to share the official page of the NACDI Summer Academy on Cultural Diplomacy—an initiative we’ve poured our hearts into, organized in collaboration with Ibero, UAM, and UP, alongside partner universities like Queen’s, USC, and Western. 👉 movil.up.edu.mx/culturaldipl...

📣 Join us LIVE this Friday! We’ll be presenting the program of the First Summer Academy of Cultural Diplomacy in Mexico 🇲🇽✨ 📍 Where? On the Facebook page of Bellas Artes UP www.facebook.com/EscuelaBella... 🔴 Don’t miss it!

⏰ NACDI Now: Queer Diplomacies is Almost Here! 🌈 Join the inaugural session of NACDI Now, our new series spotlighting groundbreaking research in cultural diplomacy. Be part of this thought-provoking conversation on diplomacy, queerness, and human rights. ✨ Register now. Link in our profile!

NACDI is a multi-disciplinary network of academics, policymakers and practitioners advancing scholarship on cultural diplomacy as a multi-directional and potentially activist practice encompassing a broad range of non-state actors to imagine counter-hegemonic possibilities and inclusive futures.

NACDI NOW is a new North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative event series! Join us for the inaugural session, Queer Diplomacies, as we explore the intersections of diplomacy and queerness. 📅 11 February 2025 ⏰ 12 noon - 1PM EST | 11AM - 12 noon CST 📍 Via Zoom ✨ Register now. Link in our bio!