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Public Diplomacy, Counterpublics and the Asia Pacific

April 18-20, 2007
Conference Organizer and Chair: Chiho Sawada, Ph.D.
(Kiriyama Fellow, Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco &
Research Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford)

The USF Center for the Pacific Rim and its Kiriyama Chair for Pacific Rim Studies - in cooperation with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University - is pleased to present two public lectures and an international conference on "Public Diplomacy, Counterpublics, and the Asia Pacific."

The conference challenges the dominance of U.S.-centric and state-centered conceptions of "public diplomacy" to better understand and practice this resurgent component of world affairs. The complex, shifting contours of our globalizing world demand a broader--comparative, multi-track, and ethical--perspective on public diplomacy and its importance today.

• A new perspective must take into account public diplomacy initiatives emanating from various places throughout the world.
• It must capture the significance of not only state-sponsored programs tightly linked to foreign policy, but also private activities involving a wide range of actors and arenas (i.e., NGOs, international business, media old and new, pop culture) that perhaps more subtly but no less profoundly impact national interests and world affairs.
• Ultimately, a new perspective must comprehend that public diplomacy can be more than an instrumental quest for "soft power."
• A pathway toward robust people-to-people interactions, public diplomacy in its myriad forms can help achieve reconciliation--the overcoming of historical injustices and other troubling conflicts in our post-9/11 world.
  

PUBLIC TALKS

Wednesday, 18 April 2007 - 5:45 PM
USF Lone Mountain Campus, San Francisco)

Japanese Power and Its Public Faces
A Kiriyama Distinguished Lecture by Ambassador Michael Armacost, Ph.D.
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

Thursday, 19 April 2007 - 5:45 PM
USF Lone Mountain Campus, San Francisco)

Treating Tuberculosis in North Korea: NGO Humanitarian Assistance as Public Diplomacy
Conference Keynote Address by Stephen Linton, Ph.D.
Chairman, Eugene Bell Foundation; Associate, Korea Institute, Harvard University

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Thursday, April 19: Stanford University
(morning only)

Friday, April 20: University of San Francisco
(all day)

Conference sessions - at Stanford the morning of April 19 and at USF all day April 20 - will be in colloquium format for presenters to discuss their research. Limited spaces will be available for observers, and a reservation is required.

To reserve a space for a public talk or conference session at the University of San Francisco, call (415) 422-6828.

To reserve a space at Stanford University, contact the conference chair, Dr. Chiho Sawada.

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

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