INTE-GE 2804
Arthur Zegelbone
Spring 2015
Meyer 261
917 449 7114
atz200@nyu.edu
azbone@msn.com
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RELATIONS
In this course, we will look into the history, current practices, effectiveness, and ongoing
questions about how governments as well as private organizations affect international relations
through cultural and educational exchanges and other programs.
There is no text book for this course. Some books and documents are on reserve at the Bobst
Library. Most of the readings are papers, reports, articles and websites that can be downloaded
from on-line resources or that will be made available via NYU Classes.
Assignments and Grading
You will be required to write two short papers (3-4 pages) topics to be determined, due on
March 4 and March 25.
Your final project will require that (in groups of 3 or4) you consider the responsibilities of the
Cultural Affairs Section at the American Embassy in a foreign country. Your group will be able to
choose one of eight countries where you will be “stationed.” You will outline the bilateral
relationship between the host country and the United States, emphasize those areas where
cultural and educational efforts will be most effective in improving relations or solving problems,
request State Department cultural and educational resources which will fulfill your needs
effectively and with an eye to cost, and specify how you will gauge the effectiveness of these
programs and how you will follow them up. The groups will present their projects to the class on
April 22nd and 29th. Written reports of ten to fifteen pages will be due on April 29th.
There is no numerical breakdown of how you will be graded. Your attendance and participation
in class, the quality of the thought and the learning you demonstrate in the short papers, and the
appropriate and creative use of new information that shapes your project will all indicate how
much effort you have put into the course, and how adept you are at using what you have
learned.
January 28
Introductions, Concepts, History
Read:
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Richard Andt, The First Resort of Kings, pp. 24-48 (on reserve at the Bobst Library)
Joseph S. Nye, “Public Diplomacy and Soft Power,” Annals of the Academy of Political and
Social Science, vol 616 pp.94-109 (March 2008)
Nicholas J. Cull “Public Diplomacy, Taxonomies and Histories,” Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science, vol 616 pp.31-54
February 4
History to the End of the Cold War
Read:
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Nancy Snow, “International Exchange and the U.S. Image,” Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science, vol 616 pp 198-222
“America’s Image in the World: Findings from the Pew Global Attitudes Project” 3/14/07
Andrew Kohut, “Reviving America’s Global Image” 3/5/10
Liping Bu, “Educational Exchange and Cultural Diplomacy in the Cold War,” Journal of
American Studies Vol 33, No. 3
Robert Banks, review of: Decline and Fall of the U.S. Information Agency, by Nicholas Cull
Uscpublicdiplomacy.org/book_review/the_decline_and_fall_of_the_united_states_
Information_agency_amerrican_publi
Mark Dillen, review of: Decline and Fall of the U.S. Information Agency, by Nicholas Cull
www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2013/0105/bk
YouTube – Let Poland Be Poland
February 11
International Education Issues
Read:
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Philip G. Altbach, The International Imperative in Higher Education , The Center for
International Higher Education, Boston College, 2013 introduction to p.24
Darla Deardoff, “Outcomes Assessment in International Education” International Higher
Education , No. 75, Spring 2014 pp 8-10
Jake Cigainero “Asian MBA Schools Rise in Esteem for Employers,” New York Times,
December 7, 2014
Patti McGill Peterson, “Diplomacy and Education: A Changing Global Landscape,” Center
for International Higher Education, No 75, Spring 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry: “International Education Week”
Alyssa Ayers, “India and U.S. Higher Education,” Council on Foreign Relations Nov 18,
2014
Clair Groden, “Thanks for Your Tuition, Now Go Home, Love, Uncle Sam” The New
Republic, Dec. 2, 2014
Karina Joffee, “Pleasanton: Tri-Valley University Founder Sentenced to 16 Years for Fraud,
Harboring Undocumented People,” San Jose Mercury News November 14, 2014
Higher Education Corruption Monitor
February 18
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Possible visit from International Visitors who will be traveling in the U.S. mid-program
Read:
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www.eca.gov
About the Bureau
ECA Mission and History
Organizational Structure
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Office of Academic Exchange Programs
Fulbright
Office of Citizen Exchange Programs
Cultural Programs Division
Office of English Language Programs
Office of International Visitors
Office of Policy Evaluation
Office of Private Sector Exchanges
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Diplomacy.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy
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Punk Rock Diplomacy – on.aol.com/video/the_future_starts_here_s2_e2
February 25
ECA and Private Sector Partners
Read:
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“Plan for Increasing Private Sector Role in Public Diplomacy is Joint Effort of State
Department and Public Relations Coalition”
“Leading through Civilian Power: The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development
Review – 2010 (Executive Summary) www.state.gov/s/dmr/gddr/
Veit Bachman, “Leading through Civilian Power or Creeping Inertia?” Foreign Policy Journal
May 22, 2012
www.eca.state.gov/ivlp
Administrative partnership, Global Ties
African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program
www.bronxmuseum.org/exhibitions/smartpower (look at video trailer)
www.bam.org/dance/2013/dance-motion-usa look at video Behind the Scenes, Doug
Varone and Brenda Angiel
March 4
Cultural Diplomacy: Countries Other than the U.S.
Possible speakers from Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Bronx Museum of the Arts
Read:
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R.S Zaharna, “China’s Confucius Institutes: Understanding the Relational Structure and
Relational Dynamics of Network Collaboration”?
Joseph Nye, “The 21st Century will not be a Post-American World,” International Affairs
Quarterly, March 2012
Website of the Danish Consulate General: usa.um.dk/en/Denmark-in-us/culture/ Look at
events, projects, for artists and partners
Website of the Israeli Consulate General: embassies.gov.il/newyork/events/cultural_calendar/Pages?Departments.aspx
Website of the Polish Cultural Institute: www.polishculture-nyc.org
March 11
Globalization
Possible speakers from Confucius Institute, Danish Consulate, Polish Cultural Center
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Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat
2005 (chapters 1-9)
“The Clash of Cultures? The Debate: 20th Anniversary Edition,” Foreign Affairs 8/12/13
Daya Thussu, “De-Americanizing Soft Power Discourse?” 2014
March 18
Spring Recess – no class
March 25
Measuring Effectiveness
Form groups and assignments for final project
Read:
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“Cultural Diplomacy, Does it Work?” Report for the Ditchley Foundation, March, 2012
Peter Buxbaum, “Playing the Game of Diplomacy,” International Relations and Security
Network
ECA Accomplishments, 2012, Department of State Document
“Leading Through Civilian Power: The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development
Review” (Executive Summary) www.state.gov/s/dmr/qddr/
April 1
Possible class visit to State Department’s New York International Visitor
Leadership Program Office or other related venue
April 8
Technology and Educational and Cultural Relations
Read:
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Nicholas Cull, “The Long Road to Public Diplomacy 2.0,” International Studies Review,
March, 2013
Devon Haynie, “International Impact of MOOCs Still Up in the Air,” US News and World
Report, July 1, 2014
Charlie Tyson, “From MOOC to shining MOOC,” INSIDE HIGHER ED, 6/25/14
April 15
TBD
April 22
Presentations of Student Projects
April 29
Presentations of Student Projects
May 6
The Future of International Educational and Cultural Relations and Your Future