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This module examines the history of cultural diplomacy during the cold war. Cultural diplomacy aims to influence public opinion in foreign countries by a broad range of cultural means including the visual arts, literature, music, and the press. In the 1920s it was used by the Soviet state at a time when conventional diplomatic ties to major western powers had been cut. The United States government invested heavily in cultural diplomacy from the 1950s, often with a view towards combatting anti-American sentiment that contemporary Soviet cultural diplomacy sought to spread. We will consider the history of cold war cultural diplomacy form the perspectives of the states that funded it and the people and organisations who participated in it. Our main frame of geographical reference will be continental Europe, but the module also touches on the histories of cold war cultural diplomacy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. 听
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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