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Invitation: Dr. Helena Kane Finn on Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, December 17th, 2019
17th December 2019 @ 7:00 pm
Please join us for a talk by
Dr. Helena Kane Finn: Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Skylight Room, 9th Floor
Tuesday, December 17th at 7:00pm
Helena Kane Finn, a former U.S. career diplomat of the Department of State, will speak on Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at the CUNY Graduate Center on Tuesday, December 17th at 7:00pm.
Dr. Finn’s remarks will deal with the ways in which the soft power of cultural diplomacy can be used in conflict resolution with the goal of promoting human rights. He memoir has been published by Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) where she has been a Visiting Scholar. The full manuscript can be found on the Institute’s Peacebuilding publication page.
During her three decades as a U.S. diplomat, she has served in Berlin, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Frankfurt, Islamabad, Lahore, and twice in Ankara. Before joining the diplomatic service, she was an Assistant professor of Literature at Bosphorus University (formerly Robert College) in Istanbul. She pursued post-doctoral studies at Princeton University in Comparative Literature and holds a doctoral degree in British and American Literature from St. John’s University. She is the Main New York Representative at the U.N. for the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. She is a member of the board of directors of the RIAS German-American journalism exchange program and the DAAD Alumni Association of the US. She chairs the board of the Battery Dance company in New York.
Sponsors for this event:
The CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences
The European Union Studies Center of the CUNY Graduate School
The DAAD Alumni Association
The Greater New York Chapter of the Fulbright Association
This event is free and open to the public.
Please register here.