International Diplomacy Lecture Series: Cultural Diplomacy in East Asia and US-China Relations

Thursday, October 16, 2014
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
(Pacific)

Stanford Center at Peking University
The Lee Jung Sen Building
Langrun Yuan
Peking University
No.5 Yiheyuan Road
Haidian District
Beijing, P.R.China 100871

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Speaker: 
  • Terry Lautz

TERRY LAUTZ, Visiting Professor, Syracuse University, and former Henry Luce Foundation Vice President

As the world has become more interconnected, modern governments have recognized the need for soft power and the value of cultural diplomacy. For these reasons, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have established active cultural diplomacy programs to enhance the study of Asia in other countries.  China now provides significant support for Chinese language and cultural studies overseas.  This talk, from an American perspective, will evaluate China’s soft power push and compare the practice of cultural diplomacy in East Asia and the United States. 

Terry Lautz graduated from Harvard College and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University.  He is a trustee of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has served as trustee and board chair of the Lingnan Foundation and the Yale-China Association. His recent publications deal with U.S.-China educational and cultural relations.