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We love this group picture of our 2017-18 Global Cultural Fellows! Read more about their deliberations: http://www.iicr.ed.ac.uk/blog

Many thanks to Joanna Baker, Managing Director of Edinburgh International Festival, for providing the Edinburgh perspective at this workshop led by Debora Spar. Tickets are free but strictly limited, so book yours now!

Exclusive Workshop with Debora Spar, President of the Lincoln Centre What cultural organizations can (and can not!) learn from academic management Debora Spar, who recently moved from series of academic posts (including Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School and president of Barnard College) to become president of Lincoln Center will hold a workshop discuss...

Ahead of her lecture "The Virgin and the Plow", Debora Spar has kindly agreed to deliver a free exclusive workshop on cultural and academic management. This will take place at 2.30 PM on 4 October. Sign up now - spaces are limited!

Exclusive Workshop with Debora Spar, President of the Lincoln Centre What cultural organizations can (and can not!) learn from academic management Debora Spar, who recently moved from series of academic posts (including Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School and president of Barnard College) to become president of Lincoln Center will hold a workshop discuss...

We are delighted to be welcoming Debora L. Spar to Edinburgh in October. Details of the lecture are below - make sure to book your ticket early!

How does technology shape who we are, and how we live and love? Book your free tickets now to hear Debora L. Spar, President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, discuss this and many other questions in her lecture as part of the Chrystal Macmillan Lecture Series and the Institute for International Cultural Relations Distinguished Speaker Series on 4th October > https://deboraspar.eventbrite.co.uk

Join us on 1 November for Prof JP Singh's Inaugural Lecture: "The Art of Negotiating Markets and Development". How do the weak stand up to the strong? The inaugural presentation evaluates the ways in which the poor, the weak, and the less privileged – especially from the Global South – have stood up to authority and governance in shaping their economic futures. Economic and cultural representations help us understand the voice and agency of the weak. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-negotiating-markets-and-development-jp-singh-inaugural-lecture-tickets-37481312615

The Art of Negotiating Markets and Development - JP Singh Inaugural Lecture The Art of Negotiating Markets and Development An inaugural lecture by Professor JP Singh How do the weak stand up to the strong? The inaugural presentation evaluates the ways in which the poor, the weak, and the less privileged – especially from the Global South – have stood up to authority and gov...

How does technology shape who we are, and how we live and love? Book your free tickets now to hear Debora L. Spar, President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, discuss this and many other questions in her lecture as part of the Chrystal Macmillan Lecture Series and our Distinguished Speaker Series on 4 October. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chrystal-macmillan-lecture-debora-l-spar-tickets-37480831175

Chrystal Macmillan Lecture: Debora L. Spar The School of Social and Political Science and the Institute for International Cultural Relations presents the Autumn 2017 Chrystal Macmillan Lecture: The Virgin and the Plow: How Technology Shapes Who We Are, and How We Live and Love by Debora L. Spar We are living now in what feels like a radical…

Great to see our programme featured on the University of Edinburgh website – read on for a snapshot of our Global Cultural Fellows' experiences! http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2017/global-cultural-fellows-build-on-festivals-promise

Global Cultural Fellows build on festivals' promise Artists from around the world have gathered in Edinburgh as part of a new project that uses the city’s festivals to explore how the arts can connect people and cultures.

Our blog post reflecting on the theme "Empathy", co-authored by Zach Marschall and Prof JP Singh is on the website now: http://www.iicr.ed.ac.uk/blog/date/2017/empathy

Institute for International Cultural Relations: Empathy PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST 5 minutes ago Empathy Zach Marschall and Prof JP Singh summarise the discussion on Empathy, reflecting on the show

Reflections on Pike Street, Lal Batti Express and the day of deliberations, written by Zach Marschall and our Global Cultural Fellows http://www.iicr.ed.ac.uk/blog/date/2017/voicesilence

Institute for International Cultural Relations: Voice/Silence PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST 1 day ago Voice/Silence The third day and second day of in-person deliberations focused on Voice and Silence, reflecting on two performances. by Voice and silence help make up an actor’s theatrical performance. Enunciation, intonations and inflections enrich characters for au...

On the first day of our in-person deliberations, 33 Global Cultural Fellows discussed the theme "Highs and Lows" following their attendance at "Don Giovanni" at the Edinburgh International Festival last night. Read about the discussions here: http://www.iicr.ed.ac.uk/blog/date/2017/highs_and_lows

Institute for International Cultural Relations: Highs and Lows PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST 1 minute ago Highs and Lows Zachary Marschall summarises the first day of in-person deliberations in Edinburgh on the theme 'Highs and Lows', reflecting on participants' experiences and their attendance at the opera 'Don Giovanni' the night before. by The Global Cultural Fell...

Today, we meet our 33 Fellows in Edinburgh to begin our week of cultural conversations. Professor JP Singh introduces our blog, where you can follow the deliberations: http://www.iicr.ed.ac.uk/blog/date/2017/exploring_cultural_interests_and_values

Institute for International Cultural Relations: Exploring Cultural Interests and Values PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST 6 minutes ago Exploring Cultural Interests and Values The Director of the Institute for International Cultural Relations, Professor JP Singh, introduces this blog and the posts you will be able to follow over the next week. by The political tumults of 2016 – especially the Br...

Finally, our 33rd Global Cultural Fellow: Actor, writer and director Gideon J. Wabvuta writes on "The reality of fear" https://theartsjournal.net/2017/07/19/the-reality-of-fear/

The reality of fear Gideon J. Wabvuta Gideon Jeph Wabvuta was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, the oldest son of an electronics technician and a former teacher. He grew up in Mbare, a ghetto in Harare, where his love for the…