Public Diplomacy in Other Words
Public diplomacy scholarship remains an English-language sub-field with few cross-linguistic conversations. With the aim of facilitating inclusiveness and dialogue in public diplomacy research, the Journal of Public Diplomacy launched a special issue initiative to compare non-English public diplomacy literature. In this project, the authors will systematically review the literature in non-English languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Russian, and Vietnamese offering insights into similarities and differences and their implications for public diplomacy scholarship and practice.
The following is the tentative timetable of this project:
Jan-Mar’23: Finalizing the selection of texts/ articles
Apr-May’23: Analyzing the selected texts/ articles
May’23: A panel to discuss the preliminary findings (to be organized by Ewha Public Diplomacy Center)
Jun-Nov’23: Further analysis of the selected texts/ articles and finalizing the first drafts
Nov’23: A workshop to give each other feedback on the manuscripts (either at KAPD’s International Public Diplomacy Conference or to be organized by Ewha Public Diplomacy Center)
31 Jan’23: Submission of the full article
Feb-May’24: Reviews and revisions
Apr’24: ISA panel to introduce the special issue articles
Jun’24: Publication of the special issue in Journal of Public Diplomacy
Late’24 or early’25: Publication of the special issue as a book (publisher TBC)