Cultural Diplomacy

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis G. Martínez del Campo
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Spanish Language Education

In this book, I explore the history of the British-Spanish Society, which played a key role in the cultural relations between Spain and the UK during the 20th Century. I argue that this association is an early example of those cultural institutions involved in foreign policy. Although its aims were usually political and economic, its strategies were based on the advocacy of cultural understanding between Britons and Spaniards. In fact, the British-Spanish Society’ biggest achievement was its important contribution to the development of the Spanish language education in the UK in the 20th Century. In the beginning, the association was basically a British soft power tool, but it also served the Spanish diplomatic strategy after the World War II. This book offers the first overview of its history, paying special attention to both its role in British-Spanish relations, and its contribution to Spanish language education in the UK.

Epilogue

2016 ◽  
pp. 88-90
Author(s):  
Luis G. Martínez del Campo
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Cultural Strategies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Spanish Language Education

I defend that the history of the BSS is a perfect example of how cultural strategies have played a key role in foreign policy since the early 20th Century. Furthermore, I suggest that the BSS is a pioneer institution in the development of British-Spanish cultural relations. Finally, I argue that the BSS played an important role in the development of the Spanish language education in the UK.

The Anglo-Spanish Society in the interwar period

2016 ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Luis G. Martínez del Campo
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
British Trade ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Spanish Language Education ◽  
The Great War

I study how the end of the Great War heralded a new stage in the history of the BSS. I analyse the Society’s double mission after the war. On the one hand, the BSS promoted British trade with Spanish-speaking countries. On the other hand, its members contributed to the development of Spanish language education in the UK. Finally, I explain why the BSS’ dissolution took place in 1939.

The foundation and expansion of the Anglo-Spanish Society (1916–1920)

2016 ◽  
pp. 9-35
Author(s):  
Luis G. Martínez del Campo
Keyword(s):  
Language Education ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Great War ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Cultural Strategies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Spanish Language Education ◽  
The Great War

I explore the origins of the BSS, which was founded by a group of businessmen and scholars who wanted to strengthen British ties with Spanish-speaking countries during the Great War. I analyse how the BSS pursued political objectives through development of cultural strategies (e.g. the advocacy of Spanish language education in the UK) in the wartime. I also describe how the BSS created local branches all over the UK.

The Film World’s Cooperative Store: Institutions and Films of the 1930s and 1940s

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Claire Thomson
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Early History ◽  
World War ◽  
International Context ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This chapter traces the early history of state-sponsored informational filmmaking in Denmark, emphasising its organisation as a ‘cooperative’ of organisations and government agencies. After an account of the establishment and early development of the agency Dansk Kulturfilm in the 1930s, the chapter considers two of its earliest productions, both process films documenting the manufacture of bricks and meat products. The broader context of documentary in Denmark is fleshed out with an account of the production and reception of Poul Henningsen’s seminal film Danmark (1935), and the international context is accounted for with an overview of the development of state-supported filmmaking in the UK, Italy and Germany. Developments in the funding and output of Dansk Kulturfilm up to World War II are outlined, followed by an account of the impact of the German Occupation of Denmark on domestic informational film. The establishment of the Danish Government Film Committee or Ministeriernes Filmudvalg kick-started aprofessionalisation of state-sponsored filmmaking, and two wartime public information films are briefly analysed as examples of its early output. The chapter concludes with an account of the relations between the Danish Resistance and an emerging generation of documentarists.

Epilogue

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosina Lozano
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Spanish ◽  
Education Act

This epilogue briefly identifies some of the major changes in Spanish language politics since World War II. These include community shifts in activism. For example, the Chicano Movementreclaimed the language and advocated for culturally affirming bilingual education programs. The epilogue also turns to federal support for Spanish instruction with the 1968 Bilingual Education Act and with the 1975 extension to the Voting Rights Act that provides federal protection for ballots in languages other than English. Spanish is no longer a language of just the Southwest and there are major populations of Spanish speakers in cities like Chicago, New York, and Miami today. In 2013, tens of millions of U.S. residents spoke Spanish in their homes. Spanish language perseverance in the United States is due to a long history of Latin American migration to the country. It began as a language of settlement and power in the nineteenth century and has transformed into a language often deemed as foreign or un-American. Spanish is an American language historically and this book has recovered that history.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Luis G. Martínez del Campo
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Western World ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Power Strategies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

In this chapter, I link the creation of the British-Spanish Society (BSS) and the development of soft power strategies in the Western World. I also put the history of the BSS in the context of British-Spanish relations in the 20th Century. Finally, I describe the BSS as one example of those institutions involved in the cultural side of foreign policy.

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