European cultural diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918-1948 : between contention and connection /

This book investigates the transnationally connected history of Arab Christian communities in Palestine during the British Mandate (1918-1948) through the lens of the birth of cultural diplomacy. Relying predominantly on unpublished sources, it examines the relationship between European cultural age...

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Other Authors: Sanchez-Summerer, Karene (Editor), Zananiri, Sary (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Karène Sanchez Summerer and Sary Zananiri
  • Part I Turning the Tables? Arab Appropriation and Production of Cultural Diplomacy
  • Introduction: Indigenising cultural diplomacy?
  • Sarah Irving
  • Orthodox Clubs and Associations: Cultural, Educational and Religious Networks Between Palestine and Jordan, 1925-1970
  • Norig Neveu
  • Palestinian Translators and Intellectuals during Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine: Russian Language in the Experiences of Khalil Baydas and Najati Sidqi
  • Sadia Agsous
  • Sound Power: Musical Diplomacy Within the Franciscan Custody in Mandate Jerusalem
  • Maria Chiara Rioli and Riccardo Castagnetti
  • The Melkite Community, Educational Policy and French Cultural Diplomacy: Archbishop Grigorios Hajjar and Mandatory Galilee
  • Charbel Nassif
  • Cultural Diplomacy in Mandatory Haifa: The Role of Christian Communities in the City's Cultural Transformation
  • Maayan Hillel
  • Part II Showing and Telling: Cultural and Historical Entanglements under the Mandate
  • Introduction: Arab Virtù and the Philosophy of History: Excavating, Exhibiting and Cultural Diplomacy in the Palestine Mandate
  • Philippe Bourmaud
  • Palestinian Christians in the Mandate Department of Antiquities: Historical and Archaeological Narratives in a Colonial Space
  • Sarah Irving
  • Between Diplomacy and Science: British Mandate Palestine and its International Network of Archaeological Organisations, 1918-1938
  • Mathilde Sigalas
  • Competition in the Cultural Sector: Handicrafts and the Rise of the Trade Fair in British Mandate Palestine
  • Nisa Ari
  • Part III Influencing the Other: European Private and Governmental Actors
  • Introduction: European Soft Power and Christian Cultures at the Crossroads in Mandate Palestine
  • Heather J. Sharkey
  • Between Athens and Al Quds: The Greek Community in Late Ottoman and Mandate Jerusalem
  • Konstantinos Papastathis
  • Russia and Orthodoxy in Palestine, 1900-1930s: Diplomacy, Institutions, Personalities
  • Lora Gerd
  • Continuities and Discontinuities in the Austrian Catholic Orient Mission to Palestine, 1915-1938
  • Barbara Haider-Wilson
  • A Coherent Inconsistency: Italian Cultural Diplomacy in Palestine, 1918-1936
  • Roberto Mazza
  • The International Centre for the Protection of Catholic Interests in Palestine and the Latin Patriarchate's Cultural Diplomacy in the British Mandate Period
  • Paolo Maggiolini
  • A "Significant Swedish Outpost":The Swedish School and Arab Christians in Jerusalem, 1920-1930
  • Inger Marie Okkenhaug
  • French Cultural Efforts Towards Jerusalem's Arab Population in Late British Mandate Palestine
  • Dominique Trimbur
  • Conclusion: Cultural Affiliations and Identity Constructs during the British Mandate for Palestine
  • Tamara van Kessel
  • Epilogue: Secularist Networks, Cultural Institutions and Cultural Diplomacy in the Levantine Mandates
  • Idir Ouahes.