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Sowing the Seeds of Diplomacy on Hard American Ground

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• Author: Donna Marie Oglesby¹
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• Source: The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
• Available online: December 2016
• Document Type: Research Article
• Publication Year : 2016
• DOI: 10.1163/1871191X-12341360
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• Keywords: teaching and learning; statecraft; foreign policy; theory and practice gap; public diplomacy; diplomacy

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Diplomacy is a neglected field in American higher education. Both practitioners and academics have repeatedly cast the seeds to grow the discipline in the United States, but with limited germination. Although diplomacy curricula are rare, courses do exist. Following a review of 75 syllabuses and lengthy interviews with many of their authors, this article’s author finds that academics and practitioners teaching the limited number of diplomacy courses make very different choices in content and pedagogy. Drawing on over 25 years of diplomatic practice followed by twenty years teaching at the college level, she evaluates why the main institutions of American society do not support diplomacy as either a profession or a field of study. The article argues that the few ‘resident gardeners’ rarely stray from their own plots to ‘fieldscape’ together in hard American ground.

Affiliations: 1: Eckerd College St Petersburg, fl 33711United States oglesbdm@eckerd.edu

* This article is adapted from a paper presented at the British International Studies Association Conference, Dublin (18-20 June 2014).

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DONNA MARIE OGLESBY 

Diplomat in Residence 

Degrees

Master of International Affairs, Columbia University

Donna Oglesby spent over twenty-five years in cultural and public diplomacy culminating in service as Counselor of the Agency, the ranking career position in the United States Information Agency (USIA). Donna also served as the Diplomat-in-Residence at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her experience with the USIA took her to Thailand,Paraguay, El Salvador, Austria, Brazil, and Mexico. Donna Oglesby coordinates the IRGA international internship program and the IRGA speaker series.