UN Languages and Diplomacy

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An adaptation of the ESP (English for Special Purposes) model, foreign language model for special purposes. Diplomacy is one of the very constitutive "orders" of the international system, a mainstay of civilization itself. This course examines classical diplomacy and its evolution in the West, the "integration" of regional diplomatic cultures through the League of Nations and United Nations, the establishment of foreign ministries and bilateral embassies, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), the professionalization of diplomatic services, the nuances of diplomatic language, public diplomacy and social media, educational exchanges and intercultural dialogues, engagement with non-state actors, and the question of the future of formal diplomacy in a networked global society