Academic Study - The Public Diplomacy Council

Networking Reception, Cultural Diplomacy and Protocol Skills Institute, AU School of International Service. Photo Credit: Quentin Lide

In 1965 Ambassador Edmund Gullion, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy coined the term “public diplomacy” and declared it worthy of academic study. The Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy was established. It is named after a distinguished broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. The center was created “as a memorial to the man whose distinguished reporting and analysis of world news and imaginative leadership of the USIA set a standard of excellence in the field”.

Since then schools of international affairs, communication, and other academic institutions have offered courses in public diplomacy and public diplomacy related fields. These courses have multiplied at universities in the United States and around the world. Many PDC members teach these courses and conduct research. This Academic Study section is designed with three overarching goals:

1. Provide resources for professors teaching courses in public diplomacy and related fields;
2. Provide access to resources for students of public diplomacy;
3. Showcase the work of PDC members by maintaining a bibliography of books, articles, and academic studies authored by PDC members.

Edits, additions, and suggestions may be submitted to publicdiplomacycouncil@gmail.com

More information regarding the following resources are available on this website:

PDC Fellowship
Resources Compiled by Bruce Gregory
Selected Syllabi Created by PDC Members
Selected Publications Authored by PDC Members
Selected University Programs in Public Diplomacy

Professor Nick Cull. Photo by Bruce Guthrie.

Selected Publications authored by PDC members
To be collected and updated.

Selected University Programs in Public Diplomacy in the United States
The Council is grateful for the assistance and coordination of PDC Volunteers Julia Pataky and Pauline Yang in the selection and editing.

Readers who wish to suggest additions or updates should send a message to publicdiplomacycouncil@gmail.com

American University (School of International Service), Washington, DC

Arizona State University (Center for Strategic Communication), Tempe, AZ

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York City, NY

Georgetown University (School of Foreign Service), Washington, DC

George Washington University (School of Media and Public Affairs / Elliott School of International Affairs), Washington, DC

Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government), Cambridge, MA

Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC

Syracuse University (Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs), Syracuse, NY

Tufts University (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy), Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World: Cyber, Media, and Public Diplomacy, Medford, MA

The University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Denver, CO

The University of Kentucky, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, Lexington, KY