European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918-1948 Between Contention and Connection /

This open access 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 Relying predominantly on unpublished sources, it examines the relationship between European...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sanchez Summerer, Karène (Editor), Zananiri, Sary (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 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.