New Issue: Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy

Volume 12 Issue 1, June 2026
(open access)

Special Issue: Cultural Diplomacy Dialogue, Values and Discourses

Editorial Conversation

Cultural diplomacy in dialogue: A conversation with Ian Thomas on cultural relations, soft power, and evidence
Biyun Zhu
Jonathan Paquette

Original Research Articles

Diplomacy by proxy: Satellite museums as cultural–political infrastructures
Alejandra Linares-Figueruelo

Cultural diplomacy in a post imperial context: Europeanization and the Macau handover in Portuguese foreign diplomacy
Carlos Vargas
Cristina Montalvão Sarmento
Patricia Oliveira

Cultural diplomacy from below: Cabo Verdean diaspora agency and international cultural relations in the United Kingdom
Miriam Cruz

Case Studies

Curatorial diplomacy and audience development in film-based cultural policy: German Films and the Kino Program Türkiye
İclal Can Gürbüz

Digital museum diplomacy in Greece: The case of the Virtual Museum Alexander the Great
Sofia Boutsiouki
Maria Damou

Reports

Cultural diplomacy: A space for exploring multiple collaborations
Julie Bérubé
Mélanie Girard
Lucile Berthelot
Ane Hejlskov Larsen
Vinnie Nørskov

Agonistic museum diplomacy: Advancing a conflict-oriented approach to global engagement
Joachim Baur
Friederike Landau-Donnelly
Sascha Priewe
Sarah E.K. Smith

Migrating heritage in diaspora diplomacy: Korean independence archives under contestation
Hyojung Cho
Hyunhee Lee

Essays

Framing science, performing neutrality: The British Council and scientific-cultural diplomacy
Alice Naisbitt

The European cemetery of Saint-Eugène in Algiers: A possible heritage listing for a complex cultural asset?
Christophe Alcantara

Mobility in EU cultural diplomacy and cultural relations: Ambiguities and the value of partnerships in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
Fanny Bouquerel
Christiane Dabdoub Nasser
Matina Magkou

Formalising asymmetry: Cultural diplomacy and the UK–China film co-production agreement
Giulia D’Aquila

On cultural diplomacy: Marc Fumaroli, French cultural policy, and the humanities
Jonathan Paquette
Biyun Zhu
Benjamin Boutin

Cultural diplomacy as an emergent and uneven process: The cultural olympiad in the veneto dolomites ahead of Milano cortina 2026
Antonella Peli
Stefania Tonin

Editors Picks

Book review
Jonathan Paquette
Biyun Zhu