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The Kitchen as the New Venue of Foreign Policy: Can Food Build Peace or Drive Conflict? April 21, 2015 Founder’s Room, School of International Service 10:00 AM Welcome and Introductions – Anita McBride, Executive-­‐‑in-­‐‑Residence, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, School of Public Affairs Why Conflict Cuisine? Why Now? Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Scholar-­‐‑in-­‐‑Residence, School of International Service 10:15-­‐‑11:30 AM
Panel I –Culinary Diplomacy, Gastrodiplomacy, and Conflict Cuisine: Defining the Field • Tara Sonenshine, Professor, George Washington, University, and former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy. •
Paul Rockower, Levantine Communications, •
Kimberly Reed, Executive Director, International Food Information Council Foundation •
Sam Chapple-­‐‑Sokol, @culinarydiplo Blogger Moderator: Gary Weaver, Professor, School of International Service, American University 11: 45 AM-­‐‑1:00 PMPanel 2 -­‐‑ Does food build peace or drive conflict? •
Yael LuUwak, President and CEO of Slimpeace, and filmmaker S CHOOL OF I NTERNATIONAL S ERVICE
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Christine Fair, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, author of Cooking in the Axis of Evil •
Manolia Charlotin, Director, Feet in Two Worlds Program, The New School, New York, NY •
Roger Mark De Souza, Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Moderator: Professor Louis Goodman, Dean Emeritus, School of International Service 1:15 PM-­‐‑2:00Tasting Conflict Cuisines – Food stations from Diaspora Chefs in the Nation’s Capital: A conversation with Chefs BenjaminVelasquez, Mariano Ramos, Sonia Gutierrez Center, Carlos Rosario Charter School, Chef Carlos Cesario, and Sileshi Alifom, owner, DAS Ethiopian with Washington Post Staff Food Writer Tim Carman 2:15 -­‐‑3:15PM Panel 3 Culinary Diplomats and Nation Branding •
Counselor Adriana Velarde, Head of Cultural Diplomacy, Embassy of Peru, Washington, D.C. •
Ambassador David Killion, Former U.S. Representative to UNESCO •
Patricia Jinich –Chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC and host of Pati’s Mexican Table, PBS, and cookbook author •
Brian McNair, Executive Director, World Central Kitchen, Chef Jose Andres’ international food NGO Moderator: Ambassador Anthony Quainton, Diplomat in Residence, American University S CHOOL OF I NTERNATIONAL S ERVICE
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3:15-­‐‑3:30PMA Closing Conversation: Is the Kitchen a Venue of Foreign Policy? Nikki Silva, co-­‐‑host, The Kitchen Sisters, producers of NPR’s duPont Award winning series Hidden Kitchens and Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Scholar-­‐‑in-­‐‑
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