Suchergebnisse

The Master's thesis \"Peculiarities of Cultural Diplomacy in the Activities of the Lithuanian National Museums\" aims to analyse the concept of cultural diplomacy in literature, evaluate the aims of foreign politics with cultural diplomacy instrumentation of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania by analysing publicly available documents, and perform research, which reflects the international cultural initiatives of Lithuanian national museums and its contribution to the foreign policy of the country. Often, cultural diplomacy remains the only thread that unites nations when diplomatic relation get cold, and cultural institutions, organizations take the lead in developing international cultural relations. Therefore, the main purpose of this work is to evaluate the cultural initiatives of Lithuanian national museums and their contributions to cooperation of nations in pursuit of certain goals in international relations, based on scientific literature, publications and performed research. During the research, the data of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on cultural diplomacy instruments, collected from national museums and systematized on the most important events of cultural diplomacy in the National Museums of Lithuania in the last decade were analysed. Museums were not compared regarding their different fields of activity, tasks and size. The focus is on the number and geography of international projects. The most important and significant projects were described in more detail by analysing the project patronage, the importance of diplomatic relations between the partner countries, and looking for links to significant events during the project: \"Vilnius European Capital of Culture\", Centenary of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania. After systematizing and analysing the available information, conclusions were drawn and five suggestions were made.

The Master's thesis \"Peculiarities of Cultural Diplomacy in the Activities of the Lithuanian National Museums\" aims to analyse the concept of cultural diplomacy in literature, evaluate the aims of foreign politics with cultural diplomacy instrumentation of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania by analysing publicly available documents, and perform research, which reflects the international cultural initiatives of Lithuanian national museums and its contribution to the foreign policy of the country. Often, cultural diplomacy remains the only thread that unites nations when diplomatic relation get cold, and cultural institutions, organizations take the lead in developing international cultural relations. Therefore, the main purpose of this work is to evaluate the cultural initiatives of Lithuanian national museums and their contributions to cooperation of nations in pursuit of certain goals in international relations, based on scientific literature, publications and performed research. During the research, the data of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on cultural diplomacy instruments, collected from national museums and systematized on the most important events of cultural diplomacy in the National Museums of Lithuania in the last decade were analysed. Museums were not compared regarding their different fields of activity, tasks and size. The focus is on the number and geography of international projects. The most important and significant projects were described in more detail by analysing the project patronage, the importance of diplomatic relations between the partner countries, and looking for links to significant events during the project: \"Vilnius European Capital of Culture\", Centenary of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania. After systematizing and analysing the available information, conclusions were drawn and five suggestions were made.