Prof.dr. G. (Giles) Scott-Smith
- Professor of Diplomatic History of Atlantic Cooperation
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2698 |
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| E-Mail: | g.scott-smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for History, Algemene Geschiedenis |
| Office Address: |
Johan Huizingagebouw Doelensteeg 16 2311 VL Leiden Room number 2.68b |
Giles Scott-Smith (1968) went to the University of Ulster in 1988 to study European and Asian Studies. After gaining his degree he undertook an MA in International Relations at Sussex University, and then moved to Lancaster University for a Ph.D. He joined the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg in January 2002 as a post-doctoral researcher, and was given a permanent position as senior researcher in January 2005. In September 2008, alongside his position at the RSC, he became Associate Professor In International Relations at the Roosevelt Academy. In January 2009 he was awarded the Ernst van der Beugel Chair for Diplomatic History of Atlantic Cooperation, University of Leiden, for a period of five years.
Research interests
For the past ten years his research has been situated in the cross-section of International Relations and Diplomatic History, concentrating on the Cold War period. His Ph.D., which examined the purpose and relevance of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in transatlantic relations during the early Cold War, was published by Routledge in 2002 (The Politics of Apolitical Culture). Since then his research has covered various aspects of the ‘cultural Cold War’, looking at the role of private groups and their importance within transatlantic relations, especially for developing an ‘Atlantic Community’. His current research fields include Dutch-American relations during and after the Cold War, the theory and practice of (US) public diplomacy (especially exchange programmes), and the organisation of anti-communist networks in Western Europe.
Professional Affiliations
- Associate Editor, 49th Parallel: Interdisciplinary Journal of North American Studies
- Treasurer, Netherlands American Studies Associaton
- Board member, Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association
- Member of Editorial Board, European Journal of American Studies
- Member of Management Committee, Transatlantic Studies Association
- Faculty Associate, Centre for Foreign Policy, Media, and Culture, Birmingham University
- Member of NVAO Accreditation Committee, Vesalius College, Brussels (2006-2007)
Publications
Books
- Networks of Empire: The US State Department’s Foreign Leader Program in the Netherlands, France, and Britain 1950-70, Brussels: Peter Lang, 2008
- The Politics of Apolitical Culture: The Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA and Post-War American Hegemony, London: Routledge, 2002. Edited Books
- Atlantic, Euratlantic, or Europe-America? The Atlantic Community and the European Idea from Kennedy to Nixon, Valerie Aubourg and Giles Scott-Smith (eds.), Paris: Soleb, 2009
- European Community, Atlantic Community? The Atlantic Community and Europe, Valerie Aubourg, Gerard Bossuat and Giles Scott-Smith (eds), Paris: Soleb, 2008
- The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe 1945 — 1960, G. Scott-Smith & H. Krabbendam (eds), London: Frank Cass, 2003 (also published as Special Issue of Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 18 No. 2, 2003.
Editor of Journal Special Issues
- ‘We are All Undesirables: May 68 and the Legacy of the 60s,’ European Journal of American Studies, 2008.
- Theodore Roosevelt 150th Anniversary, Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 19 No. 4, 2008.
Recent Journal Articles
2009
- ‘There Is No More Outside,’ NeoAmericanist (online), Vol 4 No. 1, Spring/Summer 2009.
2008
- 'An Outpost of Atlanticism: Leonard Tennyson, the European Delegation in Washington and the Transformation of US-European Relations 1954-1974,' Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 14 no. 2, December 2008
- 'Aristotle, US Public Diplomacy, and the Cold War: The Work of Carnes Lord,' Foundations of Science, Vol. 13, November 2008
- 'Mapping the Undefinable: Some Thoughts on the Relevance of Exchange Programs within International Relations Theory', Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 616, March 2008 2007
- ‘Attempting to Secure an "Orderly Evolution": American Foundations, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the Third World’, Journal of American Studies, Vol. 41 No. 3, December 2007.
- ‘The Ties That Bind: Dutch-American Relations, US Public Diplomacy, and the Promotion of American Studies since WW II,’ The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Vol. 2 No. 3, November 2007.
- ‘Interdoc, Peaceful Coexistence, and Positive Anti-Communism: West European Cooperation in Psychological Warfare 1963-1972’, Cold War History, Vol. 7 No. 1, Spring 2007.
2011
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Scott-Smith, G (2011)
Atlantic Dreams: Leonard Tennyson and the European Delegation in Washington DC during the 1960s. In: Scott-Smith, G & Aubourg, V (Eds.), Atlantic, Euratlantic, or Europe-America? (Atlantic Community and Europe), 2. , pp. 392-415. Paris: Soleb.
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Scott-Smith, G & Aubourg, V (2011)
Atlantic, Euratlantic, or Europe-America? The Atlantic Community and the European Idea from Kennedy to Nixon. Paris: Soleb.
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Scott-Smith, G (2011)
Cultural Exchange and the Corporate Sector: Moving Beyond Statist Public Diplomacy? Austrian Journal of Political Science, 2011 (3)
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Scott-Smith, G (2011)
Europe Americanized? Review of Cold War History 11/1 (February 2011). H-Diplo Website
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine) -
Scott-Smith, G (2011)
Interdoc and West European Psychological Warfare: The American Connection. Intelligence and National Security, 26 (2-3), pp. 355-376.
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Scott-Smith, G (2011)
Mutual Interests? US Public Diplomacy in the 1980s and Nicolas Sarkozy’s First Trip to the United States. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 9 (4)
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Scott-Smith, G & Baumgaertel, M (2011)
New Paradigms, Old Hierarchies? Problems and Possibilities of US Supremacy in a Networked World. International Politics, 48 (2-3), pp. 271-289.
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Scott-Smith, G (2011)
Psychological Warfare for the West: Interdoc, the West European Intelligence Services, and the International Student Movements of the 1960s. In: Fahlenbrach, K, Klimke, M, Scharloth, J (Eds.), The Establishment Responds: Power and Protest during and after the Cold WarLondon: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Scott-Smith, G (2011)
The Heineken Factor? Using Exchanges to extend the reach of US Soft Power. American Diplomacy, 2011 (June)
(Article)
2010
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Scott-Smith, G (2010)
Searching for the Successor Generations: Exchange Programs, Networks of Influence, and US Foreign Policy towards Western Europe in the 1980s. In: Osgood, K. & Etheridge, B. (Eds.), The United States and Public Diplomacy: New Directions in Cultural and International History (Diplomatic Studies), 5. Leiden: Brill.
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Scott-Smith, G (2010)
Soft Power in an Era of US Decline. In: Parmar, I. & Cox, M. (Eds.), Soft Power and US Foreign Policy (Studies in US Foreign Policy)London: Routledge.
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Scott-Smith, G (2010)
Soft Power, US Public Diplomacy, and Global Risk. In: Fisher, A. & Lucas, S. (Eds.), Trials of Engagement: The Future of US Public Diplomacy (Diplomatic Studies), 6. Leiden: Brill.
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Scott-Smith, G (2010)
The Congress for Cultural Freedom: Constructing an Intellectual Atlantic Community. In: Mariano, M. (Ed.), Defining the Atlantic Community: Culture, Intellectuals, and Policies in the mid-20th CenturyLondon: Routledge.
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Scott-Smith, G (2010)
The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism. [Bespreking van: The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism]. In: European Journal of American Studies, 2010
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Scott-Smith, G (2010)
The US State Department’s Foreign Leader Program in France during the early Cold War. In: Ory, P., Frank, R., Dulphy, A., Matard-Bonucci, M-A (Eds.), Les relations culturelles internationales au XXe siècle. De la diplomatie culturelle à l'acculturation (Enjeux internationaux), 10. Brussels: Peter Lang.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2009
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Scott-Smith, G (2009)
American Hegemony. [Bespreking van: American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe]. In: Coagul and Fybronolysis, 9
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Scott-Smith, G (2009)
American Studies in the Netherlands. In: Scott-Smith, G., Krabbendam, J.L., van Minnen, C.A. (Eds.), Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations 1609-2009, pp. 982-993. Amsterdam / New York: Boom / SUNY Press.
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Scott-Smith, G (2009)
Congress for Cultural Freedom. In: Iriye, A. (Ed.), The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, pp. 190-191. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Scott-Smith, G & Mos, M., de (2009)
Democracy Promotion and the New Public Diplomacy. In: Parmar, I. (Ed.), New Directions in US Foreign Policy (Studies in US Foreign Policy), pp. 225-240. London: Routledge.
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Scott-Smith, G & Van der Zwan, B. (2009)
Embassies and Ambassadors in The Hague and Washington. In: Scott-Smith, G., Krabbendam, J.L., van Minnen, C.A. (Eds.), Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations 1609-2009, pp. 663-673. Amsterdam / New York: Boom / SUNY Press.
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Scott-Smith, G & Krabbendam, J.L. & van Minnen, C.A. (Eds.) (2009)
Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations 1609-2009. Amsterdam / New York: Boom / SUNY Press.
(Book editorial) -
Scott-Smith, G (2009)
Ghosts in the Machine? Ernst van der Beugel, the Transatlantic Elite, and the ‘New’ Diplomatic History. (Benoeming tot hoogleraar diplomatieke geschiedenis / Ernst van der Beugel leerstoel). Leiden: Leiden University.p. 16.
(Inaugural lecture) -
Scott-Smith, G (2009)
Going Dutch. [Bespreking van: Going Dutch: The Dutch Presence in America 1609-2009]. In: Journal of American Studies, 43
(Book review) -
Scott-Smith, G (2009)
Testing the Limits of a 'Special Relationship': US Unilateralism and Dutch Multilateralism in the Twenty-first Century. In: Dumbrell, J. (Ed.), America’s Special Relationships: Allies and Clients, pp. 115-131. London: Routledge.
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