Edith Ruvalcaba Galindo

About me: Edith Ruvalcaba is a doctoral candidate at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) and the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Faculty 03 (Social Sciences and Cultural Studies). She is a scholarship holder of the cooperation program between Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). Her research focuses on cultural cooperation between the European Union and one of its strategic partners in Latin America, Mexico.

She obtained her Master's Degree in International Economic Relations and Cooperation by Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico) and a Bachelors in Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico). Her international academic experiences include the Rushford-Peterson Highschool in Minnesota, USA, the Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Italy and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. She has also 3 years' experience working in cultural cooperation and social cohesion projects in non-governmental organizations.

Dissertation working title: Cultural Cooperation in a Globalized World: The European Union and Mexico. Studying EU Cultural Foreign Policy in Latin America.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich

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Publications

Edith Ruvalcaba Galindo, La cooperación cultural en el espacio eurolatinoamericano como respuesta a los retos globales del siglo XXI, In: Congreso Internacional Euro-Latinoamericano y Caribeño: "La necesaria creación de un espacio cultural birregional: valores, principios y propuestas" (Diego Durán Cruz & Sagrario Morán Blanco, coords.), 111-125, EULAC Foundation: 2022. ISBN: 978-3-949142-11-6
Edith Ruvalcaba Galindo, Diplomacia y Cooperación Cultural como herramientas de prevención y resolución de conflictos: esfuerzos en la pugna palestino-israelí (2005-2017). In: Contextos y Nuevas Tensiones de la Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo: Proyección desde lo local-global, esfuerzos desde la educación y la cultura (Elizabeth Vargas García & Edith Ruvalcaba Galindo, coords.), 153-177, Universidad de Guadalajara: 2021. ISBN: 978-84-18791-01-7
Edith Ruvalcaba Galindo, El camino de la Unión Europea hacia una estrategia de relaciones culturales internacionales, in: InterNaciones (July-December 2019/No. 17), 23-48.
Edith Ruvalcaba Galindo; Irak D. Rivas, Musical Education for Human Development and Social Cohesion, USAID's Crime and Violence Prevention Program (CVPP): 2015

Presentations and Talks

'Cooperación Cultural en un mundo globalizado: La Unión Europea y México'. 7 April 2022, 10th European Studies in Mexico Annual Congress.
'Cooperación Cultural en un mundo globalizado: La Unión Europea y México'. 23 October 2021, Mexican Association of International Studies (AMEI) 34th Annual Congress.
'La cooperación cultural en el espacio eurolatinoamericano como respuesta a los retos globales del siglo XXI'. 24 September 2021, Congreso Internacional Eurolatinoamericano y Caribeño. La necesaria creación de un espacio cultural eurolatinoamericano: valores, principios y propuestas. Rey Juan Carlos University and EU-LAC Foundation.

'Cultural Cooperation in a Globalized World: The European Union and Mexico. Studying EU cultural foreign policy in Latin America'. 18 June 2021, DAAD Scholarship Holder Meeting.

'Cultural Diplomacy and Cooperation as tools for conflict resolution and prevention. UNESCO, UNAOC and ALF's efforts in the Israel-Palestine conflict (2005-2017)'. 25 April 2019, Western Social Science Association 61st Annual Conference: San Diego, California.

Research Interests

Teaching: JLU B.A. in Social Sciences

WiSe 2021/22: European Union cultural relations with Mexico. Theoretical statements, challenges and institutional framework.

WiSe 2022/23: Culture in Foreign Policy. From soft power to mutual understanding and cooperation.

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