Giles Scott-Smith
Dean LUC/Professor Transnational Relations and New Diplomatic History
- Name
- Prof.dr. G.P. Scott-Smith
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9503
- g.p.scott-smith@luc.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9089-7194
Giles Scott Smith is Dean of Leiden University College The Hague.
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Graduation Day for BA International Studies Students -
International Studies students receive their diploma -
‘The Rooseveltian Century’: one of the best MOOCs according to New York Magazine -
Giles Scott-Smith appointed Roosevelt Chair in New Diplomatic History -
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Innovative teaching in History
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New journal based at the Institute for History: 'Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society' -
Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies -
Partnership with Roosevelt Institute gives impetus to American Studies -
No moderation in tone at Trump's inauguration -
History MOOC 'The Rooseveltian Century' returns -
Leiden University to partner with Roosevelt Institute for American Studies
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Summer Institute on Culture, Propaganda and Intelligence in Cold War History -
International Studies students receive their diplomas
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Giles Scott-Smith (1968) received his BA in European and Asian Studies from the University of Ulster in 1988, and an MA in International Relations at Sussex University in 1993. He then moved to Lancaster University for a Ph.D in International Relations, graduating in 1998. He joined the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, The Netherlands, in January 2002 as a post-doctoral researcher, and was given a permanent position as senior researcher in January 2005. During 2008-2012 he was also an Associate Professor at University College Roosevelt (Honours College, Utrecht University) in Middelburg, running the International Relations track. From 2009-2018 he held the Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the Diplomatic History of Atlantic Cooperation since WWII at Leiden University. In January 2017 he was appointed by Leiden University to become the academic director of the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg, The Netherlands.
In 2017 he became founding editor of the journal Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society together with Ken Weisbrode. From 2018-2022 he held the Roosevelt Chair in New Diplomatic History at Leiden University. In July 2022 he was appointed Dean at Leiden University College The Hague.
Research interests
Scott-Smith’s research interests involve a broad exploration of the multiple forms of diplomacy in international history. Special attention has been given to investigating the ‘Transnational Transatlantic’ – tracking and explaining the governmental and non-governmental linkages that have bound North America and Europe since WW II. This covers many sub-fields, which can broadly be termed New Diplomatic History: connections between ideas, ideology and power; the ‘cultural Cold War’; US foreign policy; the Atlantic Community; public diplomacy; intelligence history; state-private networks and the role of private individuals and institutions in transatlantic relations.
Professional affiliations
- Founding co-editor, Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society (2018- )
- Chair, Transatlantic Studies Association (2013-2016)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Contemporary History (2015- )
- Editorial Board, New Global Studies (2015- )
- Series Editor, Studies in Diplomacy, Manchester University Press
Awards
- Marshall-Monnet Scholar in Residence, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010)
- Senior Qualification for Research (SKO), Utrecht University (2012)
- Senior Qualification for Teaching (SKO), Utrecht University (2012)
Selected publications
Books
Reasserting America in the 1970s: US Public Diplomacy and the Rebuilding of America's Image Abroad (Manchester University Press, 2016)
Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War: Agents, Activites, and Networks, Luc van Dongen, Stephanie Roulin, and Giles Scott-Smith (eds.) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network: Cold War Internationale (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
Interdoc: Een Geheim Netwerk in de Koude Oorlog (Boom, 2012)
Obama, US Politics, and Transatlantic Relations: Change or Continuity? (Peter Lang, 2012)
Divided Dreamworlds? The Cultural Cold War in East and West (Amsterdam University Press, 2012)
Atlantic, Euratlantic, or Europe-America? The Atlantic Community and the European Idea from Kennedy to Nixon, Valerie Aubourg and Giles Scott-Smith (eds.) (Soleb, 2011)
Networks of Empire: The US State Department’s Foreign Leader Program in the Netherlands, France, and Britain 1950-70 (Peter Lang, 2008)
European Community, Atlantic Community? The Atlantic Community and Europe, Valerie Aubourg, Gerard Bossuat and Giles Scott-Smith (eds) (Soleb, 2008)
The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe 1945 — 1960, G. Scott-Smith & H. Krabbendam (eds) (Frank Cass, 2003)
The Politics of Apolitical Culture: The Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA and Post-War American Hegemony (Routledge, 2002)
Dean LUC/Professor Transnational Relations and New Diplomatic History
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Leiden University College
Work address
Anna van BuerenpleinAnna van Buerenplein 301
2595 DG The Hague
Room number 4.46
Contact
- Scott-Smith G.P. (10 June 2016), How powerful is the Bilderberg Group?. for Inside Story (Al Jazeera). [interview].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (12 July 2016), De Amerikaanse Ambassade in Den Haag. (Radio West). [interview].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (22 October 2016), Het land dat Obama achterlaat. for Het Parool. [interview].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (7 November 2016), The Election and Transatlantic Relations [US Election Night, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, November 7, 2016]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (26 October 2016), US Foreign Policy and the 2016 Presidential Elections [Prometheus Student Society, Leiden University, October 26, 2016]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (26 May 2016), Actors and Drivers of US Foreign Policy [NASA Lecture Series, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, May 26, 2016]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (17 March 2016), Comparing the Foreign Policy Intentions of the Four Main Candidates [US Elections Night, SIB Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (UvA), March 17, 2016]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (28 January 2015), Coalition for Defence [New Year’s Reception, KIVI, The Hague, January 28, 2015]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (8 April 2015), End of the Transatlantic Era? [JASON, Haagse Hogeschool, The Hague, April 8, 2015]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (20 October 2013), Biskoppens hemmelige fortid. Interviewed by Seidelin M. for Jyllands-Posten. [interview].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (24 April 2013), The United States and the Arctic [Seminar Jong Atlantici seminar ‘Security in the Arctic’, April 24, 2013]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (26 November 2012), Interdoc: Een Geheim Netwerk in de Koude Oorlog. for NTR (NPO Radio 4). [interview].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (2012), Het Amerikaanse buitenlands beleid sinds 1945 [ICLON, Leiden University, October 2012]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (2012), US Counter-Terrorism Policies since 9/11 [Studentvereniging Franciscus Gomarus, Leiden University, May 2012]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G.P. (2012), Transatlantische betrekkingen vanuit historisch perspectief [Symposium 'De Crisis Voorbij? Transatlantische betrekkingen sinds Obama', Jonge Atlantici (Atlantische Commissie), Universiteit van Amsterdam, April 2012]. [lecture].
- Scott-Smith G. (5 October 2009). Ghosts in the Machine? Ernst van der Beugel, the Transatlantic Elite, and the ‘New’ Diplomatic History. Leiden. [inaugural address].