An Episode of French- Romanian Cultural Diplomacy after 1918: Alphonse Dupront and the French Institute of Higher Studies in Bucharest Cover Image

Un episod de diplomație culturală franco-română după 1918: Alphonse Dupront și Institutul Francez de Înalte Studii din București
An Episode of French- Romanian Cultural Diplomacy after 1918: Alphonse Dupront and the French Institute of Higher Studies in Bucharest

Author(s): Vasile PUSCAS, Veronica Turcuş
Subject(s): Cultural history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Romania; France; Alphonse Dupront; interwar period; diplomacy; culture.

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the activity of Alphonse Dupront (1905–1990), the head of the French Institute of High Studies in Romania between the years 1932–1941. The results of this activity were extremely benefic for the French-Romanian collaboration during the difficult period of the Nazi ascension in Germany and of the rise of the Italian Fascism. The annex of the study presents the text prepared by Liviu Floda for the Congress of the American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1987, valuable testimony of the Romanian-French cultural relations during the interwar period.

  • Issue Year: LVII/2018
  • Issue No: 57
  • Page Range: 465-505
  • Page Count: 41
  • Language: Romanian