Europe-U.S.A. American foundations and European scientific integration : actors and networks (1920’s-1970’s)

The paper analyses the role of American foundations in strengthening scientific and intellectual European networks in the long period 1920s-1970s. There can be no doubt that the role played during the last century by the largest American foundations in shaping the internationalisation scientific and cultural policies, has been not only an historical linkage but also a framework in building new strategies in the field o international philanthropy. Despite the fact that European programs represent a relatively small part of American Foundations'' total amount of grants ail over the world, their impact was crucial particularly during specific historical conjunctures, the inter-war period and the period of the cold war.Gemelli Giuliana. Europe-U.S.A. American foundations and European scientific integration : actors and networks (1920’s-1970’s). In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Italie et Méditerranée, tome 114, n°1. 2002. La culture dans les relations internationales. Actes des colloques «La diplomazia culturale e le nazioni» (Bologne, 30 novembre-2 décembre 2000) et «La culture dans le champ multilatéral» (Lyon, 10-12 mai 2001) organisés par l'École française de Rome, la Facoltà di scienze politiche dell'Università degli studi di Bologna, l'Institut d'études politiques de Lyon, l'Institut français de Florence et le Collège européen de coopération culturelle (Luxembourg) pp. 411-422