'Franco-British Cultural Exchanges: the Case of the Institut Francais 1910-1981'

《法英文化交流：以法国学院 1910-1981 年为例》

• 批准号: AH/I024658/1
• 负责人: Julian Jackson
• 金额: $ 7.68万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FI024658%2F1
• 关键词: Franco; British; Cultural; Exchanges; Case

The Institut Français, founded in London in 1910, is one of the most important French cultural centres in the world. Originally a private institution, it gradually became an official organisation of the French state with the mission to promote French culture in Britain. In the First World War, it played a role in assisting many French and Belgian refugees who ended up in London, and it was out of a need to educate the children among these refuges that it helped to set up the famous Lycée français of London. Ever since then the Institut has been a significant presence in the life of the French community in London. The Institut has also been an important point of contact with France for British Francophiles - and indeed for the wider British public - and it has served at various times to promote the attempts of the British and French government to develop closer political and cultural ties. It is of course no coincidence that it was founded in the wake of the Entente Cordiale of 1904. The opening of its new building in 1939 by the French President Albert Lebrun and Princess Mary was a major statement of Franco-British unity and co-operation on the eve of the Second World War. After the Fall of France the Institut became initially a rallying point for early recruits to the Free French but then became a more contested space after its director Denis Saurat moved to an anti-Gaullist position. The purpose of this project is to write the history of the Institut, taking it as a prism though which to view three issues: the nature of Franco-British cultural exchanges, the cultural policies of the French state and the life of the French community in London. These are three very big questions but what makes the project manageable is that they will be approached concretely though the history of this strategically important institution. The Institut has important archives on its own history that have hardly been utilised before, and its participation in this project will also provide the necessary contacts to allow the student to carry out interviews with former directors and personnel of the Institut. The complex relationship between Britain and France is a subject of perennial fascination and this project aims to offer an original approach to it

法兰西学院于1910年在伦敦成立，是世界上最重要的法国文化中心之一。最初是一个私人机构，它逐渐成为法国国家的官方组织，其使命是在英国推广法国文化。在第一次世界大战中，它在帮助许多最终来到伦敦的法国和比利时难民方面发挥了作用，正是出于对这些难民中儿童教育的需要，它帮助建立了著名的伦敦法兰西中学。从那时起，该研究所一直是伦敦法国社区生活中的重要存在。该研究所也一直是英国亲法人士与法国的重要联系点-实际上是更广泛的英国公众-它在不同时期促进了英国和法国政府发展更紧密的政治和文化联系的尝试。当然，它是在1904年《友好协约》之后成立的，这并非巧合。1939年，法国总统阿尔贝·勒布伦和玛丽公主为新大楼揭幕，这是第二次世界大战前夕法英团结合作的重要声明。法国沦陷后，该研究所最初成为自由法国早期新兵的集结点，但在其主任丹尼斯·索拉（Denis Saurat）转向反戴高乐主义立场后，该研究所成为一个更具争议的空间。这个项目的目的是写研究所的历史，把它作为一个棱镜，通过它来查看三个问题：法英文化交流的性质，法国国家的文化政策和法国社区在伦敦的生活。这是三个非常大的问题，但使该项目易于管理的是，它们将通过这个具有重要战略意义的机构的历史来具体解决。该研究所拥有以前几乎没有利用过的关于其自身历史的重要档案，其参与该项目也将提供必要的联系，使学生能够与该研究所的前董事和人员进行面谈。英国和法国之间的复杂关系是一个长期迷人的主题，这个项目旨在提供一个原始的方法来解决这个问题