D’une république de savants à une communauté de chercheurs
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From a Republic of Scholars to a Community of Researchers
Perspectives on the History of the International Union of Academies (UAI), 1919-2019
Jean-Luc De Paepe, Pierre Jodogne, Isabelle Algrain (eds)
- Pages: 218 p.
- Size:178 x 254 mm
- Illustrations:18 b/w, 20 col.
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2019
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-58554-3
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This volume presents the Union Académique Internationale (UAI), an organisation born in the context of the peace movements just after the First World War (1919). Its primary goal is international scientific cooperation via long term projects in the domain of the humanities and social sciences.
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BIO
Jean-Luc De Paepe is historian and historian of Christianity, specialising in the history of sciences, the Paris Commune, the history of the press and the institutional history of the Kingdom of Belgium. He was active at the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, and has been Deputy Secretary General of the Union Académique Internationale since 1989.
Pierre Jodogne is philologist, Italianist, and Renaissance scholar, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, and member of the Board (2015-2019) of the Union Académique Internationale.
Isabelle Algrain holds a PhD in the History of Art and Archaeology, specialising in ancient Greek pottery. She works at the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Artsof Belgium, and at the Secretariat of the Union Académique Internationale.
Summary
To celebrate the centenary of the Union Académique Internationale (UAI) the present volume brings together diverse studies, essays and testimonies offering as many different viewpoints on the history, the realisations and the perspectives of this remarkable institution.
In 1919, just after the end of the Great War, a first group of institutions active in the ‘Humanities’ strove for lasting peace and decided to collaborate unanimously towards the realisation of a number of large projects in the fields of philology, archaeology, historiography and social sciences. The initiative for this international union of academies (or equivalent institutions) was taken by two prominent figures of the Institut de France, members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres: the Hellenist and archaeologist Théophile Homolle (1848-1925) and his colleague archaeologist Edmond Pottier (1855-1934), curator of the Louvre museum.
The definition of the UAI as a 'Republic of Scholars" dates back to 1939 when the Belgian Hellenist Joseph Bidez, one of its founding fathers, celebrated the institution’s 20th anniversary, thus making a clear reference to the elegant title "République des Lettres" which in the 18th century designated the cordial network between scholars and humanists belonging to the most diverse nations.
A centenary offers the occasion to reflect on the direction one is going and on the ways chosen to achieve one’s goals. The different views on the history of the UAI, its realisations and its visions for the future presented in this volume will surely contribute to a better understanding of the nature and the importance of this venerable and valuable institution now celebrating its hundredth birthday.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword - Didier Viviers
Excellence through Collaboration - Samuel N.C. Lieu
The Union Acadmique Internationale, a Laboratory of Scientific Diplomacy in the Interwar Period - Renaud Bardez & Kenneth Bertrams
Interpreting the Creation of the UAI within the Context of the International Peace Movement in the Early Twentieth Century: From Wiesbaden 1899 to Paris 1919 - Tae-Jin Yi
The First Projects of the Union Acadmique Internationale - Aurore Duriau
Thirty Years of Service (1989-2019) - Jean-Luc De Paepe
Views from Past Presidents - Madeline Caviness, Shaul Shaked, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Miklós Maróth, Janusz Kozłowski & Øivind Andersen
CIPSH and its Relations with UAI and UNESCO - Luiz Oosterbeek
The Union Acadmique Internationale, the Long Term, and the Humanities - François De Callataÿ
Annexes:
Introduction to the Historical Documents - Pierre Jodogne
History of the Union Acadmique Internationale: From its Origin to 1950 - Joseph Bidez & Victor Tourneur
Letter from Waldo G. Leland Read During the 21st Session of the UAI in 1947
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Union Acadmique Internationale (43rd Session of the UAI, 1969) - Kazimierz Kumaniecki
An Assessment of 75 Years of Academic Cooperation and Prospects for the Future - Gerard Verbeke
List of UAI Presidents and Secretaries
List of UAI Projects
List of UAI Member Institutions
