The Unacceptables: American Foundations and Refugee Scholars Between the Two Wars and After

ISBN-13: 9789052019246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 306 str.

Giuliana Gemelli

Spis treści

Contents: Giuliana Gemelli: Introduction. Scholars in Adversity and Science Policies (1933-1945) - Claus-Dieter Krohn: American Foundations and Refugee Scholars between the Two Wars - Christian Fleck: Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Fellowships - Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze: Rockefeller Support for Mathematicians Fleeing from the Nazi Purge - Rosario J. Tosiello: Max Ascoli: A Lifetime of Rockefeller Connections - Paola Zambelli: Refugee Philosophers. «An Émigré's Career»: Koyré at the New School for Social Research - Paola Zambelli: Refugee Philosophers. «The Gulf between Continental and Analytical Philosophy» as Registered in H. Spiegelberg's Interviews - Diane Dosso: The Rescue of French Scientists. Respective Roles of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Biochemist Louis Rapkine (1904-1948) - Pnina G. Abir-Am: The Rockefeller Foundation and Refugee Biologists: European and American Careers of Leading RF Grantees from England, France, Germany, and Italy - Giuliana Gemelli: Permanent Connections: Paul Lazarsfeld, American Foundations and Europe (1930s-1960s) - Giovanni Paoloni: Vito Volterra and the International Board of Education. A Correspondence (1924-1930) - Albert Mueller: Uses of Adversity: Considering Structures, Networks, and Coincidence in the Context of Alexander Gerschenkron's Emigrations and Career.

O autorze

The Editor: Giuliana Gemelli, Professor of European Contemporary History at the University of Bologna (Italy), is a historian of scientific institutions in contemporary Europe.