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Международное сотрудничество в области здравоохранения между Первой и Второй мировыми войнами – уроки истории в борьбе с эпидемиями

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BELOVA G., GEORGIEVA G., LEOŃCZYK S.
Historia i Świat
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2022
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issue 11
251-272
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Since the middle of the 19th century, a period of real progress in the field of public health began, government obligations towards health expanded; quarantine, isolation and other measures were introduced by the international community aimed to ensure in the first place safe trade, but also the health of the population of large Western European cities. The article examines the three new international structures in the field of health created before and after the First World War. The first in time was the Office international d’hygiène publique (OIHP), created in 1907. Shortly before the war in 1913, the International Department of Health (IHD) of the Rockefeller Foundation was founded in the United States, and straight after the war in 1920, the League of Nations Health Organization (LNHO) appeared. Despite the cooperation at certain points, the relationship between the LNHO and the OIHP was largely marked by rivalry and the reluctance of the OIHP to become part of the League of Nations. In 1920 the Epidemic Commission was founded and its first head became a well known Polish medical scientist Ludwik Rajchman. The authors also pay attention to the first epidemiological actions in Bulgaria, made possible by the activities of the Rockefeller Foundation in South-Eastern Europe.
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“Winning the Hearts and Minds”: The Intellectual Cold War and the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations’ Exchange Programs in Eastern Europe

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Nowaczewska R.
Res Gestae. Czasopismo Historyczne
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2023
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vol. 15
165-181
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At the end of World War II, American private foundations hoped to restore the pre-war relations with the research institutes, universities, and individual scholars in Europe. The Iron Curtain that divided the continent prevented a further expansion of their programs. Planned for the betterment of humankind, to improve health and education, advance scientific research, and facilitate worldwide scientific cooperation, the foundations’ exchange programs aimed at breaking barriers, overcoming differences, and leading to international understanding. However, in the new geopolitical circumstances, they served other purposes. By providing access to knowledge and different perspectives on ideas and values, the exchange programs contributed to the formation of the elite intellectual networks that undermined and finally brought Communism down. This article provides an insight into the reasons for the two foundations’ early involvement in Eastern Europe and their distinct methods and compares these to the public diplomacy efforts. It also discusses the radically different reception of activities undertaken by public and private organizations that strengthened the plea for the “hearts and minds” of the people behind the Iron Curtain.
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Penetrating the Iron Curtain - the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations' Exchange Programs Directed to “Friendly ” Poles, 1948-1962/1968

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Nowaczewska R.
Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość
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2023
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vol. 41
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issue 1
401-419
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Celem artykułu jest analiza jednej z form międzynarodowej filantropii, świadczonej przez dwie amerykańskie fundacje prywatne: Rockefellera i Forda. Poszukiwane są odpowiedzi na pytania o wpływ programów wymiany, skierowanych do Polski we wczesnym okresie zimnej wojny, na stworzenie możliwości badawczych, służących dogonieniu osiągnięć naukowych na Zachodzie. Cezury czasowe to data pierwszej wizyty przedstawicieli Fundacji Rockefellera w Polsce i rok, w którym fundacje tymczasowo wycofały się ze wsparcia lub zawiesiły swoje rozległe programy. Krytyczna analiza dokumentów archiwalnych obu fundacji pozwala poznać okoliczności ich zaangażowania, procedury wyboru kandydatów oraz różne podejścia do sposobów osiągania wyznaczonych celów. Fundacja Rockefellera koncentrowała się na wynikach naukowych, dążyła do wzajemnej wymiany idei, do tworzenia sieci powiązań współpracujących ze sobą naukowców i intelektualistów, podczas gdy Fundacja Forda prowadziła działania z zakresu dyplomacji kulturalnej, która wywierałaby długofalowy wpływ na grupy „przyjaznych” odbiorców. W artykule przedstawiono kilka studiów przypadku polskich stypendystów, ukazując w ten sposób niedyskryminacyjne praktyki fundacji oparte na zasługach i roli, którą podopieczni mogli odegrać w rozwoju nauki, umacnianiu wolnego świata i promowaniu porozumienia międzynarodowego.
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The research objectives of this article are to analyse one form of international philanthropy undertaken by two American private foundations: the Rockefeller and the Ford foundations. It poses questions about the possible impact the exchange programs directed to Poland in the early Cold War period had upon the opening of research opportunities to catch up with peers in the West. The article covers the time span between the first visit of the Rockefeller Foundation representatives and the year when both temporarily withdrew or suspended their extensive programs. The method of critically analysing archival documents of both foundations made it possible to explore the circumstances of their engagement, candidate selection procedures, and the different approaches to achieving set goals. It reveals that the Rockefeller Foundation focused on scientific results, leading to the ‘cross-fertilization’ of ideas, network creation, and the opening up opportunities, while the Ford Foundation aimed at long-term cultural diplomacy, impacting upon groups of ‘friendly’ recipients. The article explores several case studies of Polish grantees, showing the foundations’ non-discriminatory practices based on merit and the role these grantees might have exercised in the development of science, strengthening the free world, and promoting international understanding.
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