2025/01/01 by Víctor Pereira · 2 voices
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #French Historical and Cultural Studies #Historical Education and Society #Historical and Political Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-81766-3_10
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Abstract This contribution traces the history of the Maison des Étudiants Portugais at the Cité Universitaire from the 1920s, when the first university residences were built near the Parc Montsouris, up to 1974, the date of the Carnation Revolution that ushered in democracy in Portugal. The chapter pays close attention to failures and trials and error, and seeks to capture the viewpoints of the various players involved, be they politicians, diplomats, academics or residents. Built to contribute to “Luso-French cultural relations and intellectual exchanges”, the Portuguese house opened its doors in October 1967. The early years of this university residence were turbulent: an occupation in May–June 1968, protests in the anti-authoritarian mood of the “1968s” and the anti-fascist and anti-colonialist mobilizations led by Portuguese political exiles in France. Until 1974, tensions between the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris National Foundation arose, tensions that went so far as to call into question the commitment of the wealthy Portuguese institution.