Philanthropy without borders: Calouste Gulbenkian’s founding vision for the Gulbenkian Foundation Filantropia supranacional: a visão de Gulbenkian para a sua fundação

Established on his death in 1955, the Armenian oil magnate Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian’s eponymous foundation enjoys a high profile in the cultural life of Lisbon and Portugal as a whole. Gulbenkian’s correspondence as well as that which passed among Cyril Radcliffe, José de Azeredo Perdigão, and oth...

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Main Author: Jonathan Conlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa 2010-01-01
Series:Análise Social
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0003-25732010000200003
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Summary:Established on his death in 1955, the Armenian oil magnate Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian’s eponymous foundation enjoys a high profile in the cultural life of Lisbon and Portugal as a whole. Gulbenkian’s correspondence as well as that which passed among Cyril Radcliffe, José de Azeredo Perdigão, and others involved in helping plan and then establish the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation indicates that the parameters of the latter’s activities were much fought over in its early years. The course set by the Foundation under Salazar’s dictatorship does not reflect the benefactor’s original intentions, which anticipated more recent models of charitable giving in their scope and dynamism.<br>Estabelecida em 1955, por ocasião da sua morte, a fundação do magnata arménio do petróleo Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian possui um papel destacado na vida cultural de Lisboa e do resto de Portugal. A correspondência de Gulbenkian e a que foi trocada entre Cyril Radcliffe, José de Azeredo Perdigão e as restantes personalidades envolvidas no planeamento e posterior estabelecimento da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian revelam que as actividades a desenvolver pela instituição foram objecto de aceso debate durante os seus anos iniciais. O rumo tomado pela Fundação durante a ditadura de Salazar não reflecte as intenções originais do benfeitor, que antecipavam modelos mais recentes de beneficência no que diz respeito ao seu âmbito e dinamismo.
ISSN:0003-2573