Relaţii culturale româno-britanice: o analiză a programului de schimburi culturale (1963-1965)

Geanina-Ancuţa COSTAŞ

DOI: 10.47743/asui-2025-0022

Abstract: The period of relative liberalization that followed the policies adopted by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in the final years of his leadership had positive consequences for cultural life and set the tone for a series of changes that became particularly visible during the 1960s and 1970s. The most prominent shifts occurred in foreign policy, as communist Romania sought to distance itself from Soviet influence and establish ties with the West. These actions laid the foundations for a “field of cultural–political interaction” that improved both Romania’s cultural relations with Western countries and its internal cultural life. In this context, cultural relations with the United Kingdom experienced an upward trajectory, beginning with the cultural exchange program that regulated bilateral cultural ties for the years 1963-1965.

Keywords: communist Romania; cultural relations; United Kingdom; exchange program; foreign policy.