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Title University jubilees and university history writing : a challenging relationship / edited by Pieter Dhondt.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions, 2352-1325 ; volume 13
History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; volume 13. 2352-1325
Contents Introduction: University history writing : more than a history of jubilees? / Pieter Dhondt -- Part 1. University history writing as part of the jubilee -- Great anniversaries, two lost opportunities Charles University in Prague, 1848 and 1948 / Marek Duri'anskj and Pieter Dhondt -- The Royal Frederik University in Kristiania in 1911 : intellectual beacon of the North, or "North Germanic" provincial university? / Jorunn SemFure -- Commitment, reserve and self-assertion : the celebration of patriotic anniversaries in Russian and German universities, 1912-13 / Trude Maurer -- Academic ceremonies and celebrations at the Romanian University of Cluj, 1919-2009 / Ana-Maria Stan -- Part 2. University history writing on the occasion of a jubilee -- 1968 as a turning point in Trondheim's University history / Thomas Brandt -- University history research at the University of Leipzig / Jonas Flater -- Part 3. University history writing beyond the jubilee -- The Humboldtian tradition : the German university transformed, 1800-1945 / Johan Ostling -- French academia in a prosopographic perspective : a collaborative joint project / Emmanuelle Picard -- University history as part of the history of education / Pieter Dhondt.
Summary Through various case studies, this book shows the continuity of the close relationship between jubilees and university historiography and the impact of this interaction on the jubilee publications and academic heritage. Yet it also goes beyond the jubilee by presenting three other ways of writing university history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Universities and colleges -- Europe -- History.
Universities and colleges.
Europe.
History.
Anniversaries -- History.
Anniversaries.
Universities and colleges -- Europe -- Historiography.
Historiography.
Anniversaries -- Historiography.
Anniversaries -- Historiography.
Historiography -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- Intellectual life.
Intellectual life.
Europe -- History, Local.
Local history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dhondt, Pieter, 1976-
Other Form: Print version: University jubilees and university history writing. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015 9789004216969 (DLC) 2014034784 (OCoLC)891324430
ISBN 9789004265073 (electronic book)
9004265074 (electronic book)
9781322237152
1322237158
9004216960 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9789004216969 (hardback ; acid-free paper)