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Academic year 2024-25

Convenors
Miles Taylor (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Heike Jöns (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
in collaboration with the International Commission for the History of Universities (ICHU)

Timing
Usually Wednesdays, about monthly, mostly 2.00-3.30 pm (UK time: GMT/UTC+0 or BST/UTC+1), online via Zoom

Contact email
historyofuniversities@gmail.com

Friday, 18 October 2024
9 am (BST/UTC+1)

Academic Freedom and University Governance: Lessons from Harvard and Elsewhere​

William C. Kirby (Harvard University) | Abstract

6 November 2024
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)

African Universities and the Ends of Empire: Teaching “British Civilisation” in Senegal

Ruth Bush (University of Bristol) | Abstract

8 January 2025
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)

Global Mega-Science: Europe’s Role in Enabling Contemporary Global Science

Justin J. W. Powell (University of Luxemburg) | Abstract

5 February 2025
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)

The “Development Decade” and Higher Educational Planning in Pakistan, 1958-1969

Meher Ali (Princeton University) | Abstract

7 May 2025
11 am (BST/UTC+1)

Roundtable on Cultures of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry (2025)

Ning de Coninck-Smith (Aarhus) – General Editor: Cultural History of Higher Learning | Contents

Heather Ellis (Sheffield) & Tamson Pietsch (University of Technology Sydney) – Volume Editors: Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry (and Empire)

Heike Jöns (Loughborough) – Contributor: Geographies

Stuart Jones (Manchester) – Contributor: Authorities

Sarah Longair (Lincoln) – Contributor: Materialities

4 June 2025
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)

Geographies of Academic Travel from Heidelberg and Emerging Research Cultures across the Sciences and the Humanities, 1751-1810

Heike Jöns (Loughborough University) | Abstract

2 July 2025
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)

Constitutional Law and Empire in Legal Education in Inter-War Britain

Donal Coffey (Maynooth University) | Abstract