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New article: The early modern dissertation in the Republic of Letters

14th July 2021 Heike Jons

HistGeogUni co-leader Dr Ku-Ming (Kevin) Chang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) has published a new article on the roles of the dissertation…

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New article: Unity in bronze

5th March 2021 Heike Jons

Have you ever wondered when German universities have begun to coordinate themselves? If so, you might like to read this…

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Peter Meusburger Doctoral Prize ‘Geography and Knowledge’ 2021

12th February 2021 Heike Jons

To honour the memory of our academic teacher and in appreciation of his distinguished service to geography (in particular, geography…

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Phase 2 of the HistGeogUni research network

18th January 2021 Heike Jons

The end of the funding period of the Thyssen research project that enabled the foundation of this research network (2016-2020)…

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New book: Utopian universities: a global history of the new campuses of the 1960s

3rd August 2020 Heike Jons

Jill Pellew (IHR, University of London) and Miles Taylor (University of York) have completed an edited book on the Utopian…

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New article: Universities Scottish, Irish, and European: Lyon Playfair (1818–98) and University Reform

1st July 2020 Heike Jons

The new volume XXXIII/1 of History of Universities (2020) contains an article by Robert Anderson on the contributions of the…

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The Royal Society on diversity and racial inequality in science

30th June 2020 Heike Jons

The Royal Society’s President, Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, has issued a comment on racial inequality in science here. This comment links…

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New study: University of Cambridge investigates its links to slavery

1st May 2019 Heike Jons

The University of Cambridge has announced that an advisory group appointed by the Vice-Chancellor is overseeing a two-year archival inquiry…

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Call for submissions: Peter Meusburger Doctoral Prize ‘Geography and Knowledge’

27th April 2019 Heike Jons

To honour the memory of Peter Meusburger and in appreciation for his distinguished service to Geography (and especially Geography and…

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New book: Universities in Imperial Austria 1848-1918

26th April 2019 Heike Jons

Dr Jan Surman has published a new book entitled Universities in Imperial Austria 1848–1918: A Social History of a Multilingual Space (Purdue…

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News & events

  • HistGeogUni Lecture 2022 by Mariana Ajaúro Lamego on 13 May 5th April 2022
  • Invitation to the History of Universities Seminars 2021-22 18th October 2021
  • New article: The early modern dissertation in the Republic of Letters 14th July 2021
  • Invitation to four History of Universities Seminars 12th May 2021
  • New article: Unity in bronze 5th March 2021

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