Summer 2021 | Academic year 2021-22 | Academic year 2022-23
Academic year 2023-24
Convenors
Miles Taylor (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Heike Jöns (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
Timing
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
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4 October 2023
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
Student Exchange and the British Government: UK Students’ Abroad, 1955-1978
Heather Ellis (University of Sheffield) | Abstract
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1 November 2023
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
“Irrespective of Race or Color”: The Reconstructed University of South Carolina, 1873-1877
Christian K. Anderson (University of South Carolina) | Abstract
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6 December 2023
4 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
Islam and University Politics in Colonial North Africa: The Political Economy of Reform
Julian Weideman (University of Toronto) | Abstract
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7 February 2024
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
La riforma Gentile e la sua eredità (The Gentile Reform and its Legacy), ed. by A. Mattone, M. Moretti, E. Signori, Bologna: il Mulino, 2023
Mauro Moretti (Università per Stranieri, Siena) | Abstract
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6 March 2024
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
From Rhetoricians to Scholars: The doctorat ès lettres in the 19th Century
Pierre Verschueren (University of Franche-Comté) | Abstract
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8 May 2024
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
University Matriculation Registers as a Source for Historical Research and a Historical Database
Heike Hawicks (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) and Ingo Runde (University Archives of Heidelberg) | Abstract | Powerpoint presentation
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5 June 2024
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)