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Academic year 2026-27
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
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
A geopolitical account of universities, Cold War America and Empire-making
Susan Robertson (University of Manchester/Wolfson College, Cambridge) | Abstract
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Wednesday, 4 November 2026
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
Female friendship in the world of higher learning: the entangled lives of Grethe Hjort/Greta Hort (1903–1967) and Julie Moscheles (1892–1956)
Ning de Coninck-Smith (Aarhus University) | Abstract
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Wednesday, 2 December 2026
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
What makes a university public? Publicness in conflict at the Lebanese University, 1959-2019
Helen Murray (King’s College London) | Abstract
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Wednesday, 3 February 2027
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
Queer studies in the modern university: a roundtable discussion
Isabelle Dahms (University of Exeter)
Dominic Janes (Keele University)
Marc Stein (San Francisco State University)
Marlena Tronicke (University of Cologne)
Abstract
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Wednesday, 3 March 2027
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
Students in Europe during the 19th century: a social group between intellectual education, corporatist interests, and political mobilizations
Antonin Dubois (Université de Lorraine, Metz)
Abstract
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Thursday, 15 April 2027
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
What are universities for? The role of the university in war
Jenny Macleod & Catherine Wynne (University of Hull)
Abstract
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Wednesday, 5 May 2027
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
Writing the histories of ancient universities: a roundtable discussion
Antonella Barzazi & Annalisa Oboe (Università di Padova)
Bradford Bow & Michael Brown (University of Aberdeen)
Abstract
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Wednesday, 2 June 2027
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
From religious knowledge to nation-building to economic competitiveness: a global snapshot of university foundings by era and sector
Elizabeth Buckner (University of Toronto)
Abstract
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