Medieval History
Characterised by creativity and attuned to the needs of their age, the first European universities have important lessons for higher education today, says Miri Rubin
As a historian of the Middle Ages, I am frequently asked about the links between universities then and now. Given the momentous changes that are affecting modern-day institutions of higher education and that touch the lives of so many people - students, parents, teachers, employers - such questions have become more frequent and more urgent, too.
All historians (especially those of us who focus on more ancient times) delight in pointing out parallels between "our" period and the present. An assessment of the role of medieval universities reveals some telling affinities between higher education then and now - and may hold lessons for today's turbulent times.
Click here to read this article from Times Higher Education
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The University of Manchester Medieval Postgraduate Conference Education and Ignorance: The Use of Knowledge in the Medieval World c.550-1550 John Rylands Library, Deansgate Monday 6 - Tuesday 7th June 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS Modern historiography has often...
Medieval History
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Characterised by creativity and attuned to the needs of their age, the first European universities have important lessons for higher education today, says Miri Rubin
As a historian of the Middle Ages, I am frequently asked about the links between universities then and now. Given the momentous changes that are affecting modern-day institutions of higher education and that touch the lives of so many people - students, parents, teachers, employers - such questions have become more frequent and more urgent, too.
All historians (especially those of us who focus on more ancient times) delight in pointing out parallels between "our" period and the present. An assessment of the role of medieval universities reveals some telling affinities between higher education then and now - and may hold lessons for today's turbulent times.
Click here to read this article from Times Higher Education
- With A Scholar Of German Studies Under Siege, Medievalists Mobilise
Dozens of scholars in medieval German studies are running an international campaign of support for a University of Bristol academic threatened with redundancy. After 18 years of service, Anne Simon, a specialist in medieval and early modern German literature,...
- The State Of The Humanities (usa)
The Humanities Indicators Protoype has just been unveiled. You can read about the project on their site, at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required), or at InsideHigherEd.com. Too much data to go through this minute, but hopefully I'll...
- Cfp: Universitas Scholarium
Call for Papers ?Universitas scholarium. The social and cultural history of the European student from the Middle Ages to the Present? (?Universitas scholarium. Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte des europäischen Studenten vom Mittelalter...
- Education And Ignorance: The Use Of Knowledge In The Medieval World C.550-1550
The University of Manchester Medieval Postgraduate Conference Education and Ignorance: The Use of Knowledge in the Medieval World c.550-1550 John Rylands Library, Deansgate Monday 6 - Tuesday 7th June 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS Modern historiography has often...
- The University Of Manchester Medieval Postgraduate Conference
The University of Manchester Medieval Postgraduate Conference Education and Ignorance: The Use of Knowledge in the Medieval World c.550-1550 John Rylands Library, Deansgate Monday 6 - Tuesday 7th June 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS Modern historiography has often...