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Klappentext Volume XXI/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. It offers a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material. Zusammenfassung Volume XXI/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. Its contributions range widely geographically, chronologically, and in subject-matter. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material. Inhaltsverzeichnis Articles The Long Life of the Humanist Tradition: The Amsterdam Illustre in the Golden Age Chemistry Enters the University: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts Science for Polite Society: British Dissent and the Teaching of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Recovering the Third Culture: Johann David Michaelis and the Study of Hebrew Language and Civilization Academic Homage and Intellectual Geneaology: Inaugural Lectures at the Collège de France (1949-2003) Review Essay Anatolij Evgen'evich Ivanov on Students in the Russian Empire Reviews Thierry Kouamé, Le collège de Dormans-Beauvais à la fin du Moyen Âge. Stratégies politiques et parcours individuels àl'Université de Paris (1370-1458) (Thomas Sullivan, OSB) Douwe D. Breimer, Jos Damen, Joseph S. Freedman, Marten Hofstede, Jet Katgert, Trudi Noordermeer, and Olga Weijers. Hora Est! On Dissertations (Sara Brook) Colin A. McLaren. Aberdden students, 1600-1860 (Robert N. Smart) Hanspeter Marti and Detlef Döring (eds.) Die Universität Leipzig und ihr gelehrtes Umfeld 1680-1780 (William Clark) ...