The University of Groningen in the world : a concise history / Klaas van Berkel & Guus Termeer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkel, Klaas van, author.

Termeer, Guus, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen--History.

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Universities and colleges--Netherlands--Groningen--History.

Universities and colleges.

Groningen (Netherlands)--Intellectual life--History.

Groningen (Netherlands).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Pallas Publications 2021.

Summary:

The University of Groningen has been an international university since its foundation in 1614. The first professors formed a rich international community, and many students came from outside the Netherlands, especially from areas now belonging to Germany. Internationalization, a popular slogan nowadays, is therefore nothing new, but its meaning has changed over time. How did the University of Groningen grow from a provincial institution established for religious reasons into a top-100 university with 36,000 students, of whom 25% come from abroad and almost half of the academic staff is of foreign descent? What is the identity of this four-century-old university that is still strongly anchored in the northern part of the Netherlands but that also has a mind that is open to the world? The history of the university, as told by Klaas van Berkel and Guus Termeer, ends with a short paragraph on the impact of the corona crisis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 Early heyday (1614-1714)

2 Enlightenment, but in moderation (1714-1814)

3 A century of extremes (1814-1914)

4 War and threats (1914-1945)

5 Growing pains and democratization (1945-1980)

6 Pragmatism with a touch of idealism (1980-2000)

7 The global university (2000-today)

Acknowledgements

Index

About the authors

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Dec 2022).

ISBN:

1-003-70798-X

90-8555-123-4

9781003707981

OCLC:

1350571722