This volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
Articles The Long Life of the Humanist Tradition: The Amsterdam Illustre in the Golden Age,Dirk van Miert Chemistry Enters the University: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts,John C. Powers Science for Polite Society: British Dissent and the Teaching of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries,David A. Reid Recovering the Third Culture: Johann David Michaelis and the Study of Hebrew Language and Civilization,Michael C. Legaspi Academic Homage and Intellectual Geneaology: Inaugural Lectures at the Coll?ge de France (1949-2003),Fran?oise Waquet Review Essay Anatolij Evgen'evich Ivanov on Students in the Russian Empire,Hartmut R?diger Peter Reviews Thierry Kouam?, Le coll?ge de Dormans-Beauvais ? la fin du Moyen ?ge. Strat?gies politiques et parcours individuels ?l'Universit? de Paris (1370-1458) (Thomas Sullivan, OSB) Douwe D. Breimer, Jos Damen, Joseph S. Freedman, Marten Hofstede, Jet Katgert, Trudi Noordermeer, & Olga Weijers. Hora Est! On Dissertations (Sara Brook) Colin A. McLaren. Aberdden students, 1600-1860 (Robert N. Smart) Hanspeter Marti and Detlef D?ring (eds.) Die Universit?t Leipzig und ihr gelehrtes Umfeld 1680-1780 (William Clark)