Studentica: Abhandlungen zur deutschen Studentengeschichte von der Fruhen Neuzeit bis ins fruhe 20. Jahrhundert

In this volume, Harm-Hinrich Brandt’s central essays on the history of universities and students are published once again. Brandt has always pursued his research with the aim of learning for the present on the basis of a historically and critically well-founded view of the past. It was always important to him to interpret historical phenomena in an understanding and analytical way, he follows a historical-anthropological approach that does not understand history as a predetermined process, but emphasizes the openness of historical events. The spectrum of the contributions ranges from universities Forms of festivities and celebrations in the early modern period, from the history of student liaison to questions about the position of students in the ‘Humboldt University’, the university reform and changes in the doctoral system of the 19th century. The scientific value and topicality of Brandt’s research are unbroken and show impressively what the university and student history owes to him in terms of innovative contributions.