Writing University History in Great Britain from the 1960s to the Present
| Autor | Robert Anderson |
| Cargo | University of Edinburgh |
| Páginas | 17-40 |
CIAN-Revista de Historia de las Universidades, 20/1 (2017), 17-40 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.20318/cian.2017.3727
ISSN: 1988-8503 - www.uc3m.es/cian
Writing University History in Great Britain,
from the 1960s to the Present
Robert Anderson*
University of Edinburgh
Recibido
Aceptado
Escribiendo Historia de la Universidad en Gran Bretaña,
desde 1960 hasta la actualidad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20318/cian.2017.3727
* RDAndersonedacuk
Abstract This article surveys the
writing of university history in Great Britain
since the s when its modern founda
tions were laid through the impact of the new
social history Speciic features of the British
case include the separate university histories
of England and Scotland which have condi
tioned the kind of history that can be written
the duopoly of Oxford and Cambridge befo
re the nineteenth century and the growth
of a national system by the accretion of new
strata with their own distinct histories The
s and s were marked by large co
llective projects at Oxford Cambridge and
Aberdeen The tradition of writing histories of
individual institutions including Oxford and
Cambridge colleges has continued though
today on a more scholarly basis than in the
past Among the general themes investigated
in recent years have been relations between
universities and industry the growth of sta
te intervention and inance universities and
elites links with the British empire the deve
Resumen Este artículo examina los
trabajos sobre la historia universitaria en Gran
Bretaña desde la década de cuando sus
fundamentos modernos fueron despedidos
por el impacto de la nueva historia social Las
características especíicas del caso británico
incluyen las historias separadas de las univer
sidades de Inglaterra y Escocia que han condi
cionado el tipo de historia que se puede escri
bir el duopolio de Oxford y Cambridge antes
del siglo XIX y el crecimiento de un sistema
nacional mediante la adición de los nuevos
estratos con sus propias historias diferencia
das Los años y se caracterizaron
por grandes proyectos colectivos Oxford
Cambridge y Aberdeen La tradición de escri
bir historias de las instituciones individuales
incluyendo las universidades de Oxford y
Cambridge ha continuado aunque hoy en
día de forma más académica que en el pasado
Entre los temas generales investigados en los
últimos años han sido las relaciones entre las
universidades y la industria el crecimiento de
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ROBERT ANDERSON
lopment of disciplines and curricula student
life the growth of womens higher education
and university architecture University histo
rians have been inluenced by the historio
graphical turn from social to cultural history
But while individual research lourishes the
history of universities has not become a for
mal subdiscipline in Britain and the article
considers why this is so
Keywords Great Britain Scotland
universities history of universities social
history
la intervención del Estado y las inanzas las
universidades y las élites los nexos con el im
perio británico el desarrollo de disciplinas y
programas de estudio la vida de los estudian
tes el crecimiento de la educación superior de
las mujeres y la arquitectura de la universidad
Los historiadores de la universidad se han
visto inluenciados por el giro historiográico
de lo social a la historia cultural Sin embargo
aunque la investigación individual lorece la
historia de las universidades no se ha conver
tido en una subdisciplina formal en Gran Bre
taña y el artículo analiza por qué esto es así
Palabras clave Gran Bretaña Escocia
universidades historia de las universidades
historia social
Introduction
The aim of this essay is not to provide a full bibliography of British university
history but to survey the development of research since the s For some
themes it seems useful to bring together fairly comprehensive references
for others and for the work of leading scholars in the ield representative
examples are given Textbooks and introductory works and books aimed at
the general reader often scholarly and visually attractive have not usually
been listed
University history in Britain has features and problems in common
with other countries One of these is deining the subjects boundaries Uni
versities have connections of all kinds with the political social religious
and cultural life of the countries in which they are situated They are also
the academic home of many branches of thought how far is the history of
academic disciplines part of university history Universities have libraries
buildings art collections museums and publishing houses all of which at
tract their own historians Here a pragmatic approach has been taken and
only historical work which is predominantly about universities themselves
is generally considered
It is typical of scholarship in this ield that the history of universi
ties has been separated from the history of education and the relation
ship of universities to schools and to national education systems has been
MarieMadeleine Compère LHistoire de léducation en Europe Essai comparatif sur la
façon dont elle sécrit Bern Peter Lang
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