The City on the Hill: A History of Leuven University, 1968-2005 Contributor(s): Tollebeek, Jo (Author), Liesbet, Nys (Author) |
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ISBN: 905867570X ISBN-13: 9789058675705 Publisher: Leuven University Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2006 |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | History |
LCCN: 2007397120 |
Series: Varia Lovaniensia |
Physical Information: 384 pages |
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Publisher Description: The struggle for a Dutch-language university in Leuven not only brought an end to the era of a bilingual, unitary university. In 1968 a regime of authoritarian priests and status-conscious professors was also dispatched for ever. In the euphoria of its new-found autonomy the University opted for forward flight: in a reaction against the forces of conservatism it presented itself as a young, dynamic institution, populated by career professors and students who were set to storm the barricades of traditionalism. This book tells a story of contestation, but also of professionalization, of ever more specialized scholarship and its research triumphs, of unflagging engagement with rigorous academic goals and international horizons. It is the story of an ambitious enterprise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tollebeek, Jo: - Jo Tollebeek is Professor of Cultural History at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. |