The University of Groningen in the World : : A Concise History / / Guus Termeer, Klaas Berkel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Berkel, Klaas,; Termeer, Guus,
• MitwirkendeR: Vries, Jouke de,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)

The University of Groningen, situated in the northern part of the Netherlands, is a top-100 university with a distinguished history that dates back to 1614. Over the centuries it evolved, with ups and downs, from a small provincial and confessional university into a large, internationally oriented institution of higher education with a strong track record in scientific research and scholarship. This history is followed up to the present, which saw a remarkable recent surge in internationalisation in both research and education. The thesis underlying the story is that the internationalization of higher education in Groningen, and in the Netherlands at large, is in fact nothing but a return to a situation that existed during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when both the professors and the students were to a large degree recruited from abroad. The story ends with a short paragraph on the impact of the corona crisis.

Table of 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