Lerg Universitätsdiplomatie

Wissenschaft und Prestige in den transatlantischen Beziehungen 1890-1920
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-647-31076-3
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Deutsch, 536 Seiten

Reihe: Transnationale Geschichte

Prestige and international visibility beyond the confines of the academic world are key reasons for universities to get involved in international relations. Many of the common practices we know today, like honorary degrees, exchange programs or funding special study centres first emerged around the turn to the 20th century, especially in transatlantic relations. While the German and the French governments were vying for political sympathies in the US, newly reformed American research universities were hoping for academic recognition in Europe and social acceptance at home. Thus developed a distinct university-diplomacy, pursued in particular by university presidents, professors and educators as the foreign service was only beginning to professionalize. Even if the First World War deeply affected these networks, especially the links to Germany, they formed the foundation of the structures and strategies that afforded US-universities a crucial role in the cultural diplomacy of the so-called American century.

PD Dr. Charlotte A. Lerg lehrt amerikanische Kulturgeschichte und transatlantische Studien am Amerika-Institut der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lerg, Charlotte A.