Academic collections – spanning the arts, sciences, and medicine – are a prominent feature of many major universities. But the history of these collections, and the cultures that have cultivated them, has been strangely neglected. This interdisciplinary volume explores aspects of the history of academic collections as a university of things – represented by research, representation, application, and commodification. A group of international authors examines the nature of objects as a resource for the history of science and culture, in ways that have helped shape the research university of today.
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Thomas BachOlaf Breidbach (1957–2014) Nachruf Seite 7–15
Dominik Collet, Marian Füssel, Roy MacLeodPreface Seite 19–20
Dominik Collet, Roy MacLeodIntroduction Seite 21–28
Michael FehrMuseums and their Collections: A Dynamic Relationship Seite 29–42
Florike EgmondCollecting Naturalia The Formation of an Academic Botanical Tradition in Leiden Seite 43–56
Thomas LaelyCollecting, Revisiting, Reappraising – Restituting? The Schinz Collection of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich Seite 57–70
Giuliano PancaldiMaterialities of the Scientific Process What can be learnt from the History of Electricity in an Old University Town Seite 71–88
John Peter CollettCollecting Coins at a North-European University The Coin Cabinet of the University of Oslo Seite 89–106
Gundolf KrügerMummified Heads (Mokomokai / Upoko Tui) from New Zealand in the Ethnographic Collection of the University of Göttingen Seite 107–120
Robert JütteJuridical and Ethical Aspects of Displaying Anatomical Specimens in Public Seite 121–128
Anita Hermannstädter, Christiane Quaiser, Johannes VogelThe Integrated Research Museum Cutting-Edge Collections-Based Research Meets Innovative Public Engagement Seite 129–144
Arthur MacGregorA University Museum, Past and Present Inventing (and Re-Inventing) the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford Seite 145–159
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Aaron Mitchell, Gerhard WiesenfeldtCraftsmen, Merchants and Scholars Hiring Practices at the Universities of Leiden and Edinburgh, 1575–1750 Seite 163–187