A community of scholars : seventy-five years of the University Seminars at Columbia /

"The Columbia University Seminars, which celebrate their 75th anniversary next year, constitute a unique forum in academia. At these periodic campus gatherings, experts of all sorts-drawn from many different institutions of higher learning and the world at large-convene to reach beyond their sp...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Andre forfattere: Vinciguerra, Thomas J. (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York : Columbia University Press [2020]
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/vinc19900
Beskrivelse
Summary:"The Columbia University Seminars, which celebrate their 75th anniversary next year, constitute a unique forum in academia. At these periodic campus gatherings, experts of all sorts-drawn from many different institutions of higher learning and the world at large-convene to reach beyond their specialties and, through confidential discussion, learn from each other. A Community of Scholars will convey the diversity and vibrancy of these proceedings by offering 13 essays written by Seminar chairs and other leading participants. The introduction explains how the Seminars came into being, why they still exist, and why they matter"--
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource
ISBN:9780231552912
0231552912
9780231199001