Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Heering, Peter / Wittje, Roland (eds.), Objects of Understanding: Historical Perspectives on Material Artefacts and Practices in Science Education. 322 S. 2025:3 (F. Steiner, GW) <749-72>
ISBN 978-3-515-13788-1 paper ¥13,888.- (税込) EUR 59.00

“Objects of Understanding” brings together studies of artifacts, collections, and practices in science education from the early 18th century to contemporary times. Even though science education plays a crucial role in the formation, stabilisation, dissemination, transfer and transformation of scientific knowledge and practices, its history remains still an underexplored topic. This is true even more so for its material cultures and practices. Demonstration, experimentation by teachers and students, model making and dissection, but also image projection and showcasing objects have been central to science education throughout its history. Extensive teaching collections, teaching infrastructure and the architecture at schools, colleges and universities bear witness to the importance of these cultures and practices. The chapters from various disciplines, geographical regions and contexts demonstrate the richness as well as the high potential of the field.

階級闘争－「1968年」頃の学校、若者、政治
Funck, Sandra, Klassenkaempfe: Schule, Jugend und Politik um '1968'. (Veroeffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission fuer Niedersachsen und Bremen 328) 480 S. 2025:9 (Wallstein Vlg., GW) <749-1293>
ISBN 978-3-8353-5892-8 hard ¥8,003.- (税込) EUR 34.00

Die Schuelerbewegung gestaltete als Teil der 68er-Revolte Schulpolitik, Demokratie und Gesellschaft entscheidend mit. Die Proteste um ?1968“ sind zu Recht als Jugendrevolte bezeichnet worden. Lange Zeit spiegelten jedoch weder die Forschung noch die Erinnerungskultur die tatsaechliche Vielschichtigkeit der 68er-Bewegung wider: Es brodelte naemlich nicht nur an den Universitaeten und in den Betrieben, sondern auch an den Schulen. Die Schuelerbewegung wurde lange lediglich als ≫Nachwuchs≪ oder ≫kleine Schwester≪ der Studentenbewegung gesehen. Diese Interpretation wird ihrem wirklichen Einfluss allerdings nicht gerecht: Zwischen Zugehoerigkeit und Abgrenzung brachte die Schuelerbewegung eigene Themen und Forderungen in die 68er-Bewegung ein und behauptete sich als eigenstaendige Akteurin innerhalb der zeitgenoessischen Bildungspolitik.

Hormuth, Dennis (Hrsg.), Das Werden einer Universitaet: Die Protokolle des Akademischen Senats der Hamburgischen Univeristaet 1919-1921. (Schriftenreihe des Universitaetsarchivs Hamburg 2) 328 S. 2025:6 (F. Steiner, GW) <749-1295>
ISBN 978-3-515-13945-8 hard ¥15,536.- (税込) EUR 66.00

Taylor, John, The Historical Disruption of English Higher Education: The Victoria University and its Federalisation Legacy. 434 pp. 2025:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1296>
ISBN 978-3-031-82089-2 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book examines the establishment (in 1880) and dissolution (in 1903) of the Victoria University as a federal institution for the North of England. It was a 'disruptor', an experiment intended to meet growing demand for high level study in the industrial cities of the North and to provide a regional organisation for higher education. The experiment ended in failure and has never been repeated; rather, it heralded the emergence of independent civic universities that would prove so influential in the following years. As well as considering the federalisation legacy, the book also identifies important areas of activity where the Victoria University broke new ground, including innovations in the relationship between teaching and examining, links with schools and other education providers and the funding of higher education. The book is based on original archival research and will appeal to historians of education and more generally to social historians.