History of scholarship
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The history of scholarship is the historical study of fields of study which are not covered by the English term "science" (cf., history of science), but are covered by, for example, the German term "Wissenschaft" (i.e., all kinds of academic studies). Examples are the history of classical studies, the history of the study of religions, of philosophy, of Biblical studies, of historiography, of the study of music, the study of arts, the study of literature etc. It is a field which has recently undergone a complete renewal and is now a major branch of research.[1] In 2015, the Society for the History of the Humanities was established, coinciding with the launch of the journal History of Humanities in 2016. Both developments reflect the field’s growing institutional presence and international scholarly collaboration.[2]
Rudolph Pfeiffer (1968)[3] describes the history of classical scholarship from its revival inspired by Petrarch to the achievements of the Italian humanists and the idependent movement in Holland (including Erasmus) and the German scholar-reformers. Pfeiffer traces the development of classical scholarship in the countries of Western Europe through the next two Centuries, with particular attention to sixteenth-century France and eighteenth-century England. Finally he provides an account of the new approach made by Winckelmann and his successors in Germany.
Philosophers, scholars, polymaths, and scientists
[edit]The word scientist was coined by the English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1833. Until then there was no differentiation between the history of science, the history of philosophy and the history of scholarship.[6][7]
Before 1700 the fields of scholarship were not of a size that made academic specialisation necessary.[citation needed] Academic disciplines as we know them today did not exist.[citation needed] In general scholars were both scientists and scholars in what today is termed Arts and Humanities.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Art history
- Cultural history
- Historiography
- History of archaeology
- History of books
- History of education
- History of European research universities
- History of ideas
- History of knowledge
- History of mathematics
- History of science
- History of writing
- Human science
- Intellectual history
- Medieval university
- Scholarly method
References
[edit]- ^ Ligota, C. R. & Quantin, Jean-Louis (2006). History of scholarship: a selection of papers from the Seminar on the History of Scholarship held annually at the Warburg Institute. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Bod, Rens (2022). "History of the Humanities". Histories. 2 (2): 178–184. doi:10.3390/histories2020014.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Rudolph (1968). History of Classical Scholarship: From the Beginnings to the End of the Hellenistic Age. Oxford University Press. (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints).
- ^ Grafton, Anthony (1983). Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship I: Textual Criticism and Exegesis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Ulrich von (1982). History of Classical Scholarship. The Johns Hopkins University Press
- ^ Cahan, David, ed. (2003). From Natural Philosophy to the Sciences: Writing the History of Nineteenth-Century Science. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-08928-2.
- ^ Lightman, Bernard (2011). "Science and the Public". In Shank, Michael; Numbers, Ronald; Harrison, Peter (eds.). Wrestling with Nature : From Omens to Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-0226317830.
Further reading
[edit]- Weinberg, Joanna (2006). A Sixteenth Century Hebraic Approach to the New Testament. In: History of scholarship: a selection of papers from the Seminar on the History of Scholarship held annually at the Warburg Institute, edited by Christopher Ligota and Jean-Louis Quantin. Oxford (pp. 231–250).
External links
[edit]- The Seminar on the History of Scholarship is held annually at the Warburg Institute (Oxford-Warburg Studies)
- The scholarships through scholefy scholarships all over the world through scholefy
- A.A. Donohue: History of Scholarship of Classical Art History. http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/view/document/obo-9780195389661/obo-9780195389661-0135.xml;jsessionid=276B8B6B39C868C9DBC7572473B192DF
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