Harvard Observed: An Illustrated History of the University in the Twentieth Century

Abstract Despite a widespread belief that they were a tiny minority in twentieth-century physics, women have been far more present in the field than we imagine. In this essay I explore three periods in the history of the University of Toronto physics department between 1890 and 1990. In the first expansionist period (1890-1933) women were much in evidence, earning nearly 20 percent of the university's doctoral degrees in physics; during the middle years of the century (1934-1961), some of these women taught in the physics department, but participation in the graduate program declined, with no women completing doctorates; between 1962 and 1990, when physics was again expanding rapidly, women gained some ground but still earned less than five percent of the doctorates. The essay explores the histories of nine of the women who earned PhDs in physics at Toronto during this third period, with a view to discovering the factors that helped or hindered their success in the field.

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The History of the University of Oxford: Volume VIII: The Twentieth Century

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198229742.001.0001 ◽

1994 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

History Of ◽

History Of The University ◽

The University ◽

Volume Viii

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Las investigaciones sobre la historia de las universidades en Italia. Un balance historiográfico del siglo pasado = Research on the History of Universities in Italy. A Historiographical Overview of the Last Century

CIAN-Revista de Historia de las Universidades ◽

10.20318/cian.2017.3732 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Luigiaurelio Pomante

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Scientific Production ◽

Educación Superior ◽

Educacion Superior ◽

History Of ◽

History Of The University ◽

History Of Universities ◽

The University ◽

Siglo Xx

Resumen: Este trabajo tiene la intención de reconstruir la historia de la historiografía de la Universidad italiana de los últimos cien años. Desde los primeros intentos de principios del siglo XX en algunas de las universidades más antiguas por crear organismos y estructuras para la investigación en la educación superior, la obra recorre las etapas más importantes de un itinerario donde poco a poco se han multiplicado las oportunidades para la discusión entre los estudiosos de toda la península. Desde los años noventa del siglo pasado dicha investigación sin lugar a dudas vivió un momento de especial florecimiento y renovación de cuyo trabajo se da ampliamente cuenta. Sobre la base de un considerable número de conferencias organizadas en varias ciudades italianas y de una cantidad notable de producciones científicas sobre el tema de la educación superior en Italia, se analizan los avances metodológicos más importantes y las principales perspectivas de investigación y se descubren nuevas e interesantes categorías hermenéuticas.Abstract: his paper intends to reconstruct a history of the Italian university historiography of the last hundred years. Since the early attempts of the early twentieth century started in some of the oldest universities to create organisms for research and structures in higher education, the work retraces the most important stages of a process in which have progressively offer many opportunities for discussion between experts in this sector of the entire Peninsula. Since the nineties of the last century these researches have undoubtedly experienced a moment of particular flowering and renewal whose work gives ample account. On the basis of a considerable number of conferences organized in various Italian cities and a considerable amount of scientific production on the theme of higher education in Italy, will therefore analyze the most significant methodological and the mostrecent perspectives of research and identify new and interesting categories hermeneutical.Palabras clave: historia de la universidad, educación superior, historiografía, bibliografía, Italia, siglos XX-XXI.Keywords: history of the university, higher education, historiography, bibliography, Italy, XX-XXI Centuries.

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