STS 4685

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STS 4685
Early Modern Universities

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course focuses on one of early modern Europe’s most influential and contentious institutions: the university. Universities were central pillars of premodern European society and played host to some of the period’s most consequential debates about politics, religion, and science. Universities were also the subject of controversy in their own right. By 1450, new technology, scientific and geographical discoveries, and religious upheavals prompted heated debates about the content and purpose of university education. Through close examination of texts and images, we will explore how professors, students, civic authorities, and religious leaders grappled to decide major questions about the universities’ future: who should control universities? Who should teach there? Should education be censored? Should new technologies – like printed books and telescopes – be integrated into teaching? (HIST-HEU, HIST-HPE)


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4685

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10588 STS 4685   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Webb, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10589 STS 4685   IND 601

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    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies