The Correspondence between Adolf Harnack and Friedrich Althoff (1886-1908).Edition, Introduction, Commentary and Index

该项目的目的是出版弗里德里希·阿尔托夫和阿道夫·哈纳克（1886-1908）之间的通信版本，并附有介绍，评论和索引。在目前的研究状态下，信件包括338封信（245封由Harnack和93封由Althoff），这些信件都已被破译并转录成电子版本。在他的能力作为主任的第一个教育部Althoff负责大学，图书馆，博物馆，保护历史古迹，和中学教育在普鲁士。反过来，哈纳克是威廉德国最有影响力的学者和政治学者之一。因此，这些信件涉及那个时期科学史、教育史、大学史、政治史和思想史的核心方面。因此，它是一个主要的来源，可以用来研究历史问题的各个学科。因此，这一交流的出版不仅与对本学科历史感兴趣的神学家、现代历史学家或专注于教育史和大学史的社会科学家有关，而且与法学家、行政史学家、古代历史学家以及性别研究有关。该信件涵盖了近四分之一的世纪，允许在十九世纪后半叶德国高等教育的扩张和多样化的深入研究。这主要表现在：（1）由于普鲁士官僚对高等教育的影响越来越大，大学管理逐渐专业化和现代化;（2）结果，国家对教授任命制度的控制越来越大，而大学在这方面的传统自主权越来越被忽视;（3）有系统地扩大国家和国际学术合作机构;（4）以促进某些学科为目标;（5）吸引私人资金赞助大学内外的研究;（6）最后，阿尔托夫建立了一个精心设计的联系网，这是他工作方法的典型特征。

The aim of the project is to publish an edition of the correspondence between Friedrich Althoff and Adolf Harnack (1886-1908), accompanied by an introduction, commentary, and index. At the present state of research the correspondence comprises 338 letters (245 by Harnack and 93 by Althoff) which have all been deciphered and transcribed in an electronic version. In his capacity as director of the first Department of Education Althoff was responsible for universities, libraries, museums, the preservation of historical monuments, and secondary education in Prussia. In turn, Harnack was one of the most influential academics and political scholars of Wilhelmine Germany. The correspondence, therefore, deals with central aspects of the history of science, education, universities, politics, and mentalities of that period. It is, therefore, a major source which can be used to investigate historical problems of various disciplines. The publication of this exchange is thus relevant not only for theologians interested in the history of their discipline, for historians of the modern period, or for social scientists focussing on the history of education and of the universities, but also for jurists, historians of administration, and ancient historians as well as gender studies. The correspondence, which covers almost a quarter of a century, allows an in-depth study of the expansion and diversification of German Higher Education in the second half of the nineteenth century. It shows in particular (1) that university administration was gradually professionalized and modernized due to the growing influence of Prussian bureaucracy on higher education; (2) that, as a result, the state control of the system of appointments of professors increased while the traditional autonomy of the universities in this area was increasingly disregarded; (3) that institutions for national and international academic cooperation were systematically expanded; (4) that certain academic disciplines were targeted for promotion; (5) that private funds were attracted for the sponsorship of research within and outside universities; (6) that, finally, Althoff had established an elaborate network of contacts which was typical of his working method.