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·阿尔索夫和阿道夫·哈纳克(1886-1908)之间的书信，并附有导言、评论和索引。在目前的研究状态下，信件包括338封信件(其中245封是哈纳克的信件，93封是阿尔索夫的信件)，这些信件都已被破译并转录成电子版。作为第一教育部的主任，阿尔索夫负责普鲁士的大学、图书馆、博物馆、历史遗迹的保护和中学教育。反过来，哈纳克也是德国威廉明党最有影响力的学者和政治学者之一。因此，书信涉及那个时期的科学史、教育史、大学史、政治史和思想史的中心方面。因此，它是一个主要的来源，可以用来调查不同学科的历史问题。因此，这一交流的出版不仅与对其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历史的社会科学家有关，而且还与法学家、行政历史学家、古代历史学家以及性别研究有关。该书信涵盖了将近四分之一个世纪，使人们得以深入研究19世纪下半叶德国高等教育的扩张和多样化。具体表现为：(1)由于普鲁士官僚主义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)结果是，国家对教授聘任制的控制增加，而大学在这一领域的传统自主权越来越被忽视；(3)国内和国际学术合作机构得到系统扩大；(4)某些学术学科有针对性地被提升；(5)吸引私人资金资助大学内外的研究；(6)最后，阿尔索夫建立了一个精心设计的关系网，这是他典型的工作方法。

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.