The History of Academic DepartmentsAs part of an effort to bring attention to the history of academic departments and to develop the subject as a distinct area of historical inquiry, the three of us named below are seeking 1) to identify historians and others, with an eye on a future volume of essays or a special issue of a journal, who are currently writing or have written such histories and 2) to compile a bibliography of all book and article-length studies, both published and unpublished, written about specific academic departments.  If you can lead us to anyone who may be Read more