Background
Ringer, Fritz K. was born on September 25, 1934 in Ludwigshafen, Rhine, Germany. Son of Friedrich K. and Ernestine M. (Lorinser) Ringer.
( One of the foremost historians of intellectual life and...)
One of the foremost historians of intellectual life and education in Germany, Fritz Ringer has brought together in this volume several of his articles, most of which are not easily available are published here in English for the first time. They focus on a whole range of contemporary and historical debates about the relationship between ideas and their context, the role of education and middle-class consciousness, the social role of academics and intellectuals, and competing ideals of learning, science, and history. Fritz Ringer has taught at Harvard, Indiana, and Boston Universities and is now Mellon University Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh.
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(Focuses on the outlooks of French academic historians and...)
Focuses on the outlooks of French academic historians and scientists during the decades around 1900 and compares French visions of higher education and science with their contemporary German counterparts.
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(Trouble in Academe: A Memoir is a partially autobiographi...)
Trouble in Academe: A Memoir is a partially autobiographical account of two academic crises: one at Indiana University in the late 1960s and another at Boston University during the 1970s.
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Ringer, Fritz K. was born on September 25, 1934 in Ludwigshafen, Rhine, Germany. Son of Friedrich K. and Ernestine M. (Lorinser) Ringer.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1961.
Instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1962; assistant professor of history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1966; associate professor of history, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1966-1970; professor of history, Boston University, 1970-1984; Mellon professor history, U. Pittsburgh, since 1984.
( One of the foremost historians of intellectual life and...)
(Focuses on the outlooks of French academic historians and...)
(Trouble in Academe: A Memoir is a partially autobiographi...)
(A splendid re-publication of an indispensable book on Ger...)
Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Member American History Association (program committee 1968, 79, vice president, president conference group for central European history 1992-1994), American Association University Professors (president, chief negotiator Boston University chapter 1974-1975, 78-79, 81-82, member of national county 1980-1983, national executive member 1981-1983), Societé Europeen de Culture.
Married Mary Fournier Master, September 14, 1957. Children: Monica Mary, Max Klaus.