The Urban University and its Identity: Roots, Locations, Roles

Foreword. 1. A Warehouse of Precious Goods: The University in its Urban Context; H. van der Wusten. Part I: Roots. 2. Scholarship, Local Life, and the Necessity of Worldliness; T. Bender. 3. Politics and the University; P. Claval. 4. The World of Arts and the University; J. Musil. Part II: Locations. 5. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Earthly Planning in a Heavenly City; A. Shachar. 6. Louvain-la-Neuve: a New City for an Old University; M. Woitrin. 7. Rome: Three Universities in Search of Actors - A Capital City Case; M. Ottolenghi, A.L. Palazzo. 8. Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen: Universities' Locational Interests and Urban Politics; J. Groenendijk. Part III: Roles. 9. A Shared Space in a Divided Society: The Queen's University of Belfast; F.W. Boal, K. Logan. 10. Corrupt Capital, Reformed Academy: Beijing and the Identity of Beijing University, 1898-1919; T.B. Weston. 11. Developing and Sustaining an Urban Mission: Concordia University in Montreal; M. Barlow. 12. The University and the City Council: the Political Interface in Portsmouth UK; A. Burnett. 13. Urban Change and Institutional Adaptation: The Geographic Identity of the University of Miami; J. Nijman.