Duration: 1916 to 2003

An edition of Heidelberg University’s older records, whose significant value as a source for institutional, economic, and intellectual history has been made accessible through critical editing.

During the first few months of 2002, the work at the research center focused on completing the final fascicle of Volume II of the Rector’s Books of the University of Heidelberg. In addition to the second half of the text, this fascicle is intended to provide users with the editorial appendix and the indexes. In accordance with the commission’s decisions, the presentation of the edited text was simplified (as in the first fascicle of the volume); during the reporting period, an index of personal and place names was prepared, as well as—to replace the word and subject index, which will no longer be produced—a keyword index designed to provide a quick user of the volume with access to the most important subject headings. In addition, a formal description of the archival document has been completed.

On July 1, 2002, the Academy dissolved the project office and assigned the researcher to other tasks. The tasks that were still pending at that time, as well as the necessary proofreading work, have since been completed on the side. The series of rector’s books will therefore not be continued for the time being; the commission met for the last time in November 2001. This marks the conclusion of the long-term project “History of Heidelberg University.”

Chairman of the Commission

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eike Wolgast

head of research

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Miethke

staff

Dr. Heiner Lutzmann