"State" vs. "National": the Evolution of the Classical University in the "Long" XIX Century

Abstract

The author depicts the processes of nationalization that covered classical European universities in the XIX - early XX centuries. The universities contributed significantly to this kind of processes, but as a result, this led to an aggravation of the contradiction between the imperial appointment and the regional functions of universities, caused a crisis of university identity, and during the First World War and later led to significant changes in the structure of the model of the classical university.