Construire l’internationalisme : communication, adaptation et réseaux des étudiants étrangers de l’Université Nouvelle de Bruxelles (1894-1914)
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Revue du nord, 2022, Vol. 104, No. 442-443, pp. 169-195
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ELMER, Margot, Construire l’internationalisme : communication, adaptation et réseaux des étudiants étrangers de l’Université Nouvelle de Bruxelles (1894-1914), Revue du nord, 2022, Vol. 104, No. 442-443, pp. 169-195 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/77351
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L’histoire des universités a longuement occulté l’étude des étudiants et étudiantes, se concentrant principalement sur des enjeux institutionnels. Même si des travaux se multiplient ces dernières années à ce sujet, ceux-ci se cantonnent souvent à des analyses socio-économiques et mettent peu en évidence la capacité d’action de ces acteurs. À l’inverse, cet article entend aborder les étudiants étrangers comme autant d’intermédiaires décisifs dans la constitution de ponts entre leurs pays d’origine et l’université qui les accueille. Basé sur le cas de l’Université Nouvelle de Bruxelles, université belge active de 1894 à 1919 et composée en majorité d’étudiants venus d’Europe de l’Est, cet article s’intéresse à la mise en place par les étudiants de diverses stratégies de communication avec le secrétariat, aux demandes de changements structurels qu’ils adressent pour répondre aux problématiques internationales qui les concernent et enfin, à la création de réseaux à Bruxelles pour s’entraider dans leur vie quotidienne. En d’autres termes, cet article fait la part belle aux rôles des étudiants étrangers dans la constitution d’une culture académique internationalisée durant la Belle Époque.
The history of universities has long neglected the study of students, focusing mainly on institutional issues. However, although many studies on the matter have flourished recently, they are often limited to socio-economic analyses and do not highlight the agency of these actors. In contrast, this article aims to address international students as decisive intermediaries in the building of bridges between the country they came from and the university they studied in. Based on the case of the Université Nouvelle de Bruxelles, a Belgian university open from 1894 to 1919 and mainly composed of students coming from Eastern Europe, this article focuses on the various communication strategies used by the students with the secretariat, on their demands for structural changes in order to respond to international issues they encounter and finally, on the creation of networks in Brussels to help each other in their daily lives. In other words, this article focuses on the roles of foreign students in the constitution of an internationalized academic culture during the Belle Époque.
The history of universities has long neglected the study of students, focusing mainly on institutional issues. However, although many studies on the matter have flourished recently, they are often limited to socio-economic analyses and do not highlight the agency of these actors. In contrast, this article aims to address international students as decisive intermediaries in the building of bridges between the country they came from and the university they studied in. Based on the case of the Université Nouvelle de Bruxelles, a Belgian university open from 1894 to 1919 and mainly composed of students coming from Eastern Europe, this article focuses on the various communication strategies used by the students with the secretariat, on their demands for structural changes in order to respond to international issues they encounter and finally, on the creation of networks in Brussels to help each other in their daily lives. In other words, this article focuses on the roles of foreign students in the constitution of an internationalized academic culture during the Belle Époque.
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Published: June 2022