2017年8月26日 星期六

康乃爾大學 Messenger Lecturesip;1946.2 6次的文化史演講:滿座

由胡先生的日記,可知40年代的Messenger Lecturesip是2年多前就提聘任,而非現在半年多前開始申請---公開,可推薦。


1937.9.26-1946.6.5 留美國共8 年8月
一九四六年 五十六歲
六月 一日,由美國動身回國。
2月 康乃爾大學 Messenger 講座 (1944.11.29 日記,回絕之,無法決定再住2年半之束縛,經3個月考慮,回絕之;)
1946.2.3 日記:動身到康乃爾大學做6次的演講*。總題目為文化史。胡適:Intellectual Renaissance in Modern China. 車上還遇到校長E. E. Day 夫婦。
http://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/lectures/lectures_main.html

*演講滿座,見該校胡適檔案:
file:///C:/Users/hanching%20chung/Downloads/Hu_Shih_Papers_41-5-2578.PDF

University and Messenger Lectures

Messenger Lectures

Cornell's Messenger Lecture series was established in 1924 by a gift from Dr. Hiram Messenger, a Cornell graduate of 1880 and a longtime teacher of mathematics. The terms of the original gift established "a fund to provide a course of lectures on the Evolution of Civilization for the special purpose of raising the moral standard of our political, business, and social life." Dr. Messenger's bequest provided for "twelve lectures per year, delivered by the ablest non-resident lecturer or lecturers obtainable." (Note: There are not twelve Messenger Lectures per year now, see below.)

The Messenger Lectures are one of the most important of the Cornell extracurricular activities. The scope of Dr. Messenger's original charter for the lecture series and the generosity of his gift have enabled Cornell to bring to the campus some of the world's leading scholars and public figures. Traditionally, the Committee designates one Messenger nominee each semester to present a series of either three or six lectures.

University Lectures

The University Lecture fund was first endowed at the beginning of the twentieth century by Goldwin Smith, a distinguished historian of English birth who, in Nathaniel Hawthorne's phrase, wanted to "open an intercourse with the world." The designation "University Lecturer" is given to a speaker whose subject is likely to draw, on the occasion of presenting a single lecture, a wide audience from a range of departments or programs.

Committee on University Lectures

The Committee shall administer the several University lecture funds and serve informally as a clearinghouse for other general lectures and scheduling.


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