Reminiscences of Paul Oskar Kristeller, 1981
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- Name
- Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-1999 (Interviewee)
- Liebmann, William B (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Paul Oskar Kristeller, 1981
- Abstract
- Childhood and family in Berlin: early schooling 1911-23; university life, Marburg and Heidelberg, 1923-28; study of classics in Berlin, 1928-31; scholarly contacts, manuscript research, lecturing and publishing; rise of Nazism and effect on Jewish scholars; research in Italy 1932-39; emigration to America because of rise in anti-semitism; unsuccessful attempts to get parents out of Germany; profess or at Columbia University 1940-73: Columbia colleagues, organizing project for the Catalogue of Translations and Commentaries, organization of Columbia University Seminars, lectures given, publications, student protests and riots 1965-70; Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy 1968-73, supervision and assessment of numerous Columbia dissertations. Discussion of: adventures and problems of manuscript research, fellow refugee scholars, discovery of Leonardo manuscripts, American education, modern scholarship, manuscript collections in Spain and Italy; American Philosophical Association, Medieval Academy, Renaissance Society, Journal of History of Ideas, Journal of Philosophy, American Council of Learned Societies, honors and awards received
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Philosophers; Emigration and immigration; Antisemitism; Philosophy; Archives; Germany History 20th century; Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-1999; Columbia University
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1981
- Note (Biographical)
- Philosopher
- Note
- Interviewed by William B. Liebmann
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15643784
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/121v-9316
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.