| Ref No | WIA GC/12429 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Petersen, Carl Wilhelm 27/11/1917 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Recipient | Petersen, Carl Wilhelm |
| Place2 | Hamburg |
| Date | 27/11/1917 |
| DateNote | Kopierbuch VI, 338, 340, 339 |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | on the attempts of establishing a religious studies faculty in Hamburg with five professorships; this is not necessary as there is a group of scholars within the philosophy faculty teaching religious studies; mentions Franke, Karl Rathgen, [Carl Friedrich Michael] Meinhof, [R.] Tschudi, Konow; religious studies were started by classical philologists Hermann Usener and Hermann Dietrich and not by official theologians; is opposed to A.R.E.W. Hunzinger; the war has created a new situation, the Kolonialinstitut is 'too narrow' an institution, too particularistic; what is required is to offer 'normal fare', a proper university, so that young people can go through it and can go to other universities, 'just like insects' providing cross- fertilization |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/581 | Usener; Hermann [Karl] (23/10/1834-21/10/1905); Prof.Dr. | 23/10/1834-21/10/1905 |
| DS/UK/637 | Petersen; Carl Wilhelm (31/01/1868-06/11/1933); Dr. iur.; Dr. med h.c. | 31/01/1868-06/11/1933 |
| DS/UK/1793 | Meinhof; Carl Friedrich Michael (23/07/1857-11/02/1944); Prof. Dr. phil. | 23/07/1857-11/02/1944 |
| DS/UK/1946 | Rathgen; Karl (19/12/1856-06/11/1921); Prof. Dr. rer. pol. | 19/12/1856-06/11/1921 |