Philology as Science in 19th-Century Europe Ghent University
PhiSci develops a novel framework to understand how philology – the historical study of text and language – once reigned as ‘queen of the sciences.’ This project pioneers a new account of how and why philology achieved such extraordinary success in nineteenth-century Europe, the time when the research university was founded and modern disciplines were formed. By drawing on history of science, media theory, and informatics, PhiSci analyzes ...