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Fatima Al-Fihri and Al-Qarawiyyin University
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Fatima Al-Fihri and Al-Qarawiyyin University

Fatima Al-Fihri (c. 800-880) was a Muslim woman, scholar and philanthropist who is credited with founding the world’s oldest, continuously running university during the 9th century: the University of Al-Qarawiyyin...
Argula von Grumbach's To the University of Ingolstadt
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Argula von Grumbach's To the University of Ingolstadt

To the University of Ingolstadt (1523) is an open letter by the German reformer Argula von Grumbach (l. 1490 to c. 1564) protesting the dismissal, arrest, and imprisonment of the young scholar Arsacius...
Qarawiyyin University
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Qarawiyyin University

Inner courtyards of Qarawiyyin University in Fez, Morocco, the oldest continuous university in the world founded in 857-859 by a Muslim woman scholar named Fatima al-Fihri (born c. 800)
Princeton University
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Princeton University

A gouache on paper painting titled Princeton University by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Founded in 1746, Princeton University has shaped leaders across science...
Title Page of To the University of Ingolstadt
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Title Page of To the University of Ingolstadt

Title page of To the University of Ingolstadt (1523), an open letter by the German reformer Argula von Grumbach (l. 1490 to c. 1564) protesting the dismissal, arrest, and imprisonment of the young scholar...
Tokyo Imperial University
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Tokyo Imperial University

Tokyo Imperial University, 1925.
Alfred the Great Statue, Alfred University
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Alfred the Great Statue, Alfred University

Statue of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) on the grounds of Alfred University in the town of Alfred, New York State. Built in 1990, it is inscribed "as a memorial to the Education King."
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
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The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

The western side of the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt
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Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt

The vacillating nature of Ancient Egypt's associations with the Kingdom of Kerma may be described as one of expansion and contraction; a virtual tug-of-war between rival cultures. Structural changes in Egypt's...
W. M. Mitchell's The Underground Railroad
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W. M. Mitchell's The Underground Railroad - A Firsthand Account of the Struggle for Freedom

William M. Mitchell (circa 1826 to circa 1879) was a free-born Black overseer in North Carolina who, after 12 years managing slaves on a plantation, experienced a religious...
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