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Re:The Origin of the Research University by dr_dshiv on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:42AM (#44520981)
The Mouseion of Alexandria (the larger institution around the more famous library) was arguably the origin of the research university. Scholars there published scholarship in the humanities and sciences — and it lasted hundreds of years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouseion

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Re:The Origin of the Research University by analog31 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @10:01AM (#44521216)
Indeed, and I suppose it's worth looking into the universities of the Muslim world. I read that at one point, there were more universities in the Spanish Caliphate than in the rest of Europe.
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