"I am, nevertheless, most anxious to find as soon as possible a full time academic appointment at one of the Universities, and I am now applying for every suitable post. I have just heard that the University of Reading is looking for a Lectgurer and Tutor in Social Studies ... I should be most grateful if you could give me a testimonial for this purpose. It would certainly be a great help."

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Hermann Korte: Norbert Elias an der Universität Leicester, in: Karl-Siegbert Rehberg (Hg.): Norbert Elias und die Menschenwissenschaften. Studien zur Entstehung und Wirkungsgeschichte seines Werkes, Frankfurt am Main 1996: Suhrkamp, S. 81-82