Professor of history • Knowledge, ideas, people, universities, Europe – past and present • Director of the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK).
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We have a new book: “The History of Knowledge” (Cambridge Elements)
Published today. Open access. Feel free to spread the word.
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Björn Lundberg, coordinator of the LUCK focus area “Knowledge and Education”, has received funding from the Swedish Research Council for his project "Preparing children for war: Swedish preparedness education in transition 1945–2000". Congratulations!
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Call for Papers:
The Standing Working Group "History of Knowledge in the History of Education" invites submissions to the upcoming conference ISCHE 46 in Lille, 8–11 July 2025 (or 15–16 July, online).
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Welcome to LUCK, Martin Hamre!
During the stay with us, he will by studying the transformation of the Humboldt University of Berlin between 1988 and 1993 in the context of European integration. Read more: newhistoryofknowledge.com/20…
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We are happy to announce that Christa Lundberg (@christalundb) has received funding from both the Swedish Research Council and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for the project “Plagiarism hunting in early modern Europe (c. 1665–1730)” – an impressive achievement!
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I dag är det 30 år sedan svenska folket röstade ja till att bli medlem i Europeiska unionen, den enskilt viktigaste händelsen i Sveriges historia sedan andra världskriget. I Lund diskuterar vi i eftermiddag vad EU-medlemskapet har inneburit och europeiseringen av samhället.
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REMINDER: LUCK's International Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge has an open call for the spring of 2025.
Deadline for application: 15 November.
NEW CALL: LUCK's International Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge.
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Job opportunity: Full professor in history with a focus on modern history at Linköping University.
More here: liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacanc…
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SAVE THE DATE:
The second international History of Knowledge Conference will take place in Lund on 8–10 October, 2025.
It is thus a sequel to the first conference organized in Porto in the autumn of 2023.
More information will follow later this year or early next year.
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En fyllig och initierad recension av vår bok ”Knowledge Actors: Revisiting Agency in the History of Knowledge”, signerad den alltid lika läsvärde Fredrik W. Thue.
Recensionen kan läsas här: idunn.no/eprint/WCKKBMY6EQPB…
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Humanioras historia kan vara en källa till stolthet och argument för debatter om humanioras roll idag. Det hävdar Klara Müller i en rapport från en internationell konferens om humanioras historia. humtank.se/klara-muller-deko…
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NEW CALL: LUCK's International Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge.
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Great news from Ghent! The family is growing.
Good news! 💡The @SartonCentre at @ugentlw changed its name and is now the Sarton Centre for the History of Science AND Humanities. As a historian of the humanities, I am obviously delighted with this!
+ our programme for the autumn semester is ready, check this out below! 🍂⬇️
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The third issue of the yearbook “History of Intellectual Culture” has been published.
Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/20…
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A new volume of our yearbook “History of Intellectual Culture” is out!
The yearbook is published with @degruyter_brill and available OA: degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
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Once again: thank you, @CharlotteLerg and @DrJanaWeiss – my fellow co-editors!
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This week, the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge has organised the 11th "The Making of the Humanities Conference". It has been marvelous days.
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Scholars from 21 countries have participated in intense and exciting discussions about the rich history of the humanities, from comparative philology and Estonian art history to the introduction of the peer review system and whether we see a post-secular humanities.
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As usual, it is also rewarding to get in touch with new people and reconnect with old ones, among them @HelgeJordheim, Suzanne Marchand, @rensbod, Herman Paul, @adamfkola, @MGVerbergt, Klara Müller and Linus Salö.
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I am happy and proud to have been able to organise this conference together with @IsakHammar and @HOsthGustafsson.
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