A new book on the history of the knowledge society in Sweden has been published, Sverige som kunskapssamhälle: Historiska perspektiv på en förväntad samhällsomvandling (Nordic Academic Press), edited by Carl-Filip Smedberg, Jonas Andersson, Klara Müller and Hampus Östh Gustafsson. It brings together some twenty researchers from a number of disciplines and universities who together explore aspects of…
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Spring seminar series @LUCK
13 February, 12:00–13:00 (LUX:A331) Reading seminar: Vera Keller et al., “Projects in the History of Knowledge”, Journal for the History of Knowledge (2025) Introduction: Christa Lundberg 4 March, 12:00–13:00 (Zoom) Book presentation: Sverige som kunskapssamhälle Carl-Filip Smedberg (Linköping), Klara Müller (Stockholm), Hampus Östh Gustafsson (Uppsala) and Jonas Andersson (Södertörn) 11 March, 13:15–14:30 (Zoom) Book presentation: The Cultural History of Higher Learning Ning…
JHoK: Call for Proposals Special Issue 2028
The Journal for the History of Knowledge features an annual special issue, compiled by guest editors, which explores a theme central to the journal’s scope. The journal is currently accepting proposals for the 2028 Special Issue. Proposal deadline: 1 May 2026. More information: https://journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement/view/317
CfA: 2026 Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge
Lund Centre for Knowledge History (LUCK) invites applications for the seventh annual Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge, to be held at Lund University, August 17–20, 2026. The Summer School is open to doctoral students and recent PhD graduates with an interest in the history of knowledge, broadly understood. The history of knowledge…
CfP: Historical Perspectives on Language and Student Mobility
On 16 June, 2026, the workshop “Lost in Translation: Historical Perspectives on Language and Student Mobility from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century” is organized at the University of Geneva. Read more about the workshop here: Photo: Dmitry A. Mottl – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42089750
Anna Nilsson Hammar appointed Associate Professor
Anna Nilsson Hammar has been appointed Associate Professor in History at Lund University. Being one of the founders and a deputy director of LUCK, she has been dedicated both to methodological questions within the history of knowledge and to research concerning early modern knowledge communities, everyday knowledge and the capacity to act, and religious knowledge….
New project on Silicon Valley Knowledge receives funding
David Larsson Heidenblad, Associate Professor of History and Deputy Director of LUCK, has received funding from the Swedish Research Council for his project “’California Dreamin’: Silicon Valley Knowledge, Culture, and Capital in Late 20th Century Sweden”. The project will study how the model of Silicon Valley came to influence Swedish society through decisive innovations such…
CFP: Histories of Scholarly Evaluation, 1700–2000
Histories of Scholarly Evaluation in the Sciences and Humanities, 1700-2000 Call for AbstractsDeadline for abstracts (500 words): 31 January, 2026. Organising Committee: ● Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt (Ghent University) ● Sjang ten Hagen (Utrecht University) ● Joris Vandendriessche (KU Leuven) ● Els Minne (KU Leuven) Evaluation, i.e. assessing how an entity attains a certain time of worth,…
New volume of “History of Intellectual Culture”
The yearbook History of Intellectual Culture, focusing on the history of knowledge, has published its fourth volume. It has been edited by Charlotte A. Lerg, Johan Östling and Jana Weiss. The thematic section is devoted to “Gender, Archiving, and Knowledge Production after the Holocaust: A Postwar Republic of Letters?”, edited by Victoria Van Orden Martínez, Christine…
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