History of Knowledge in Czech

Johan Östling and David Larsson Heidenblad have been interviewed and given their views on the history of knowledge for the Czech magazine Dějiny a současnost. See: http://dejinyasoucasnost.cz/archiv/2022/7/centrum-pro-dejiny-vedeni-jako-akademicky-start-/

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Johan Östling

On 20 October 15.15, Johan Östling will give his inaugural lecture as a new Professor of History, specializing in the History of Knowledge. The talk will be in Swedish and the title is “Kunskapshistoriska upptäckter: Om sommarlektyr och annan kunskapscirkulation”. For more information see https://www.hist.lu.se/historia/kalendarium/evenemang/johan-ostling-installationsforelasning-som-professor-i-historia-med-inriktning-kunskapshistoria/ Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash

Welcome, Thomas Mougey!

Thomas Mougey is a postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in History of Science from Maastricht University. His research focuses on science and international relations as well as on the practices of science popularization. For the past three years, he has investigated the culture, politics and materiality of the myriad of international congresses held during the…

Book alert!

Måns Ahlstedt Åberg, PhD-student at the University of Hong Kong, debut book “Frivilliga rasbiologer: Interaktion och kunskapscirkulation mellan rasbiologiska institutet och allmänheten under 1920- och 30-talet” has just been released by Gidlunds förlag. The origin of the book goes back his master studies at Lund University, were he was among the first student group to read…

Welcome, Bruno Hamnell!

Bruno Hamnell is a postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in History of Ideas and Science from Lund University. His research interests lies in the intersection between modern intellectual history, philosophy of history, and cultural criticism. During the autumn of 2022, Bruno will be working at LUCK with a new postdoc project, “All is One: Holistic Knowledge Ideals and Conflicts…

Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge 2023

In 2019, we launched the Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge. The intention was to invite international scholars to join us in Lund, but unfortunately the global pandemic made it impossible for several years. We are therefore very happy to relaunch our Visiting Programme at the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge…

History of Knowledge seminar series @LUCK

The Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK) will offer a seminar series this autumn and we are very happy to invite you to join us. Registration is not required but please contact johan.ostling@hist.lu.se to receive a Zoom link. 12 September, 13.15–15.00 (Zoom)‘Our History’ – a citizen science project on historical experiences of the family revolution…

Johan Östling – Professor of the History of Knowledge

On 1 September, Johan Östling takes up his position as Professor of History – the first ever in the Nordic countries to focus specifically on the history of knowledge. Congratulations! – It is a very nice recognition. It also puts Lund on the international historiographical map, Johan Östling says. At Lund the field of the…