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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Lorraine Daston has in recent years become one of the leading historians of science. In issue #87 of Slagmark – Journal for Intellectual History we will unfold and contextualize the themes, concepts, and theories that the writings of Daston have inspired. Articles are accepted in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. Deadline for abstracts is October 1, 2022. Deadline…

On 12/9, 13.15-15, the LUCK seminar-series fall 2022 begins with an online gathering! We are visited by Klaus Petersen & Cecilie Bjerre from the University of Southern Denmark, who in recent years have worked with an innovative citizen science project that explores Danes’ experiences of the “family revolution” during the 1970s and 1980s, i.e. the…

The Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University hereby announces vacancies for three two-year employment positions for postdoctoral research fellows in cultural history perspectives, one specialising in the media, one specialising in aesthetics and one specialising in the study of knowledge and science. For more information see https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:496586/type:job/where:4/apply:1