Studying the practices through which knowledge was collected, processed, analyzed, produced, critiqued, presented, and circulated in the early-modern period is central to many scholars at LUCK. We view these practices as distinctly early modern and as part of knowledge societies that differ from modern ones, as they supported chambered knowledge and negotiated restrictions in knowledge circulation.

We are interested in a wide range of topics, from translation and note-taking to book printing, publishing, and reviewing, as well as reading practices, antiquarianism, and the visualization of knowledge. We examine these practices in relation to broader processes of change in religion, politics, culture, and medicine.

Coordinator at LUCK: Kajsa Weber