A fully financed PhD fellowship in History – Cultural History of the Ocean or Public History of the Ocean at the University of Stavanger. The PhD project should be either situated in environmental history, history of knowledge, museology, cultural heritage studies and/or public history. Within these frameworks, the position is open to various topics, for example The…

In March, five researchers will for two weeks be visiting fellows at LUCK as a part of our Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge. During their stay in Lund, these scholars – Eva Andersen (Antwerp), Marina Bezzi (Brasília), Anne Brædder (Roskilde), Valentina Mann (Cambridge/Florence) and Thomas Ruoss (Zurich) – will present their ongoing research…

The new edited volume Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each primary source is accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research. Arranged by time period, covering 1200…

The History of Knowledge Conference brings together specialists from the History of Knowledge, History of Science, Colonial Studies, Maritime History and Global History to show their ongoing research or consolidated results, having as central theme the “Circulation of knowledge – Epistemic, Social and Material dimensions”. The conference is sponsored by the CITCEM (Transdisciplinary Research Centre…

Political discourse is increasingly marked by ‘alternative facts’, fake news and conspiracy theories. This is an expression of what is often called the politics of post-truth, which many view as a threat to liberal democracy because it could disrupt people’s ability to agree to a common description of reality. This project aims to find new…

The Swedish academic journal Lychnos now welcomes submissions to its open section! Starting in 2023, these articles – after having completed the peer-review and copyediting process – will be published online first. Lychnos has shifted to continuous publishing of articles submitted to its open section to help authors to reach their academic audiences faster. Deadline for articles: No deadline,…

What is the history of knowledge? And how is it related to the history of education and the history of ideas and sciences? In the new issue of the yearbook Lychnos, Johan Östling discusses these questions (in Swedish) with Staffan Bergwik (Stockholm) and Maria Larsson (Umeå). Their conversation is available here: https://tidskriftenlychnos.se/article/view/25009/22079 Image: Thérèse Schwartze, Portrait of…

In swedish: Den 22–25 augusti 2023 arrangerar Centrum för kunskapshistoria, Lunds universitet (LUCK), för fjärde året Kunskapshistorisk sommarskola. Sommarskolan kommer att ge fördjupande orientering i det expanderande fältet kunskapshistoria (videnshistorie, kunnskapshistorie, history of knowledge). LUCK är en ledande institution i utvecklingen av kunskapshistorisk forskning och sommarskolan erbjuder en unik möjlighet att möta erfarna forskare inom…

The Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK) will offer a seminar series this spring 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. 14 February, 13.15–15.00 (LUX:A332 & Zoom)Discussion (in Swedish) of the forthcoming book The History of Knowledge (Cambridge…