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…

On 26 February, the Finnish Society for the History of Science and Learning organizes a workshop in Helsinki on the history of knowledge. A number of doctoral students and early career scholars will present their ongoing research in the field. As a part of this event, Johan Östling has been invited to give the Jaakko…

In a rich overview of the development of the history of education in the Nordic countries, Johannes Westberg argues that it is marked by three phases, based on its institutional setting. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the history of education was written by schoolmen for schoolmen. In the post-war era, the discipline…

A new special issue of the Nordic Journal of Educational History, devoted to the history of knowledge and education, has been published. Edited by one of LUCK’s affiliated researches, Björn Lundberg, the purpose of the special issue is to bring the history of knowledge and the history of education in close dialogue, developing new perspectives…

Enlightened Libraries: Natural Law Collections and their Role in the Intellectual Infrastructure between Lund, Copenhagen and Northern Germany 1650-1800 On 9 and 10 February 2023 the workshop Enlightened Libraries: Natural Law Collections and their Role in the Intellectual Infrastructure between Lund, Copenhagen and Northern Germany 1650-1800 will take place at the Saxo Institute, University of…