Last week, five historians visited Lund as part of LUCK’s International Fellowship Programme: Barbara Hof (Lausanne), Laura Loporcaro (Ghent), Ann-Sophie Levidis (Australian National University), Floris Solleveld (Amsterdam) and Daniel Töpper (Berlin). During their time in Lund they had the opportunity to present their ongoing research, discuss history of knowledge articles, interact with various researchers in…

The Department of History at Lund University is seeking an Associate Senior Lecturer in History with specialisation in Middle Eastern History. After four years of research and teaching, this position may be turned into permanent employment as a Senior Lecturer. Read more about the position and the conditions here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:798426/type:job/where:4/apply:1

In the first week of April, five researchers will be in Lund as visiting scholars: Barbara Hof (Zurich), Laura Loporcaro (Ghent), Ann-Sophie Levidis (Australian National University), Floris Solleveld (Bristol/Amsterdam) and Daniel Töpper (Berlin). They have been selected in fierce competition to be part of the LUCK’s International Visiting Fellowship Programme. During their stay in Lund,…

Last week Anna Nilsson Hammar and Svante Norrhem visited Miranda Melcher on New Books Network to talk about their book Serving Aristocracy: Negotiation, Learning, and Mobility in an Early Modern Knowledge Community (Routledge, 2025). Follow the link to listen: https://newbooksnetwork.com/serving-aristocracy

The editors invite contributions to Vol. 5 of the scholarly yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (De Gruyter), to be published in autumn 2026. The contributions will be peer reviewed and available open access. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 5 May. See this document for more information: Photo by Vojtech Bruzek on Unsplash

The scholarly yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (De Gruyter) was founded by Charlotte A. Lerg, Johan Östling and Jana Weiss in 2021. After working with the yearbook for several years, they have decided to gradually hand over the editorship to two editors: Isak Hammar and Swen Steinberg. They will join Lerg, Östling and Weiss as editors this spring and…

The Department of the History of Ideas and Science, Uppsala University, Sweden, is offering two doctoral positions starting on September 1, 2025. Deadline for both positions is April 7.  A doctoral position in the history of ideas and science: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=803030 A doctoral position in the history of science: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=803109 Photo: By ScanianDragon – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132246889