The history of education intersects with the history of knowledge in multiple ways, an aspect that has been recognized and elaborated upon in recent publications (Lundberg 2022; Barnes & Pietsch 2022). At LUCK, we see a clear potential to invigorate both the history of knowledge and the history of education by further developing these interdisciplinary perspectives. With the intention of illustrating how perspectives from the history of knowledge can bolster research in the history of education, and vice versa, we seek to develop theoretical and methodological perspectives concerning the circulation of knowledge in society and the role of educational institutions in such processes.

LUCK has arranged several seminars devoted to the history of knowledge and education and hosted workshops with international scholars. In 2022, a Standing Working Group at the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) was adopted to further strengthen research discussions on the history of knowledge and education. The SWG organizes panels at the annual ISCHE Conferences on-site and online, and is currently preparing an edited volume.

Coordinator at LUCK: Björn Lundberg

Suggested reading:

Lundberg, Björn. “Exploring Histories of Knowledge and Education: An Introduction”. Nordic Journal of Educational History 9, no. 2 (2022): 1–11.

Barnes, Joel & Tamson Pietsch. “The history of knowledge and the history of education”. History of Education Review 51, no. 2 (2022): 109–22.

Lässig, Simone. “The history of knowledge and the expansion of the historical research agenda”. Bulletin of the German Historical Institute 59, Fall 2016 (2016): 29–58.

Westberg, Johannes. ”Bright Nordic Lights: A revitalised interdisciplinary history of education in the massified higher education of the Nordics”. History of Education 52, no. 2–3 (04 May 2023): 330–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2022.2127003.