New volume of “History of Intellectual Culture”

The yearbook History of Intellectual Culture, focusing on the history of knowledge, has published its fourth volume. It has been edited by Charlotte A. Lerg, Johan Östling and Jana Weiss. The thematic section is devoted to “Gender, Archiving, and Knowledge Production after the Holocaust: A Postwar Republic of Letters?”, edited by Victoria Van Orden Martínez, Christine…

The History of Knowledge Conference

On 8–10 October, the second History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Lund by LUCK. Over three intense days, around a hundred researchers from different universities and countries explored the history of knowledge from various perspectives. The first day started with a wonderful keynote lecture by Robert Darnton (Harvard) and continued with sessions on everything…

Highlights from this year’s summer school

Last week, the sixth annual Summer School in the History of Knowledge brought together an international group of 20 Ph.D. candidates and early career researchers for four days of lectures, seminars, and discussions in Lund. The program featured contributions from Johan Östling & David Larsson Heidenblad, Anna Nilsson Hammar, Maria Simonsen & Karl Haikola, Natasha Klein Käfer, Christa…

The history of knowledge trilogy is completed

Knowledge Actors has been published. It is the third and final book in our trilogy on the history of knowledge. About Knowledge Actors In Knowledge Actors, we bring knowledge actors to the fore. Gathering researchers with diverse backgrounds and expertise, the guiding questions in this book centre on agency. Who were knowledge actors in different historical settings?…