Fresh off the press and available as open access is Serving Aristocracy: Negotiation, Learning, and Mobility in an Early Modern Knowledge Community by Anna Nilsson Hammar and Svante Norrhem. Being one of the results of a three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Serving Aristocracy is the history of social negotiation and mobility in an…
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History of Knowledge seminar series @ LUCK
11 February, 13.15–15.00 (LUX:A332) Besvärliga fruntimmer: Sveriges första kvinnliga jurister och deras utbildnings- och yrkesvägar Elsa Trolle Önnerfors (Lund) (jointly organised with the seminar series “Property and Provision”) * 17 March, 13.15–15.00 (LUX:A332 + Zoom) Peer Review in the Humanities: Evaluative Practices from the 19th to the 21st Century Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt (Ghent/Lund), Hampus Östh Gustafsson…
Call for Contributions: Histories of Expertise
Following the symposium on the Histories of Expertise in September 2024 at the University of Turku in Finland, the organizers are delighted to announce the call for contributions for an edited volume. This collection is dedicated to analysing the making of experts, expertise, and expert knowledge in human societies from historical perspectives. We invite contributions…
LUCK
We are very happy to announce that the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK) will be opened in March 2020 at the Department of History, Lund University.
History of Knowledge seminar series spring 2020
Due to current circumstances the upcoming seminars this spring are cancelled.
Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge
We hereby launch the Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge. Each semester, we invite scholars to join us in our research environment at Lund to present their ongoing projects and help us to develop the history of knowledge. Welcome to apply!
First Master Thesis in History of Knowledge@Lund
In June 2019, Måns Ahlstedt Åberg graduated from the master’s programme in history at Lund. His thesis, “The Circulating Race Knowledge: The Interaction between the State’s Institue for Race Biology and the Swedish General Public 1922—1935 from a history of knowledge perspective”, is the first one in Lund to adopt—and develop—history of knowledge perspectives. In…
History of Knowledge seminar series: autumn 2019
The autumn seminar series has been finalized and we are happy to invite you to a number of interesting seminars. For more information, contact johan.ostling@hist.lu.se.
On the Margins of Knowledge
Laura Skouvig and Maria Simonsen report from the Gewina Woudschoten Conference in Zeist.
LUCK Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge 