För inte så längesedan började det talas om att vi levde i ett kunskapssamhälle; idag kan man undra om vi snarare är på väg in i ett okunskapssamhälle. Den och många andra frågor ställs i antologin Sverige som kunskapssamhälle som precis utkommit: nordicacademicpress.se/product/sver...

New article on the acceleration and standardisation of time in 1960s Swedish higher education: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WPRIW...

What was the Swedish ”docent grade”? In a new article in Minerva, @isakhammar.bsky.social and I explore evaluative cultures in the history of the humanities: link.springer.com/article/10.1... This will be part of an upcoming special issue on the history of peer review in the humanities.

Our ongoing research project, "Funding Effects: The Emergence of Public Research Councils and the Formation of the Human Sciences in Sweden, 1947–1977", now has a website (which will be expanded over time): fundingeffects.com

If you know anyone looking for a funded PhD, Uppsala Idéhistoria is recruiting two - in "history of ideas" and "history of science" (both *very* broadly defined). International applicants welcome! You can write in English or Swedish. 1/4 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Next to our special issue on the Classics of the Humanities in Africa, the latest issue of History of Humanities also contains 4 research articles by Jakub Stejskal, Ori Sela, Kriston R. Rennie and Gerben Zaagsma, as well as 12 book reviews! See www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/2024...

Passade på att skriva några rader om humanisters karriärvägar då och nu utifrån pågående forskningsprojekt: humtank.se/hampus-osth-...

Nu finns min lilla skrift om tvärvetenskapens historia med utgångspunkt i tidskriften Tvärsnitt (1979–2011) tillgänglig digitalt: www.uu.se/.../circus-i... Den är skriven på uppdrag av det tvärvetenskapliga centrumet CIRCUS i Uppsala och ingår i en ny skriftserie som precis har lanserats.

New article out: ”R. S. Crane and the Invention of the Humanities: The Formation of Historical Narratives of Knowledge in the Mid-Twentieth Century” in History of Intellectual Culture: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities (Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien) and the Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet) are now offering two special collections fellowships for junior scholars. Apply by 1 November 2024. More info: raa.se/lagar-och-st...

The Society for the History of the Humanities has opened a Call for Bids to host the 12th Making of the Humanities (MOH) conference in 2026. Deadline for bids: October 6, 2024. Thanks in advance for your interest in hosting the MOH conference! See www.historyofhumanities.org/2024/09/08/c...

”Det blir en spännande höst i forskningspolitiken.” tidskriftenrespons.se/artikel/kuns...

Wherever there is education, there is power and resistance. The 9th Nordic Educational History Conference invites papers that deal with these two fundamental features of social and educational processes. #histed

Ny bok på gång: ”Kunskapens stora hus: Huvudlinjer i universitetets historia”   Ett försök att skriva koncist om ett stort ämne. Utkommer före sommaren.

CFP: Shifting Cultures of Knowledge in the History of the Humanities http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-143078 Lund, 09.10.2024-11.10.2024, Society for the History of the Humanities, Bewerbungsschluss: 01.05.2024

Call for Papers: “The Making of the Humanities”   On 9–11 October, 2024, the eleventh conference in this series will be hosted by LUCK. This year’s special conference theme is “Shifting Cultures of Knowledge in the History of the Humanities”.   newhistoryofknowledge.com/2024/02/02/c...

Thrilled to announce that the Call for Papers of "The Making of the Humanities XI" conference in Lund (9-11 October 2024) is open! Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2024 Organized by the Board of Events of the Society for the History of the Humanities. historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-mee...

KARTORNA FORMADE VÅR VÄRLDSBILD I senaste avsnittet av Vetenskapsradion Historia tittar Tobias Svanelid på gamla kartor tillsammans med mig och Staffan Bergwik. Först handlar det om Staffans nya bok (som är underbar). Sedan handlar det om Afrikas vita fläckar. sverigesradio.se/.../kartorna...

Ser mycket fram emot att nästa år kunna påbörja VR-projektet ”Forskningsfinansieringens effekter: De statliga forskningsrådens etablering och humanvetenskapernas formering, 1947-1977” tillsammans med Per Wisselgren och Tobias Dalberg: www.humsam.uu.se/circus/stodf...

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE HUMANITIES? Delighted to announce that issue 8.2 of History of Humanities is out! It contains a Forum on possible futures of the field, two review essays and eight book reviews. The introductory essay is a gem (and Open Access)! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/2023...

New article out, summarizing some of my postdoc research on temporal challenges to academic collegiality from an historical perspective. This is part of a double volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations with broad international perspectives on collegiality www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

The new issue of History of Humanities has a forum section on the possible futures of the field (edited by me and @isakhammar.bsky.social ): journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/2023/8… Contributions from Rens Bod, Herman Paul, Suzanne Marchand, Kevin Chang, Helen Small, and Sverker Sörlin.

I've written a review article on History in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ed. Skinner & Bourke) for @global-ih.bsky.social. Connect it to discussions on presentism, history of knowledge and more. Though I mention one disappointment, it's a wonderful book www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Save the date - the Making of the Humanities conference is coming to Sweden. 9-11 October, 2024. Stay tuned for more info on theme, keynotes and details on how to register. #historyofhumanities www.historyofhumanities.org/2023/10/31/m...