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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Aug 29

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.

The Elusive ‘Docent Grade’: Evaluative Cultures in and Beyond the Swedish Humanities (1876–1969) - Minerva

In the late nineteenth and for much of the twentieth century, an academic career in Sweden was highly dependent on what grade a scholar’s doctoral dissertation was awarded. Unless receiving a so-calle...

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Mar 26

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

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Andrew Burchell @andrewburchell.bsky.social · Mar 3

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/...

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PhD student in the history of ideas - Uppsala University

PhD student in the history of ideas, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University

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Rens Bod @rensbod.bsky.social · Dec 17

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...

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Dec 5

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

Hampus Östh Gustafsson: Humanisternas enastående karriärer – allt var inte bättre förr -

I Sigfrid Siwertz bildningsroman Jonas och draken(1928) får vi följa Jonas von Dankvarts studieår i det tidiga 1900-talets akademiska Uppsala. En av hans studiekamrater bär namnet Vergelin. När huvudk...

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Nov 14

Vi skrev på svenska förra året när vi fick medel.

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Oct 18

Fungerar denna bättre: www.uu.se/centrum/circ...

CIRCUS Interdisciplinary Insights - Uppsala universitet

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Oct 18

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.

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Oct 11

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...

R. S. Crane and the Invention of the Humanities: The Formation of Historical Narratives of Knowledge in the Mid-Twentieth Century

R. S. Crane and the Invention of the Humanities: The Formation of Historical Narratives of Knowledge in the Mid-Twentieth Century was published in History of Intellectual Culture 3/2024 on page 275.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Sep 17

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...

Picture of dozens of 18C books bound in leather and vellum

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Rens Bod @rensbod.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Call for Bids for The Making of the Humanities conference 2026 – Society for the History of the Humanities

www.historyofhumanities.org

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Sep 4

”Det blir en spännande höst i forskningspolitiken.”
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Kunskapens värde i nyliberalismens tidevarv - Respons

Regeringens kommande forskningsproposition måste stärka de långsiktiga villkoren för kvalitet och institutionell autonomi.

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Rebecka Göransdotter Lindgren @rgoransdotter.bsky.social · May 20

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

9th Nordic Education History Conference, 14-16 May 2025 - Department of Education

Wherever there is education, there is power and resistance. The Conference invites papers that deal with these two fundamental features of social and educational processes

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · Apr 11

Ny bok på gång: ”Kunskapens stora hus: Huvudlinjer i universitetets historia”

Ett försök att skriva koncist om ett stort ämne. Utkommer före sommaren.

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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Mar 26

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

Shifting Cultures of Knowledge in the History of the Humanities

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · Feb 6

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...

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Rens Bod @rensbod.bsky.social · Feb 4

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...

The Making of the Humanities XI, Lund 2024 – Society for the History of the Humanities

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · Feb 1

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.

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Afrika enligt Jean-Baptiste d'Anville (1749)

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Nov 28

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...

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Rens Bod @rensbod.bsky.social · Nov 21

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...

History of Humanities | Vol 8, No 2

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Nov 13

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...

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Nov 11

Try this one: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/curr...

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Hampus Östh Gustafsson @hosthgustafsson.bsky.social · Nov 11

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.

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Anton Jansson @antnlj.bsky.social · Nov 2

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....

History in and of the Present and the Past

Published in Global Intellectual History (Ahead of Print, 2023)

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Isak Hammar @isakhammar.bsky.social · Oct 31

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...

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