Hampus Östh Gustafsson
@hosthgustafsson.bsky.social
Historian of science and ideas interested in the history of the humanities, history and organization of universities, and the formation of the modern politics of knowledge.
In our Freedom to Research project, we made an attempt to rethink the notion of "Early Career Researcher" through a commentary in University World News: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
It is time to end the idea of the ‘Early Career Researcher’
Despite good intentions, the recent focus on ‘Early Career Researchers’ in research policies is counterproductive. The concept poisons expectation...
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”Lurer du på hva som skjedde i tiårene da tanker og politikk om modernisering skiftet karakter og logikk i Sverige og Norden, er Sverige som kunskapssamhälle boken du skal lese.” Fin recension av vår antologi i Forskningspolitikk.
New article in History of European Ideas on the marginalisation of philosophy of history in interwar Sweden: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Intellectual Boundary-Walkers: The Marginalisation of Philosophy of History and the Making of Disciplinary Boundaries in Twentieth-Century Sweden
At the height of nineteenth-century idealism, philosophy of history had a firm place among the Swedish humanities, but in the following century, disciplinary alliances of history and philosophy see...
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In this new article in History of Education, I have been analysing career trajectories of humanists beyond universities a hundred years ago: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Societal Ecosystem of Knowledge: Extra-Academic Career Trajectories of Docents in the Swedish Humanities, 1876–1927
Based on a prosopographic survey of 157 docents in the humanities, this article explores the dynamics of a broader societal epistemic ecosystem in Sweden from 1876 to 1927. Examining the collective...
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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...
Sverige som kunskapssamhälle - Nordic Academic Press
Historiska perspektiv på en förväntad samhällsomvandling Carl-Filip Smedberg, Jonas Andersson, Klara Müller & Hampus Östh Gustafsson (red.) I 1900-talets slutskede började man i Sverige, liksom på an...
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New article on the acceleration and standardisation of time in 1960s Swedish higher education: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WPRIW...
Setting the ‘normal study time’: temporal acceleration and standardisation in 1960s Swedish higher education
The acceleration of academic time has been a persistent theme in debates on higher education, fuelled by politicians as well as students. In this article, we analyse and discuss acceleration and st...
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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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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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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/...
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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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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Rens Bod@rensbod.bsky.social · 2y agoJust published: our special issue of History of Humanities on the Classics of the Humanities in Africa! With introductions to foundational texts from the 11th to the 21st century: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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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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...
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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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...
Call for Bids for The Making of the Humanities conference 2026 – Society for the History of the Humanities
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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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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
Shifting Cultures of Knowledge in the History of the Humanities
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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...
The Making of the Humanities XI, Lund 2024 – Society for the History of the Humanities
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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...
History of Humanities | Vol 8, No 2
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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....
History in and of the Present and the Past
Published in Global Intellectual History (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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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...
