Alf W Johansson lämnade oss tidigare i år. För Tidskriften Respons skriver jag en minnesessä om honom och hans vetenskapliga gärning. Essän finns att läsa här: tidskriftenrespons.se/artikel/en-f... M
Johan Östling
@johanostling.bsky.social
Professor of history • Knowledge, ideas, people, universities, the humanities, Europe – past and present • Director of the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK)
New special issue: “Mapping the Europeanisation of Universities in the 1980s and 1990s” The issue consists of case studies of the Europeanisation of the universities of Ghent, Aalborg, Valladolid, Berlin (Humboldt) and Lund. Available OA here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/EER/curr...
Ett nytt centrum inrättas i Lund: Centrum för kunskapsspridning och samtidshistoria (CEKOS). Det finansieras genom Handelsbankens forskningsstiftelser och kommer att ha @dlheidenblad.bsky.social som föreståndare. Läs mer här: handelsbankenfoundations.org/sv/stiftelse...
CfA: International Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge (Lund) We invite early career/postdoctoral scholars to join us at LUCK during a period of one week between 2 November and 6 November, 2026. Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/13/c...
Last October, we organised the second History of Knowledge Conference in Lund. It has now been confirmed that the third conference in this series will be held in Utrecht on 25–27 August 2027. Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/09/t...
I am happy to announce that my book on the history of the university will be published in English. I have signed a contract with Routledge and will revise the text before a translator turns it into English. One challenge will be to make the book more global without losing its concise structure.
CfA: 2026 Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge We invite applications for the seventh annual Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge: Lund University, 17–20 August, 2026. Deadline for applications: 15 March. More information: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/02/03/c...
Universitetet har lång, vindlande historia, men hur ser dess framtid ut som kunskaps- och samhällsinstitution. Den frågan fick jag och jag fick lägga ut texten om akademisk frihet, det historiska arvet, dagens hot och åtskilligt annat. Här finns intervjun: www.lu.se/artikel/univ...
Generationsuppgörelser är dagens tema. www.expressen.se/kultur/kultu...
OLOF BÄRTÅS: Det här är problemet med alla 70-talister
1990-talet gick från att vara löftenas årtionde till en urscen för 2020-talets kriser. Olof Bärtås tar del av hur 70-talisterna nu gör upp med tiden som formade dem.
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“A Cultural History of Higher Learning” – this massive work in six volumes is today published by Bloomsbury. Spanning 2,500 years, 67 scholars chart the dynamics of higher learning across the centuries. I am glad to have contributed a chapter on the history of disciplines in the 20th century.
Two new articles on the contemporary history of the university: @Maria Simonsen, “Writing the History of a Reform University”: doi.org/10.1515/9783... Karl Haikola and Johan Östling, “Review Essay: The Europeanisation of the Universities”: doi.org/10.1515/9783...
New publication: “History of Intellectual Culture”, Vol. 4 of the yearbook that I edit with Charlotte A. Lerg and Jana Weiss. Available open access: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
The 2nd History of Knowledge Conference in Lund was fantastic, and I look forward to contributing to make the History of Knowledge Conference a tradition by organizing it in Utrecht, home of @jhokjournal.bsky.social, in 2027. More soon!
The second History of Knowledge Conference has come to an end. Over three intense days in Lund, around a hundred researchers have explored the history of knowledge from various perspectives. It has been a real pleasure to host this conference and organise it with my wonderful colleagues at LUCK.
THE HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE This week, on 8–10 October, LUCK is organizing The History of Knowledge Conference in Lund. I am delighted to be the host together with my dear colleagues. The programme can be found here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/wp-content/u...
Universitetets grundfrågor fortsätter att engagera. I går var Linda Wedlin och jag inbjudna till Karolinska Institutet för diskussion om universitetens roll i ett demokratiskt samhälle. Spänstiga samtal om kollegialitet, akademisk frihet och om vi ser framväxten av en kinesisk universitetsmodell.
New assignment: editor of Routledge’s book series “Knowledge Societies in History”. It will be truly stimulating to work with @svendupre.bsky.social as an editor of this series and thereby hopefully continue to develop the history of knowledge internationally.
LUCK’s seminar series for the autumn of 2025 is out! Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/09/16/a...
Great lineup in this seminar series hosted at LUCK: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/09/16/a... #skystorians #earlymodern #mediahistory #bookhistory
Autumn Seminar Series @LUCK
LUCK’s Seminar Series, Autumn 2025 8 October, 09.15–10.15 (LUX Nedre Aulan) An Early Information Society: Paris under the Ancien Régime* Robert Darnton (Harvard) 9 October, 13.00–14.00 (LUX Nedre A…
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“Universities and the Public Good”. That is the title of a conference on research, education and democracy since 1945 in Hanover this week. Most of the researchers here are historians, but the questions raised are highly relevant for us today. ghiworkshops.hypotheses.org/universities...
Universities and the Public Good
Universities and the Public Good: Research, Education, and Democracy since 1945 September 10 – 12, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace Conference Center, Hanover, Germany Supported by the Volkswagen Foundation...
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Alumner – vilken roll spelar de för universiteten? I en ny avhandling ger sig Pia Widén i kast med ämnet och jämför Harvard, Penn State, Cambridge, Uppsala och Helsingfors från mitten av 1800-talet till i dag. Min streckare om avhandlingen: www.svd.se/a/0VmM3M/alu...
Pia Widén defending her thesis (hdl.handle.net/10138/599570), a pioneering comparative study of strategic alumni engagement at Cambridge, Uppsala, Harvard, Helsinki and Penn State universities 1840–2018, with Prof. Laura Kolbe as supervisor and Prof. @johanostling.bsky.social (Lund) as opponent.
I dag anordnas konferensen ”Forskaren i framtidens offentlighet” för andra året i rad. Liksom i fjol står Centrum för kunskapshistoria som värd. Det är mina goda kollegor @dlheidenblad.bsky.social och @bjornlundberg.bsky.social som har satt ihop ett fint program.
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 lectures, seminars, and discussions in Lund. Thank you all for coming! Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/08/25/h...
Very happy to have spent 4 days at the Summer School organized by the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge. Great encounters, wonderful concepts to use, and exciting research ideas and perspectives. I warmly recommend it to all PhD students interested in the field!
Today, August 19, the sixth annual Summer School in the History of Knowledge opens. Over the next four days, an international group of 20 Ph.D. candidates and early career researchers will gather in Lund for seminars and discussions. Thank you, @bjornlundberg.bsky.social, for coordinating this!
Det stora forskningsprogrammet ”Demokrati och högre utbildning” samlas för internat på Sigtunastiftelsen. Denna tioåriga satsning från Uppsala universitet involverar en rad forskare. Tacksam att få ingå som extern representant i styrelsen.
Today, August 19, the sixth annual Summer School in the History of Knowledge opens. Over the next four days, an international group of 20 Ph.D. candidates and early career researchers will gather in Lund for seminars and discussions. Thank you, @bjornlundberg.bsky.social, for coordinating this!
Herfried Münkler pläderar i en ny bok för att det är hög tid för Tyskland att bejaka en stormaktsroll i Europa. Knappast en okontroversiell ståndpunkt i vårt södra grannland. I en understreckare skriver @olofbartas.bsky.social om stortyska drömmar och mardrömmar. www.svd.se/a/alRdM7/naz...
Nazismen ett svunnet problem i tysk historia? | Olof Bärtås
Tyskland rustar upp – men i Europas namn. I en ny bok pläderar den tyske statsvetaren Herfried Münkler för att tyskt ledarskap är nödvändigt. Men minnena av forna stortyska former är svåra att skaka a...
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I dag är det 80 år sedan den första atombomben fälldes över Hiroshima. Om vad det innebar då och därefter sammanfattar ingen mindre än @atommarie.bsky.social i SVT. www.svt.se/kultur/var-u...
”Det hade sannolikt betraktats som ett krigsbrott idag”
Reglerna kring kärnvapen har byggts upp efter världskriget
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