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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

(The image shows the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, founded in 1551 as one of the first universities in Latin America. In 1910, it was re-established as a secular scientific institution and given the name the National Autonomous University of Mexico.)

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hopefully, the English translation of the book will be published at the end of this year or early next year.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

More about the work here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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...

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Sven Dupré @svendupre.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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!

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

At the closing session, we could announce some exciting news: the third History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Utrecht in 2027, under the leadership of @svendupre.bsky.social. I am already looking forward to it.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Please spread the word about the book series – and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have a book that might be suitable.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

LUCK’s seminar series for the autumn of 2025 is out! Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/09/16/a...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

“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...

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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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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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...

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Lari Ahokas @ahokas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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.

MA Pia Widén (right) defending her thesis in the grand auditorium of the main building of University of Helsinki, with Prof. Laura Kolbe (middle) as supervisor and Prof. Johan Östling (Lund, left) as opponent.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Läs mer här om konferensen: www.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/us...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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...

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Jules Siran @julessiran.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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!

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Thank you, Jules! Great to have you here. Welcome back in October!

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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!

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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...

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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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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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...

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”Det hade sannolikt betraktats som ett krigsbrott idag”

Reglerna kring kärnvapen har byggts upp efter världskriget

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

POSITION: Assistant Professor in Global History of Knowledge, Lund University Lund University is looking for a promising, academically young, researcher with an international background who can build and lead a research group within the field of Global History of Knowledge.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Det har talats mycket om facklitteraturens kris den senaste tiden. Det finns onekligen skäl att vara bekymrad. Samtidigt finns det en växande medvetenhet om sakprosans särprägel i det kulturella landskapet och att det krävs aktiva åtgärder för att värna den. Här spelar en Sakli(g)t en viktig roll.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

För andra året anordnas sakprosafestivalen Sakli(g)t utanför Simrishamn. Liksom i fjol med ett rikt program under tre dagar. Gårdagen var bitvis varm innanför höbalarna men samtalen – om bl.a. subjektets plats i sakprosan, sakprosan på dagens bokmarknad och sakprosakritiken – håll hög kvalitet.

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Åren omkring 1990 reformerades den svenska högskolan i grunden när nya ideal om frihet, mångfald och konkurrenskraft bröt igenom. Vad blev det av dessa ljuva drömmar? I en uppskattande och initierade recension av Johanna Ringarps viktiga bok i ämnet diskuterar Mats Benner denna omvälvning.

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

📣 Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning arrangerer #ÅRSMØDE2026 om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien” 📅 30. januar 2026, Københavns Universitet 👉 Tilmelding og kontingent: chrthorup@adm.ku.dk 👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

As a member of the International Advisory Board of LUCK, Lund's Centre for the History of Knowledge, I recommend this job offer: an Assistant Professor at the Department of History devoted to work within a Global History of Knowledge. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #skystorians #histknow

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Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) at the Joint Faculties of Humanities & Theology, Lund University

We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as Assistant Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University.

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Per Mickwitz @permickwitz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

@lund-university.bsky.social is recruiting! We have opened 15 positions as assistant professors and 10 positions as guest professors. All our faculties are part of this recruitment campaign. Apply and become my colleague or forward the information. www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund...

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Lund University launches largest-ever global recruitment drive for researchers

Lund University. Lund University’s body of researchers is getting reinforcements. If all goes according to plan, no fewer than 25 new researchers from all over the world will arrive in Lund this autum...

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Under Julia Horne’s leadership, a rich programme has been put together for the workshop (see www.eui.eu/events?id=57...). I am very much looking forward to discussions on a topic that is not only of historical relevance.

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Rebuilding peace: universities and knowledge in the 1940s post-war world

This workshop explores the role of universities and knowledge in early postwar reconstruction efforts across national and international contexts.

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