FYI
Dear friends and colleagues of medical history,
Thank you for a great congress in Helsinki last year.
We now look forward to welcoming you all to Lund, Sweden for the 29th Nordic Medical History Congress.
When: April 23 – 25 2025
Venue: Kulturen at Tegnérsplatsen 6, next to the cathedral in central Lund
The theme of the 29th Nordic Medical History Congress is Health and Medicine under Pressure – Challenges, Controversies and Collaborations
Please feel free to send this mail forward to friends and colleagues that might be interested in this event.
More detailed information, including call for abstract, will be distributed later this spring.
See you in Lund 2025!
/Stefan van der Pals Leander & Jonatan Wistrand
(on behalf of the organizing committee)
Hej idéhistoriker!
Den 7-9 maj anordnar Sällskapet för 1700-talsstudier en nationell konferens med tema "Stad och land" på Sätra brunn. Se bifogat CFP.
Man kan läsa mer om konferensen och anmäla sig här: https://1700-tal.se/call-for-paper
Vänligen,
Sara
Sara Ekström
fil.dr / PhD
idéhistoria / History of Ideas
Institutionen för kultur och estetik / Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Stockholms universitet / Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm
https://www.su.se/profiles/saeks-1.341242
Avdelningen för teknik, vetenskap och samhälle vid Chalmers tekniska högskola lyser ut en doktorandtjänst i teknikhistoria, en doktorandtjänst i energi- och miljöhistoria samt en 2-årig tjänst som postdoktor i energi- och miljöhistoria.
Samtliga med deadline 18 oktober 2024.
Doktorandtjänsterna: https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=jo…
Tjänsten som postdoktor: https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=jo…
Hälsningar,
Per
Ny artikel | new article
'The limits of academization: Agricultural policy and the shaping of Swedish higher agricultural education during the interwar and war years', Agricultural History Review 71, no. 2 (2023)<https://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLE.html?ID=751&MOD=this>
Ny bok | new book
Maktens maskiner: Hur stora datorer moderniserade folkhemmet (Lund: Arkiv förlag, 2024) (with Arne Kaijser, Gustav Sjöblom, Johan Gribbe)<https://doi.org/10.13068/9789179243883>
Ny rapport | new working paper
Att följa pengarna: En analys av forskningsfinansieringen i efterkrigstidens Sverige (Stockholm, 2023) (with Johan Gribbe)<https://www.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.652644.1680176219!/menu/standard/file/Score…>
Per Lundin
Bitr. professor i teknikhistoria | Professor of History of Technology
Avdelningen för teknik, vetenskap och samhälle | Div. of Science, Technology and Society
Teknikens ekonomi och organisation | Dept. of Technology Management and Economics
Chalmers tekniska högskola | Chalmers University of Technology
SE - 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)31-772 15 28, +46 (0)721-58 22 60
Hej alla!
Här är några nyheter som rör den idéhistoriska tidskriften Lychnos.
Sedan en tid tillbaka har vi gått över till kontinuerlig digital publicering av de artiklar som hör till tidskriftens så kallade ”öppna” del, alltså den delen som ligger före temasektionen (special issue). Vi är glada över att kunna meddela att den första artikeln nu publicerats ”ahead of print”, nämligen Cecilia Rivings artikel ”Hypnotismens apostel. Om Carl Hansen och det sena 1800-talets kunskapskultur”. Ni kan gå in och läsa artikeln här: https://tidskriftenlychnos.se/issue/view/3365
Den andra glada nyheten är att VR har beviljat Lychnos tidskriftsstöd i ytterligare tre år. Det innebär att det kommer finnas ekonomiska förutsättningar att utveckla det redaktionella arbetet i framtiden och att fortsätta publicera Lychnos i både digital och tryckt form.
Slutligen vill vi också påminna om att deadline för att skicka in abstracts till nästa nummers temasektion är den 17 november. Temat är ”Transformations of Popular Science” och CfP ligger på tidskriftens hemsida (samt finns inklistrat här nedan). För den öppna delen saknas deadline, eftersom artiklarna där hanteras och publiceras kontinuerligt.
Mycket välkomna med era bidrag!
Vänliga hälsningar,
Jenny Eklöf & Erland Mårald (tidskriftsredaktörer)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transformations of Popular Science
Special issue editors: Jonatan Samuelsson and Jenny Eklöf
In this special issue we invite researchers within areas such as history of science and ideas, history of knowledge, media history, science communication and STS, to contribute to the thematic section of next year’s volume of Lychnos: Annual of the Swedish History of Science Society. The theme – Transformations of Popular Science – tries to capture the many ways in which the role of science in society has been intrinsically tied to questions about popularisation – or more broadly – the public mediation of scientific knowledge, practices, and values.
Popular science is still often conceived of, practiced, and valued in terms of (appropriate) simplification and dissemination. There is, however, a lot more to it, as recent scholarship has reframed the discussion on popularisation to encompass perspectives from other academic fields such as history of science, media and communication studies, cultural studies, and STS. The circulation, mediation and overall public discourse on science, technology and research has consequently begun to be understood in relation to other cultural meaning-making processes, intersecting with questions of democracy, citizenship, consumption, identity, and so forth. Departing from these baseline assumptions, this special issue aims to explore science popularisation, communication, deliberation, and mediation in historical context over the past century (give or take).
We encourage specifically (but not exclusively) contributions that:
* Investigate how the genre and practice of popular science have changed and varied over time in relation to broader transformations of the media and research landscapes in the 20th century and onwards.
* Explore the underlying ideological, conceptual and value-based assumptions that have been guiding popularisation activities in the past, as well as research about popular science. Empirical as well as theoretical and historiographical contributions are welcome.
* Specifically highlight the role of popularisation for all disciplines and research areas, including the humanities and social sciences.
* Take seriously the digital transformation of society and how it has altered conditions for popularisation overall.
* Problematise terms like “popularisation” and “popular science” and their relation to other concepts and practices, like mediated science, expository science, science journalism, knowledge circulation, science fiction, etc.
This special issue focuses on Sweden and the Nordic region in particular, but contributions investigating the history of popular science in other parts of the world are also welcome. Lychnos publishes articles in in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and English.
The following types of contributions will be considered:
* Research paper (max 9500 words)
* Historiographical reflections (max 5000 words)
Time frame:
17 November 2023: Deadline for submitting abstracts.
1 December 2023: Confirmation of acceptance of abstracts.
31 March 2024: Deadline for submission of full manuscript. All manuscripts will go through a process of double-blind peer review. Manuscripts should be submitted using the journal website: www.tidskriftenlychnos.se<http://www.tidskriftenlychnos.se>
April–August 2024: Peer review and time for revision of manuscripts.
September–November 2024: Copy editing.
December 2024–January 2025: Publication, print and online.
Abstracts (about 300 words) as well as questions about this special issue can be sent to the special issue editors, Jenny Eklöf and Jonatan Samuelsson.
Jenny Eklöf, jenny.eklof(a)umu.se<mailto:jenny.eklof@umu.se> & Jonatan Samuelsson, jonatan.samuelsson(a)umu.se<mailto:jonatan.samuelsson@umu.se>
[cid:acea2010-98a4-4df4-b0cd-77c3d26db245]
Jenny Eklöf
Lektor i idéhistoria/ Senior lecturer in history of science and ideas
Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier/ Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies
Umeå universitet / Umeå University
SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
+46 (0)90 786 54 56
När du skickar e-post till Umeå universitet så innebär detta att Umeå universitet behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur detta går till, gå till www.umu.se/gdpr<http://www.umu.se/gdpr>
By sending an email to Umeå University, the University will need to process your personal data. For more information, please read www.umu.se/en/gdpr<http://www.umu.se/en/gdpr>
Dear all,
Please see attached cfp to Renaissance Ecologies – the 7th Conference of the Nordic Network for Renaissance. The conference will take place at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 8-10 October, 2026. Most welcome to submit abstracts and panel proposals before 28 August 2025.
The conference is organised by the Early Modern Seminar at the Faculty of Arts, University of Gothenburg.
Best wishes,
Cecilia Rosengren
Cecilia Rosengren, Docent
Associate Professor in History of Ideas and Science
Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion (LIR)
University of Gothenburg
Box 200
S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
cecilia.rosengren(a)lir.gu.se<mailto:cecilia.rosengren@lir.gu.se>
Idéhistoria vid Stockholms universitet har nu utlyst vikariat i idéhistoria som universitetslektor respektive adjunkt för HT 2025.
Annonsen för vikariat som universitetslektor hittar du här:
https://su.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:825115/where:4/
Annonsen för vikariat som adjunkt hittar du här:
https://su.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:825041/where:4/
Sprid gärna information! Sista ansökningsdag är 28 maj 2025.
Vänliga hälsningar
Martin Wiklund
Docent, universitetslektor i idéhistoria
Studierektor i idéhistoria för grundnivå och avancerad nivå
Institutionen för kultur och estetik
Stockholms universitet
106 91 Stockholm
E-post: martin.wiklund(a)idehist.su.se<mailto:martin.wiklund@idehist.su.se>
Call for Papers
Cognition and Evolution in Historical and Social Research
September 23–24, 2025, Lund, Sweden
https://www.kultur.lu.se/cehsr2025
Over recent decades, cognitive science have significantly reshaped our understanding of human thought, while modern evolutionary theory has provided robust explanations of the biological origin of Homo sapiens. Yet, despite these transformative developments, cognitive and evolutionary perspectives remain under-integrated within mainstream historical and social research. This conference seeks to address this lacuna by exploring how cognitive and evolutionary approaches can enrich our understanding of the human condition in historical and societal contexts.
Recent advances in cognitive science, neuroscience, and genetics compel historians and social scientists to re-evaluate foundational paradigms. Concepts such as the embodied mind, situated and distributed cognition, and conceptual metaphor theory are increasingly applied within the humanities and social sciences, particularly in fields such as linguistics, literary studies, archaeology, and religious studies. Concurrently, emerging research in cultural evolution and cognitive theory has fostered a biologically and culturally grounded view of humans as products of long-standing bio-cultural co-evolutionary processes.
Evolutionary frameworks have gained traction in newly established interdisciplinary domains, including evolutionary cultural studies, evolutionary institutional economics, evolutionary linguistics, and cognitive evolution studies. These perspectives prompt historians and social scientists to re-examine core models and analogies—such as those comparing cultural and organismic evolution—and to investigate the roles of variation, selection, and inheritance (retention) within cultural dynamics.
At the heart of these inquiries lies a key question: how do cognitive processes—perception, memory, conceptualisation, embodied action, communicative practices, and institutional forms—function as mental constructs that contribute to social inertia or transformation? This conference invites scholarly contributions that explore these mechanisms and their implications for historical change and long-term social evolution.
The conference will take place at Lund University, Sweden. The nearest international airport is Copenhagen Airport (Denmark), with direct rail connections to Lund Central Station (approximately 35 minutes).
There is no conference fee. Participants are expected to arrange their own travel and accommodation.
Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Peter Gärdenfors, Professor of Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden; https://www.fil.lu.se/en/person/PeterGardenfors/
* Ruth Mace, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, University College London, UK; https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/people/academic-and-teaching-staff/ruth-…
Suggested topics for papers include (but are not limited to):
* Cognitive history
* Cognitive archaeology
* Cognitive poetics
* Deep history
* Neurohistory
* Evolutionary culture studies
* Evolutionary institutional economics
* Evolutionary political science
* Bio-cultural co-evolution
* Embodied cognition in history and society
* Situated and distributed cognition in history and society
* Perception, memory, and conceptualisation in history and society
* Cognition, language and communication in history and society
Venue:
* LUX, Lecture hall C121, Helgonavägen 3, Lund, Sweden
Key dates:
* Deadline for abstract submission: 1 September 2025
* Notification of acceptance: 7 September 2025
* Conference starts: 23 September 2025, at 13:00
* Conference ends: 24 September, at 12:00
Submission guidelines:
Abstracts (maximum 300 words), along with a short academic biography, should be submitted to David.Duner(a)kultur.lu.se<mailto:David.Duner@kultur.lu.se> no later than 1 September 2025. All presentations will be conducted in English.
Organizing committee:
* David Dunér, Professor of History of Ideas and Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
* Christer Ahlberger, Professor of History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
* Mikael Sandberg, Professor of Political Science, Halmstad University, Sweden
Please address questions to David.Duner(a)kultur.lu.se<mailto:David.Duner@kultur.lu.se>
