Vacancy: assistant managing editor 💼
JHoK is looking for an assistant editor (0.1 fte) to start on 1 June 2026 for 6 months. Employment can be prolonged following positive evaluation and continued registration as a student. More information at: journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
In JHoK's first 2026 article, Dr. Anne Eriksen studies the Norwegian Fisheries’ Journal not only as an information container, but as an instrument shaping how knowledge is "arranged, given shape, processed, and transformed". Read the full article here: journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view....
How did people in Renaissance Europe perceive the night sky? What did they see when they looked at the Milky Way?
✍️ Stefan Zieme from the JHoK Blog archive (2021): blog.journalhistoryknowledge.org/2021/11/17/t...
🖼️ Adam Elsheimer, The Flight into Egypt, 1609 (Alte Pinakothek München, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How did people in Renaissance Europe perceive the night sky? What did they see when they looked at the Milky Way?
✍️ Stefan Zieme from the JHoK Blog archive (2021): blog.journalhistoryknowledge.org/2021/11/17/t...
🖼️ Adam Elsheimer, The Flight into Egypt, 1609 (Alte Pinakothek München, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Holding back for future gain — @sebastianfelten.bsky.social on how archives and bureaucracy aided “sustainable” investment strategies in Amsterdam and Saxony
✍️ From our own JHoK Blog archive (2021)
blog.journalhistoryknowledge.org/2021/09/15/e...
Lund University is promoting new engagement opportunities for history of knowledge scholars. Want to know more? See on their webpage:
🍃 Spring Seminar Series: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/02/03/s...
🌞 Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge: newhistoryofknowledge.com/advisory-boa...
And you can read Stefan's full JHoK article on Elsheimer's famous artwork here: journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view...
📣Join us for the 3rd History of Knowledge Conference, "Decentering the History of Knowledge"! The event will take place in Utrecht on 25-27 August 2027.
📝A call for papers will follow in Fall 2026. For more information:
1) Register with "[email protected]"
2) Visit: www.uu.nl/en/news/thir....
Debates about the importance of the humanities versus the natural sciences in education are nothing new, writes @isakhammar.bsky.social — though the dominant view in early 19th-century Europe might come as a surprise to us today.
✍️ One from the JHoK Blog archive (2021)
📚CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The Journal for the History of Knowledge is now receiving proposals for the Special Issue 2028. The submission deadline is 1 May 2026. All information is available on our website: journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
Holding back for future gain: How archives and bureaucracy aided “sustainable” investment strategies in Amsterdam and Saxony.
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The History of Knowledge Conference brings together scholars from a variety of backgrounds to further develop the field and its impact on other disciplines and society. The theme of this year’s confer...
13 February, 12:00–13:00 (LUX:A331) Reading seminar: Vera Keller et al., “Projects in the History of Knowledge”, Journal for the History of Knowledge (2025) Introduction: Christ…
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Scientists, physicians, and state officials argued that the mental and moral development of students resulted from studying nature—just like their peers in philology and classical languages.
