Johan Östling

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)

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Johan Östling
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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.

Johan Östling
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(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.)

Johan Östling
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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.

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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!

Johan Östling
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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.

Johan Östling
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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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“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...

ghiworkshops.hypotheses.orgUniversities and the Public GoodUniversities 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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Jules Siran
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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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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!

Johan Östling
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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.

Johan Östling
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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...

svd.seNazismen ett svunnet problem i tysk historia? | Olof BärtåsTyskland 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
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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.

Johan Östling
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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.

Johan Östling
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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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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.

Johan Östling
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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.

Johan Östling
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Forskarrollens förändring under 2000-talet och hoten mot akademisk frihet i dag. Jag och Åsa Wikforss intervjuas i Curie. www.tidningencurie.se/nyheter/desi...

tidningencurie.seDesinformation utmanar forskarrollen | Tidningen CurieSamhällets syn på forskarrollen har förändrats under de senaste 20 åren. Vetenskapliga fakta är inte längre en självklar grund för politiska beslut. Forskarrollen har försvagats och fakta ifrågasätts,...

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Daniel Bellingradt
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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

lu.varbi.comAssistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) at the Joint Faculties of Humanities & Theology, Lund UniversityWe 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
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@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...

lunduniversity.lu.seLund University launches largest-ever global recruitment drive for researchersLund 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...
Johan Östling
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The European University Institute, beautifully situated on the hills of Fiesole, is hosting a workshop on universities and democratic reconstruction in the aftermath of the Second World War. The last time I was at EUI I was a young doctoral student; now I have progressed a little further.