We would like to bring the following conference to the attention of our blog's readers. This information mirrors that of the conference announcement at https://newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/the-history-of-knowledge-conference/
Lund University, 8–10 October 2025
In November 2023, the first ever international History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Porto, bringing together experts from a wide range of historical research fields. Following this successful event, the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK) is proud to host the second international History of Knowledge Conference on 8–10 October, 2025.
In recent years, the history of knowledge has been established as a vibrant field within historical scholarship. The History of Knowledge Conference aims to gather scholars from different backgrounds to continue to develop the field of history of knowledge and inspire international collaboration. We welcome papers and panels on any period, region and topic, as long as they are clearly related and relevant to the history of knowledge. However, we particularly encourage the submission of papers and panels that tie in with one or several of the six research focus areas at LUCK:
early modern knowledge societies
digitisation, historical scholarship and circulation of knowledge
and/or the submission of papers and panels that
contribute to further developing (empirically, methodologically, theoretically or otherwise) the analytical concepts that have been crucial in shaping the history of knowledge as a field (these include, for example, the circulation of knowledge, knowledge actors, knowledge institutions, forms of knowledge, infrastructures of knowledge, formats of knowledge, knowledge societies, orders of knowledge and hierarchies of knowledge).
Keynote Speakers
Robert Darnton (Harvard University): Title TBA
Susanne Schmidt (Berlin): Title TBA
A plenary panel on publication practices and opportunities in the history of knowledge is also planned.
Paper Submissions
Each paper will be given 20 minutes, including discussion. Abstracts of single papers should contain the name of the speaker, full contact address (including email address), the title and a summary of the paper of maximally 250 words.
Please submit your paper abstract here: https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=hok2025
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2025
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2025
Panel Submissions
A panel should cover a coherent theme and can either relate to one/several of our focus areas or to a more general topic in the history of knowledge. Each panel last 90 minutes and should consist of 3–5 papers, possibly including a general commentary. Please remember to leave sufficient time for general discussion. Panel proposals should contain the name of the chair, the names of the speakers (and, if applicable, the commentator), email addresses of all of the participants and the title of the panel. In addition, the proposals should contain a short description of the panel’s content and a summary of each paper (in total 500 words).
Please submit your panel abstract here: https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=hok2025
Deadline for panel proposals: 1 May 2025
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2025
Registration and Conference Fee
Once notifications of acceptance have been announced, it will be possible to register for the conference until 1 September by paying the conference fee (TBA). The fee includes access to all sessions, access to the welcoming reception, lunches and tea/coffee during the breaks. There will be an extra fee for those who want to attend the conference dinner.
Organization
The conference is organized by the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), based at the Department of History, Lund University, in southern Sweden. The centre was inaugurated in 2020 and it comprises the history of knowledge seminar, research projects with different orientations, the history of knowledge visiting fellowship programme, the history of knowledge summer school, various networks and a digital platform. See our website http://newhistoryofknowledge.com for information.
Local Organizing Committee: Johan Östling (chair), Isak Hammar, Evelina Kallträsk, David Larsson Heidenblad, Björn Lundberg, Anna Nilsson Hammar, Kajsa Weber
