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Isak Hammar
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Associate professor of History at Lund University w focus on history of humanities and scholarly publishing. Publications coordinator at the Joint Faculties of Humanties and Theology.
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Isak Hammar @isakhammar.bsky.social · Mar 3
The History of the Humanities is one of six focus areas in the newly published Call for Papers for the second international History of Knowledge Conference on 8–10 October, 2025, to be held at Lund University, Sweden. Deadline for abstacts: May 1, 2025.
CfP: History of the Humanities Focus Area at 2025 History of Knowledge Conference (Lund) – Society for the History of the Humanities
www.historyofhumanities.org
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Last chance for free download today!
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My book, Things of the Past: A Modern Yearning, is now available for free download from CUP, until November 13.

It offers a short global history of our longing for historical artefacts, discussing Asia, Africa, Europe, South- and North America.

Please share and comment!
Things of the Past
Cambridge Core - Global History - Things of the Past
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November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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After a decade of History of Humanities as a new discipline, the moment has come to take stock. How has the field developed across the world?

Join our digital round table on December 5, to discuss this question. We have speakers from all continents!

www.historyofhumanities.org/2025/10/15/d...
Digital Round Table: Global Perspectives on the History of the Humanities (Dec 5th) – Society for the History of the Humanities
www.historyofhumanities.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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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...
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Recommended reading -- I'm glad to see the first article of the Minerva Special Issue on the history of peer review in the humanities, co-edited by Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt and me, in print!
September 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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What was the Swedish ”docent grade”? In a new article in Minerva, @isakhammar.bsky.social and I explore evaluative cultures in the history of the humanities: link.springer.com/article/10.1... This will be part of an upcoming special issue on the history of peer review in the humanities.
The Elusive ‘Docent Grade’: Evaluative Cultures in and Beyond the Swedish Humanities (1876–1969) - Minerva
In the late nineteenth and for much of the twentieth century, an academic career in Sweden was highly dependent on what grade a scholar’s doctoral dissertation was awarded. Unless receiving a so-calle...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Do check it out, fully open access via link below
August 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Isak Hammar: ”Republikens maktbalans bygger – både i den romerska modellen och i dess amerikanska 1700-talsmotsvarighet – förutom på de olika nodernas formella struktur också på mer outtalade spelregler, dygder och ideal.”
Maktdelning i det republikanska Rom och i dag – Svensk filosofi
Rom blev en republik efter att den siste av sju kungar hade störtats. Isak Hammar noterar att balansen i den romerska republikens politiska system återkommande har idealiserats genom historien – men a...
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June 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Extended deadline for Vol. 5 of the scholarly yearbook ”History of Intellectual Culture” (De Gruyter). The contributions will be peer reviewed and available open access.

The deadline for submitting a proposal is now 2 June.

You can find the CfP at: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/03/18/c...
CfP: History of Intellectual Culture
The editors invite contributions to Vol. 5 of the scholarly yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (De Gruyter), to be published in autumn 2026. The contributions will be peer reviewed …
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May 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Extended deadline for Vol. 5 of the scholarly yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (De Gruyter), to be published in autumn 2026. Peer reviewed and open access.

Deadline June 2, 2025.

Check out the CfP at:
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/03/18/c...
CfP: History of Intellectual Culture
The editors invite contributions to Vol. 5 of the scholarly yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (De Gruyter), to be published in autumn 2026. The contributions will be peer reviewed …
newhistoryofknowledge.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Last week, we had the privilege of hosting five historians in Lund as part of LUCK’s International Fellowship Programme: Barbara Hof (Lausanne), Laura Loporcaro (Ghent), Ann-Sophie Levidis (Australian National University), Floris Solleveld (Amsterdam) and Daniel Töpper (Berlin). Thank you all!
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Today we welcome five visiting researchers to Lund. Barbara Hof, Laura Loporcaro, Ann-Sophie Levidis, Floris Solleveld and Daniel Töpper are all part of LUCK’s International Visiting Fellowship Programme. They will stay in Lund this week, presenting their research and interacting with us. Welcome!
March 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Are you aware that the Society for the History of the Humanities has an open call for Digital Events in 2025?

More info: www.historyofhumanities.org/2024/12/17/c...
Call for Bids 2025 Digital Events – Society for the History of the Humanities
www.historyofhumanities.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Are you aware that the Society for the History of the Humanities has an open call for Digital Events in 2025?

More info: www.historyofhumanities.org/2024/12/17/c...
Call for Bids 2025 Digital Events – Society for the History of the Humanities
www.historyofhumanities.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Call for papers digital workshop in the History of humanities: Comparing Comparing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Comparative Methods and their Histories

9–11 July 2025, hybrid format. Open to all/free of charge

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2025
www.historyofhumanities.org/2025/02/28/c...
CfP Digital Workshop: Comparative Methods and their Histories – Society for the History of the Humanities
www.historyofhumanities.org
March 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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CfP: “History of Intellectual Culture”

We invite contributions to Vol. 5 of the scholarly yearbook "History of Intellectual Culture" (De Gruyter), to be published in autumn 2026. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 5 May.

Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/03/18/c...
March 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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In 2021, Charlotte Lerg, Jana Weiss and I founded the yearbook “History of Intellectual Culture”. After working with it for several years, we are delighted to gradually hand over to Isak Hammar and Swen Steinberg. Welcome on board!

More here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/03/18/i...
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Seminar: “Peer Review in the Humanities”

On 17 March, 13.15–15.00, LUCK is organizing the hybrid seminar “Peer Review in the Humanities: Evaluative Practices from the 19th to the 21st century”.

More information: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/03/11/s...
March 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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The History of the Humanities is one of six focus areas in the newly published Call for Papers for the second international History of Knowledge Conference on 8–10 October, 2025, to be held at Lund University, Sweden. Deadline for abstacts: May 1, 2025.
CfP: History of the Humanities Focus Area at 2025 History of Knowledge Conference (Lund) – Society for the History of the Humanities
www.historyofhumanities.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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New book by my colleagues Anna Nilsson Hammar and Svante Norrhem: “Serving Aristocracy: Negotiation, Learning, and Mobility in an Early Modern Knowledge Community” and available OA. Congratulations!

newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/18/n...
New book: Serving Aristocracy
Fresh off the press and available as open access is Serving Aristocracy: Negotiation, Learning, and Mobility in an Early Modern Knowledge Community by Anna Nilsson Hammar and Svante Norrhem. Being …
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February 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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On 8–10 October 2025, LUCK will organise the second international History of Knowledge Conference.

Our Call for Papers/Panels has now been published and we encourage you to submit an abstract: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
February 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Next to our special issue on the Classics of the Humanities in Africa, the latest issue of History of Humanities also contains 4 research articles by Jakub Stejskal, Ori Sela, Kriston R. Rennie and Gerben Zaagsma, as well as 12 book reviews!

See www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/2024...
December 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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How did scholars in the humanities publish their research before disciplinary journals existed? New article out in History of European Ideas (open access).
A smorgasbord of print: the development of scholarly publishing in the Swedish humanities, c. 1840–1880
This article traces publishing patterns in the Swedish humanities between 1840 and 1880; a period characterized by a new publishing regime yet bridging two dominant publication forms, the dissertat...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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How did scholars in the humanities publish their research before disciplinary journals existed? New article out in History of European Ideas (open access).
A smorgasbord of print: the development of scholarly publishing in the Swedish humanities, c. 1840–1880
This article traces publishing patterns in the Swedish humanities between 1840 and 1880; a period characterized by a new publishing regime yet bridging two dominant publication forms, the dissertat...
www.tandfonline.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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Thrilled to announce that the Call for Papers of "The Making of the Humanities XI" conference in Lund (9-11 October 2024) is open!

Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2024

Organized by the Board of Events of the Society for the History of the Humanities.

historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-mee...
The Making of the Humanities XI, Lund 2024 – Society for the History of the Humanities
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February 4, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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Call for Papers: “The Making of the Humanities”
 
On 9–11 October, 2024, the eleventh conference in this series will be hosted by LUCK.

This year’s special conference theme is “Shifting Cultures of Knowledge in the History of the Humanities”.
 
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2024/02/02/c...
February 6, 2024 at 8:04 AM