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July 1, 2025 By admin

Celebratory issue 10.1 of History of Humanities is out!

Our celebratory issue of History of Humanities is out! We celebrate 10 years of our journal by highlighting the remarkable development of a field that, just over a decade ago, was barely recognized as a distinct academic discipline. Today, the history of the humanities occupies a recognized space within academia and has become a thriving, global field of study.

We are keenly aware that we celebrate this milestone at a time when the world is facing a variety of societal, political and ecological crises. Negative trends in the academic world to which the humanities are especially vulnerable continue to be a threat to our emergent field. Yet, the resilience of our scholarly community and the growing recognition of the value of our field give us confidence that History of Humanities will continue to thrive and expand.

If the history of the humanities has revealed anything, it is our shared commitment to humanistic values. As humanists, we must remain connected, drawing inspiration from the Republic of Letters, a tradition that dates back to the time of Isotta Nogarola and Desiderius Erasmus. Even when nations were at war and mutual hatred ran deep, humanists continued to write to one another and extend intellectual hospitality. Let us uphold that legacy—and perhaps even find some solace in it!

Read our celebratory issue here: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/2025/10/1. It contains two Themes: “Race” in Cultural Knowledge Production and Papers from the MOH X Conference!

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June 17, 2025 By admin

Digital Workshop: Comparative Methods and their Histories – 9-10 July

The program for the upcoming workshop Comparing Comparing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Comparative Methods and their Histories is now set. The workshop is open for all, free of charge. For more information, see the workshop webpage: https://www.grk-gegenwart.uni-bonn.de/de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsarchiv/workshops/workshop-comparing-comparing-interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-comparative-methods-and-their-histories-1

  • 9 July, 18:00 c.t. – A public evening lecture by Prof. Benjamin Hutchinson (University of Kent), titled “Comparison and its Discontents”
  • 10 July, approx. 10:00–18:00 – Workshop sessions with nine papers

Please register for the workshop in advance at grk2291@uni-bonn.de.

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February 28, 2025 By admin

CfP Digital Workshop: Comparative Methods and their Histories

The Board of Events is happy to announce a Call for papers for a 2025 digital workshop: Comparing Comparing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Comparative Methods and their Histories

The Workshop is hosted by the Contemporary/Literature DFG-Research Training Group at the University of Bonn in cooperation with the Society for the History of the Humanities.

The workshop will take place on 9–11 July 2025, in hybrid (in person/digital) format. It is open to all those interested and will be free of charge.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2025.

Read the call for papers here!

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February 24, 2025 By admin

CfP: History of the Humanities Focus Area at 2025 History of Knowledge Conference (Lund)

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. The conference is hosted by the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK).

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. More info can be found at: https://newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/the-history-of-knowledge-conference/

Confirmed keynote speakers are Robert Darnton (Harvard) and Susanne Schmidt (Berlin).

The deadline for abstracts is 1 May, 2025.

LUX-building, Lund. Photo: Johan Persson

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