History of Humanities
This history of humanities have in recent years developed into an independent field of study with journals, a society and regular meetings. See also: https://www.historyofhumanities.org This starter pack gathers some of the people involved. If you would like to be added, let me know.
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@kreskildsen.bsky.social
@zenothankyou.bsky.social
History postdoc in Turin, works on race, policy, and education in the German Enlightenment. Co-organizes the Online Enlightenment Club. Strong feelings about the periodization of the 18thC. Enjoys hiking, hummus, horror films, and heavy metal. Jewish.
@helgejojo.bsky.social
Cultural and intellectual history, University of Oslo, time nerd
@arthuralfaixassis.bsky.social
Citizen. Scholar in theory of history and the history of ideas. Associate Professor at the University of Brasília https://unb.academia.edu/ArthurAlfaixAssis https://www.youtube.com/@arthuralfaixassis #Historiography, #intellectualhistory, #PhilHist
@justcode.bsky.social
Writer I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture Prof. HSTM/STS, U. of MN. Co-edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk. srs. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE
@woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social
Professor of history & Principal Emeritus, Queen's University. Academic interests include historiography/theory, and early modern Britain. Also @woolf_atthedoor on 'X' and woolfd1958 on 'Threads'. Dog servant and occasional practitioner of several hobbies.
@danielwilson.bsky.social
Thinking about Data and Machines, their Histories and Cultures. Sometimes using Computers. At UCL. danielwilson.info 🤖 Computational Humanities #dh | History 🗃️ | STS #histsci
@williamcarruthers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Heritage @phaisessex.bsky.social . ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk // williamcarruthers.wordpress.com
@cmarkthiesen.bsky.social
Historian of Africa / the Globe: socioeconomic, cultures of knowledge, media. #Digital History. Advisory Editorial Board Journal of African History. “Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
@xinfan.bsky.social
Historian, Teacher, and Traveler; Author of "World History and National Identity in China" (CambridgeUP, 2021) & "Global history in China" (Palgrave 2024).
@mihatsch.bsky.social
Global historian interested in sovereignty, nationalism & Sudanese political parties — and most recently global histories of historiography. Lecturer & "woke sorcerer" working at @camhistory.bsky.social.
@oharajrm.com
Theory and Philosophy of History @ University of São Paulo - USP (Brazil) Interested in narrative, trust, and epistemic dependence.
@hakonevju.bsky.social
Idéhistoriker ved UiO, tobarnsfar i Nordre Follo og sportsfisker i Sandsvær. Intellectual history; The Enlightenment; Denmark-Norway; Political and Historical Thought; Political Economy; Forest History.
@lascno.bsky.social
Postdoc WUR / Colonial History Wageningen University in Indonesia and Suriname, 1876-present / My research is motivated by the question how knowledge is situated in particular historical contexts / Secretly three raccoons in a trenchcoat
@isakhammar.bsky.social
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.
@mrwmmr.bsky.social
Deputy director of Collegium Helveticum. Swiss Institute for Advanced Study. Zurich. https://collegium.ethz.ch/
@sjangtenhagen.bsky.social
Historian of the sciences and humanities — Assistant Professor Liberal Arts and Sciences @ Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/staff/SLtenHagen
@julianhamann.bsky.social
Sociologist | Junior professor at HU Berlin | Academic careers, evaluation, disciplines, inequalities.
@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)
@antnlj.bsky.social
Historian of ideas, knowledge, religion, political thought, Germany, and Sweden. 19th-20th century. Right now mainly researching Swedish atheism. Ungefär samma på svenska.
@dlheidenblad.bsky.social
Docent i historia vid Lunds universitet. Skriver i SvD och Sydsvenskan. Författare till "Ta din tid: Gör mindre men bättre" på Volante. (https://volante.se/bocker/ta-din-tid)
@ehayot.bsky.social
Teacher (Penn State), writer of books about China and the West, literary worlds, academic style, history of the humanities. New project on the end of aesthetic history. Arsenal fan, occasional Cassandra.
@rensbod.bsky.social
Historian of Knowledge and Computational Humanist. Professor @University of Amsterdam. President of Society for History of the Humanities. Academic Activist @WOinActie
@pschottler.bsky.social
Historiker, historian, historien. Former CNRS and FU Berlin. #FrenchHistory #GermanHistory #Historiography https://peterschoettler.de/ --- Слава Україні! ---
@hosthgustafsson.bsky.social
Historian of science and ideas interested in the history of the humanities, history and organization of universities, and the formation of the modern politics of knowledge.
@kreskildsen.bsky.social
History of sciences, humanities, and universities. Interested in alternatives and experiments in higher education, and likes old stuff. Author of "Modern Historiography in the Making" (Bloomsbury, 2022). https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/persons/eskild