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    Volume 2 - Issue 1 - 2021

    About this Journal

    The Journal for the History of Knowledge is an open access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the history of knowledge in its broadest sense. This includes the study of science, but also of indigenous, artisanal, and other types of knowledge as well as the history of knowledge developed in the humanities and social sciences. Special attention is paid to interactions and processes of demarcation between science and other forms of knowledge. Contributions may deal with the history of concepts of knowledge, the study of knowledge making practices and institutions and sites of knowledge production, adjudication, and legitimation (including universities). Contributions which highlight the relevance of the history of knowledge to current policy concerns (for example, by historicizing and problematizing concepts such as the "knowledge society") are particularly welcome.

    Book Launch Histories of Bureaucratic Knowledge

    March 11, 2021 18:15 to 19:45

    Sebastian Felten and Christine von Oertzen invite you to celebrate the publication of “Histories of Bureaucratic Knowledge,” the inaugural Special Issue of the Journal for the History of Knowledge. This collection of nine case studies develops a new approach to analyzing bureaucratic procedures by focusing on the epistemic dimensions of rule following and routines. It is the collective result of a working group of historians who focus on different periods and regions, such as the medieval Latin West, Spanish America, Qing China, and the Ottoman Empire. Together, we make the case that understanding bureaucracies in the past is best done by attending to the knowledge processes that they have enabled and by which they have been sustained. By doing so, we aim to enrich the emerging field of history of knowledge and demonstrate how historical epistemology can be made productive for areas otherwise well known to political, social, and cultural historians.

    Join the guest editors, authors, and journal editors for a conversation and for a virtual toast!

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    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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    Please register by sending an email to bureaucracies@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de by March 7, 2021.

    Posted on 26 Feb 2021

    Journal for the History of Knowledge - Call for Proposals, Special Issue Fall 2022

    The Journal for the History of Knowledge includes an annual special issue, compiled by guest editors, which explores a theme central to the journal’s scope.

    We are currently accepting proposals for the Fall 2022 Special Issue.

    Proposals should contain the following:

    • A description of the proposed theme (1500-2000 words) highlighting its significance for the history of knowledge
    • A table of contents (typically 8-12 articles of 8000 words)
    • Abstracts of the articles
    • Two-page CVs of the editors; short biographies of the contributors
    • An outline of the production process up to manuscript submission. All manuscripts must be submitted to the journal by Summer 2021.

    Please send your proposal to all three editors: 
    Sven Dupré (s.g.m.dupre@uu.nl), 
    Renée Schilling (renee.schilling@huygens.knaw.nl), and
    Geert Somsen (g.somsen@maastrichtuniversity.nl).

    Proposal deadline: 14 December 2020
    Notification of acceptance: before 26 February 2021

    After submission, all manuscripts will go through a process of peer-review, author’s revisions, and copy-editing. JHoK is an Open Access journal, in principle at no charge to the authors.

    Details of the journal's scope can be found here. 

    A full list of the editorial team and advisory editorial board is available here.

    Posted on 09 Sep 2020

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