Issue 3.2 of History of Humanities is out!

Issue 3.2. of History of Humanities has recently been published. It is yet another rich issue containing 6 articles on a variety of topics such as Vico’s philology, 19th century French historiography, criticism in the modern humanities, epistemic virtues and national stereotypes, the marginalization of the humanities in Sweden and an exciting bibliometric analysis of 20th century Venetian historiography. Next to this there are over 20 book reviews. This sharp increase in number of reviews can be taken as a marker of extensive productivity in the field of the history of humanities.

A Chinese Review of my Book in the journal Dushu

I am very happy to see this review article of the extended Chinese version of my book in the major Chinese literary magazine Dushu. It also contains an English summary.

"What’s more, the views of this book are extremely enlightening for the redevelopment for Chinese humanities, which is at the crossroad of how to regain its profoundly humanistic tradition after the New Culture Movement."

A very extensive review of "A New History of the Humanities"

And here's a very extensive, thorough review of the English translation of my book, by Lee Trepanier.

Enjoy!

Spring issue of "History of Humanities" has been published

The spring issue of History of Humanities has just been published. It contains a Forum section on The Two Cultures Revisited, five regular articles and over a dozen book reviews.

Click here to go to issue 3(1) of History of Humanities

Call for Papers ‘The Making of the Humanities VII’ Conference

‘The Making of the Humanities’ conference returns to Amsterdam! This is the place where the conference series started in 2008, 10 years ago.

The University of Amsterdam will host the 7th Making of the Humanities conference at its CREA facilities, from 15 till 17 November 2018.

Click here for the full Call for Papers.

A Review of the Polish translation of "A New History of the Humanities"

For those who read Polish -- or who want to copy and paste the text in Google Translate -- here's a review of the Polish translation of my book.

Click here to go to the review.

Fellowships in the History of the Humanities

The Vossius Center for the History of Humanities and Sciences offers funding for Research Fellowships for 1-3 months.

The deadline for applications is 1 March 2018. Applicants are invited to submit a proposal for obtaining a subsidy. The proposal should make clear why it fits in the research theme of the Center.

Click here for more information on the Vossius Fellowships and specific details about the application procedure.