Research groups from the Centre for the Rise of Science and Fiction (CRSF), Centre for Science Studies (CSS), Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas (CAS), and Histories, Cultures and Communications of Science (HiCCS) hereby invites all to a seminar on new Danish history of science. The seminar will provide a forum for discussion amongst researchers working on Danish history of science with a focus on the field’s methodological and empirical possibilites. The aim is to foster dialogue and collaboration across projects and disciplines to develop and consolidate new research on the history of science in Denmark.

Historian of science Helge Kragh, professor emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute, will deliver the lecture: "The Language of Science: A Historiographical Approach." followed by discussion.

Call for working papers. After the lecture the research groups invite researchers at any career stage to contribute short working papers: project descriptions, article drafts etc. (max. length of 2 pages). The 3 hour discussion of working papers will be a joint discussion of participant’s projects.

Programme

10.30 am – 12.00 pm: Lecture by Helge Kragh: “The Language of Science: A Historiographical Approach”.
12.00 pm – 01.00 pm: Lunch.
01.00 pm – 04.00 pm: Joint discussion of working papers.

The seminar is open to all with or without working papers. Deadline for signing up is January 15th, 2026 via email to Valdemar Nielsen Pold, vnp@cc.au.dk

Deadline for submitting working papers is February 13th, 2026. Please submit to Valdemar Nielsen Pold, vnp@cc.au.dk,. Maximum length is 2 pages of 2400 characters each.

Organizers

Centre for the Rise of Science and Fiction (CRSF), Centre for Science Studies (CSS), Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas (CAS), and Histories, Cultures and Communications of Science (HiCCS)