History of Knowledge

Readings, questions and assignments, week by week. Readings on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Week 1 14–20 September

Wed 16 Sep

2017 Historiography

Lorraine Daston · Week 1, Wednesday 16 September

KNOW 1, pp. 131–154

Wed 16 Sep

2023 Historiography

Johan Östling & David Larsson Heidenblad · Week 1, Wednesday 16 September

Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–16

Wed 16 Sep

2024 Historiography

James Secord · Week 1, Wednesday 16 September

BJHS Themes 9, pp. 17–37

Fri 18 Sep

1977 Aristotle Historiography

Thomas Kuhn · Week 1, Friday 18 September

University of Chicago Press, pp. xi–xiii

Wed 14 Oct

2009 Historiography

Pamela Smith · Week 5, Wednesday 14 October

Renaissance Quarterly 62, pp. 345–375

Introduction to the historiographical debates; can serve as the introductory article for Assignment 2.