Gunnar Broberg

Born in 1942, PhD Uppsala History of Science and ideas, visiting professor Scandinavian department Berkeley 1978, Reader History of Science and ideas Uppsala, Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg 1987/88, professor history of science and ideas, Lund university 1990-, Fellow SCASSS 1998, Dean humanities 1998-2003, Head Department for cultural studies 2004-05, emeritus professor since 2009. Praeses Vetenskapssocieteten, praeses Royal Vetenskapssamfundet Lund, Member of Swedish Board of Culture for six years, committe of National Museum of Natural history 4 years etc.

Research interest: Linnaeus and history of natural history, 18th Century, Cultural history, History of concepts, history of eugenics, Man´s relation to animals, Alltagsgeschichte

Research

• Completed projects
• History of the Night in Sweden (research leader)The Night as an area of research has too often been neglected. In my study I want to give a survey - which of necessity must be tentative -of Swedish/Scandinavian ...

• Publications

Last modified12 Feb 2010

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