Thomas Karlsohn

Thomas Karlsohn is associate professor and senior lecturer at the Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala university. Karslohn specialises in the intellectual history of the university with a particular focus on the German territories at the turn of the eighteenth century. Karlsohn is also a regular contributor to the Swedish public debate about current developments in research and higher education. Recent works include: Universitetets ide: sexton nyckeltexter (”The Idea of the University: Sixteen Key Texts”) (2016, ed., translation and introduction); Ensamhet och gemenskap: en brevväxling om universitetet (”Solitude and Fellowship: Letters on the University”) (2016, together with Per Magnus Johansson); The Humboldtian Tradition: Origins and Legacies (2014, ed. with Peter Josephson and Johan Östling); Till vilken nytta? En bok om humanioras möjligheter(”To What End? A Book About the Humanities and its Possibilities”) (2013, ed. with Tomas Forser); Originalitetens former: essäer om bildning och universitet (”Forms of Originality: Essays on Bildung and the University”) (2012).