Jenny Beckman
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of History of Science and Ideas
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 14 77
- E-mail:
- Jenny.Beckman@idehist.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3P
- Postal address:
- Box 629
751 26 UPPSALA
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Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Annals of Science, p. 195-207, 2016
Linneanska traditioner?: skolor, jubileer och botanisk praktik
Part of Svensk snillrikhet? Nationella föreställningar om entreprenörer och teknisk begåvning 1800-2000, p. 199-220, Nordic Academic Press, 2014
The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative: Managing the boundaries of “Sweden” and “Taxonomy"
Part of Scientists and scholars in the field, p. 395-414, Aarhus University Press, 2012
Collecting Standards: Teaching Botanical Skills in Sweden, 1850-1950
Part of Science in Context, p. 239-258, 2011
Part of Eine Naturgeschichte für das 21. Jahrhundert, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2011
Amatörer, dilettanter, och botanisk arbetsfördelning
Part of Mellom pasjon og profesjonalisme, p. 309-326, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2011
Das Linné-Projekt: Die Mobilisierung von Amateur-Botanikern in Schweden zwischen 1972 und 1986
Part of Dilettantismus als Beruf, Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2009
Science or poetry?: Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden c. 1900
Part of The Linnaean legacy, p. 55-63, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
Efterord: vetenskapshistoriens forskningspolitiska relevans
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 258-271, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, Nordic academic press, 2008
Part of Svensk botanisk tidskrift, p. 55-64, 2007
Le projet Linné: Mobiliser et organiser les botanistes amateurs en Suède, 1972-1986
Part of Des sciences citoyennes?, 2007
The Swedish Museum of Natural History and the "Linnaean tradition"
Part of From private to public, Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, 2005
Part of Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 2004
Introduktion: Att sälja biologi
Part of Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2004
Nature's palace: Constructing the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Part of History of science, p. 85-111, 2004
Växter, vetenskap och folkpoesi: Nomenklatur som medium
Part of Den mediala vetenskapen, 2004
Recent publications
Try Yourself!: Collecting and Pedagogy in Sweden 1900-1930
Part of Nuncius, p. 666-686, 2024
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Niche development: the International Foundation for Science and the road to Sweden
Part of British Journal for the History of Science, p. 553-566, 2023
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Part of History of Science, p. 211-231, 2022
Mapping Nordic nature: Conservation expertise and international collaboration, c. 1970
Part of To Take Us Lands Away, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2022
Conferences: constructingknowledge and communities
Part of Viewpoint: Magazine of the British Society for History of Science, p. 6-7, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
Try Yourself!: Collecting and Pedagogy in Sweden 1900-1930
Part of Nuncius, p. 666-686, 2024
- DOI for Try Yourself!: Collecting and Pedagogy in Sweden 1900-1930
- Download full text (pdf) of Try Yourself!: Collecting and Pedagogy in Sweden 1900-1930
Niche development: the International Foundation for Science and the road to Sweden
Part of British Journal for the History of Science, p. 553-566, 2023
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- Download full text (pdf) of Niche development: the International Foundation for Science and the road to Sweden
Part of History of Science, p. 211-231, 2022
Conferences: constructingknowledge and communities
Part of Viewpoint: Magazine of the British Society for History of Science, p. 6-7, 2022
Part of Centaurus, p. 98-110, 2020
- DOI for Editors, librarians, and publication exchange: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the long 19th century
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Part of Nuncius, p. 377-391, 2019
Part of Annals of Science, p. 195-207, 2016
Collecting Standards: Teaching Botanical Skills in Sweden, 1850-1950
Part of Science in Context, p. 239-258, 2011
Part of Svensk botanisk tidskrift, p. 55-64, 2007
Introduktion: Att sälja biologi
Part of Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2004
Nature's palace: Constructing the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Part of History of science, p. 85-111, 2004
Chapters in book
Mapping Nordic nature: Conservation expertise and international collaboration, c. 1970
Part of To Take Us Lands Away, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2022
Linneanska traditioner?: skolor, jubileer och botanisk praktik
Part of Svensk snillrikhet? Nationella föreställningar om entreprenörer och teknisk begåvning 1800-2000, p. 199-220, Nordic Academic Press, 2014
The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative: Managing the boundaries of “Sweden” and “Taxonomy"
Part of Scientists and scholars in the field, p. 395-414, Aarhus University Press, 2012
Part of Eine Naturgeschichte für das 21. Jahrhundert, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2011
Amatörer, dilettanter, och botanisk arbetsfördelning
Part of Mellom pasjon og profesjonalisme, p. 309-326, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2011
Das Linné-Projekt: Die Mobilisierung von Amateur-Botanikern in Schweden zwischen 1972 und 1986
Part of Dilettantismus als Beruf, Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2009
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 9-23, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Science or poetry?: Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden c. 1900
Part of The Linnaean legacy, p. 55-63, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
Efterord: vetenskapshistoriens forskningspolitiska relevans
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 258-271, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, Nordic academic press, 2008
Le projet Linné: Mobiliser et organiser les botanistes amateurs en Suède, 1972-1986
Part of Des sciences citoyennes?, 2007
A worthwhile road?: Attaining the Science City of Stockholm
Part of Taking place, Science history publications, Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts, 2006
Fyra frågor om Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Part of Kulturarvens dynamik, 2005
The Swedish Museum of Natural History and the "Linnaean tradition"
Part of From private to public, Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, 2005
Part of Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 2004
Växter, vetenskap och folkpoesi: Nomenklatur som medium
Part of Den mediala vetenskapen, 2004
Identitetsklyvning?: Forskning på Naturhistoriska riksmuseet och Nordiska museet
Part of Museer och framtidstro, 2003
Conference papers
Part of Proceedings of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 4th Conference (DHN 2019), Copenhagen, Denmark, March 5-8, 2019., p. 415-425, 2019
Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden c. 1900
Part of Species Plantarum 250 years, 2005
Other
Part of Historisk Tidsskrift, p. 271-275, 2011
Oscariansk antropologi: Exotism, förhistoria och rasforskning som vetenskaplig människosyn
Part of Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2003