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
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Part of Annals of Science, p. 195-207, 2016
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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
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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
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Collecting Standards: Teaching Botanical Skills in Sweden, 1850-1950
Part of Science in Context, p. 239-258, 2011
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Part of Eine Naturgeschichte für das 21. Jahrhundert, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2011
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Amatörer, dilettanter, och botanisk arbetsfördelning
Part of Mellom pasjon og profesjonalisme, p. 309-326, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2011
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Das Linné-Projekt: Die Mobilisierung von Amateur-Botanikern in Schweden zwischen 1972 und 1986
Part of Dilettantismus als Beruf, Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2009
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Science or poetry?: Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden c. 1900
Part of The Linnaean legacy, p. 55-63, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
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Efterord: vetenskapshistoriens forskningspolitiska relevans
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 258-271, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
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Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, Nordic academic press, 2008
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Part of Svensk botanisk tidskrift, p. 55-64, 2007
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Le projet Linné: Mobiliser et organiser les botanistes amateurs en Suède, 1972-1986
Part of Des sciences citoyennes?, 2007
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The Swedish Museum of Natural History and the "Linnaean tradition"
Part of From private to public, Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, 2005
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Part of Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 2004
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Introduktion: Att sälja biologi
Part of Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2004
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Nature's palace: Constructing the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Part of History of science, p. 85-111, 2004
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Växter, vetenskap och folkpoesi: Nomenklatur som medium
Part of Den mediala vetenskapen, 2004
Recent publications
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Part of Contemporary European History, 2026
- DOI for Under Vernacular Bushels: Language as Science Policy in the Reorganisation of Nordic Scientific Publication, 1960-1980
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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
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Mapping Nordic nature: Conservation expertise and international collaboration, c. 1970
Part of To Take Us Lands Away, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Contemporary European History, 2026
- DOI for Under Vernacular Bushels: Language as Science Policy in the Reorganisation of Nordic Scientific Publication, 1960-1980
- Download full text (pdf) of Under Vernacular Bushels: Language as Science Policy in the Reorganisation of Nordic Scientific Publication, 1960-1980
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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
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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
- DOI for Niche development: the International Foundation for Science and the road to Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Niche development: the International Foundation for Science and the road to Sweden
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Part of History of Science, p. 211-231, 2022
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Conferences: constructingknowledge and communities
Part of Viewpoint: Magazine of the British Society for History of Science, p. 6-7, 2022
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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
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Part of Annals of Science, p. 195-207, 2016
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Collecting Standards: Teaching Botanical Skills in Sweden, 1850-1950
Part of Science in Context, p. 239-258, 2011
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Part of Svensk botanisk tidskrift, p. 55-64, 2007
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Introduktion: Att sälja biologi
Part of Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2004
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Nature's palace: Constructing the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Part of History of science, p. 85-111, 2004
Chapters in book
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Mapping Nordic nature: Conservation expertise and international collaboration, c. 1970
Part of To Take Us Lands Away, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2022
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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
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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
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Part of Eine Naturgeschichte für das 21. Jahrhundert, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2011
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Amatörer, dilettanter, och botanisk arbetsfördelning
Part of Mellom pasjon og profesjonalisme, p. 309-326, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2011
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Das Linné-Projekt: Die Mobilisierung von Amateur-Botanikern in Schweden zwischen 1972 und 1986
Part of Dilettantismus als Beruf, Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2009
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Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 9-23, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
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Science or poetry?: Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden c. 1900
Part of The Linnaean legacy, p. 55-63, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
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Efterord: vetenskapshistoriens forskningspolitiska relevans
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 258-271, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
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Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, Nordic academic press, 2008
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Le projet Linné: Mobiliser et organiser les botanistes amateurs en Suède, 1972-1986
Part of Des sciences citoyennes?, 2007
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A worthwhile road?: Attaining the Science City of Stockholm
Part of Taking place, Science history publications, Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts, 2006
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Fyra frågor om Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Part of Kulturarvens dynamik, 2005
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The Swedish Museum of Natural History and the "Linnaean tradition"
Part of From private to public, Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, 2005
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Part of Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 2004
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Växter, vetenskap och folkpoesi: Nomenklatur som medium
Part of Den mediala vetenskapen, 2004
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Identitetsklyvning?: Forskning på Naturhistoriska riksmuseet och Nordiska museet
Part of Museer och framtidstro, 2003
Conference papers
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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
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Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden c. 1900
Part of Species Plantarum 250 years, 2005
Other
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Part of Historisk Tidsskrift, p. 271-275, 2011
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Oscariansk antropologi: Exotism, förhistoria och rasforskning som vetenskaplig människosyn
Part of Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2003