Pogingen tot planning in de Nederlandse geschiedbeoefening, 1827-2022 ; Attempts at planning in Dutch historiography, 1827-2022

The recently published Dutch Sectorplan for the Humanities can be considered as the latest offshoot within the genre of historiographical planning. This genre, which has existed since at least the first half of the nineteenth century, is the topic of this article. Analyzing this rather specific genre of texts brings together two domains, science policy and science itself. In historiography these two domains have usually been studied separately. Through the study of four different plans (from 1827, 1904, 1974, and 2008), it becomes clear to what extent historiographical ambitions were formulate... Mehr ...