Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Institute’s Colloquium

The Archaeology of Practical Knowledge: Instruments, Techniques and Craft Practice

Presentation
Stephen Johnston (University of Oxford)
Time
May 15, 2013
3 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstr. 22
14195 Berlin
Organizer
This year’s colloquium series is organized by Matteo Valleriani (valleriani@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
 

Institute’s Colloquium

Colour Knowledge in the 18th Century: Practice, Systematisation, and Natural Philosophy

Presentation
Friedrich Steinle (Technische Universität Berlin)
Time
May 22, 2013
3 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstr. 22
14195 Berlin
Organizer
This year’s colloquium series is organized by Matteo Valleriani (valleriani@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
 

Seminar Series “Twentieth Century Histories of Knowledge About Human Variation”

Epidemic Risks: Places, Religions, and Races in the Construction of International Public Health

Presentation
João Rangel de Almeida (MPIWG Berlin)
Time
May 23, 2013
11 a.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
rm. 005
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Colloquium “Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe”

Chromatic Variations: Early Modern Practices of Color

Presentation
Amy Buono (MPIWG; Southern Methodist University, Dallas)
Time
May 27, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Dupré
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For further information, see this website.
 

Presentation

“Blick auf Vielfalt”

Presentation
Katrin von Lehmann (Artist in Residence, MPIWG)
Time
May 28, 2013
3 p.m.
Adress
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Lipphardt
 

Workshop

Finite Geometry, Indivisibles and Minima from the Middle Age to the 18th Century

Time
May 29, 2013
9.30 a.m.–5.30 p.m.
Adress
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Vincenzo de Risi (MPIWG)
 

Public Lecture “Künstlerwissen: The History and Theory of Artists’ Knowledge”

“Let the Balance Be Just and the Weights Equal”? Another Look at Quentin Matsys's Moneychanger and his Wife.

Presentation
Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute, London)
Time
Mai 31, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizer
Sven Dupré
Contact
If you wish to attend please contact officedupre.
More
For further information see this website or download the program.
 

Seminar Series “Twentieth Century Histories of Knowledge About Human Variation”

The Biological Categorization of El Indígena in the First Half of the 20th Century

Presentation
Yuriditzi Pascacio Montijo (MPIWG Berlin)
Time
June 6, 2013
11 a.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
rm. 005
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Colloquium “Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe”

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Presentation
Frank Fehrenbach (Harvard University)
Time
June 10, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Dupré
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Institute’s Colloquium

Prolegomena zu einer Theorie antiker Innovationsprozesse

Presentation
Jochen Büttner (MPIWG Berlin)
Time
June 12, 2013
3 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstr. 22
14195 Berlin
Organizer
This year’s colloquium series is organized by Matteo Valleriani (valleriani@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
 

Scholars' Forum

8th Scholars' Forum Literature and History of Science

Time
June 14, 2013
10 a.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstr. 22
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Jutta Müller-Tamm (FU Berlin)
Hansjakob Ziemer (MPIWG)
Johanna Bohley (FU Berlin)
Fabian Krämer (LMU München)
Christina Brandt (RUB)
Bernhard Kleeberg (Universität Konstanz)
Jenny Willner (FU Berlin)
Contact
For participation and details please contact:
Antje Gebhardt
Lorenz Becker
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Public Lecture “Künstlerwissen: The History and Theory of Artists’ Knowledge”

Ingenuity in the Gallery: Art and Knowledge in the Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest

Presentation
Alexander Marr (University of Cambridge)
Time
June 14, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizer
Sven Dupré
Contact
If you wish to attend please contact officedupre.
More
For further information see this website or download the program.
 

Seminar Series “Twentieth Century Histories of Knowledge About Human Variation”

Laboratory Life of the Mexican Mestizo

Presentation
Vivette Garcia Deister (MPIWG Berlin)
Time
June 20, 2013
11 a.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
rm. 005
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Public Lecture “Künstlerwissen: The History and Theory of Artists’ Knowledge”

The Art of Mapping. Topographical Information, Design and Meaning in Early Modern Netherlandish Maps and Paintings

Presentation
Tanja Michalsky (Universität der Künste, Berlin)
Time
June 21, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizer
Sven Dupré
Contact
If you wish to attend please contact officedupre.
More
For further information see this website or download the program.
 

Colloquium “Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe”

Artists’ Scholarly Expertise for the Making of Bestsellers in 16th-century Basel

Presentation
Valentina Sebastiani (MPIWG; Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Treno)
Time
June 24, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Dupré
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Colloquium “Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe”

Signs of Change: Symbols and Illustrations in Late Medieval Alchemical Manuscripts

Presentation
Anke Timmermann (MPIWG)
Time
September 2, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Dupré
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Workshop

Early Modern Colour Practices, 1450–1650

Time
September 19–September 21, 2013
Adress
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Sven Dupré (MPIWG)
Contact
It is possible to observe the workshop, but space is limited, if you wish to attend please contact officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
 

Workshop

Alum

Time
October 11, 2013
Adress
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Contact
It is possible to observe the workshop, but space is limited, if you wish to attend please contact officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
 

Colloquium “Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe”

Art, Value, Common Knowledge, and Natural History: The Adversaria of Ernst Brinck (1582-1649)

Presentation
Claudia Swan (MPIWG, Berlin/ Northwestern University, Illinois)
Time
October 14, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Dupré
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Colloquium “Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe”

“Whether this Art Owes More to Nature, or Nature to this Art”: Visualizing the Body in Eighteenth-Century Italy

Presentation
Lucia Dacome (MPIWG; University of Toronto)
Time
November 18, 2013
4 p.m.–6 p.m.
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Villa
Harnackstraße 5
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Research Group Dupré
More
For further information, see this website.
 

Workshop

Early Modern Colour Practices, 1450-1650 II

Time
March 20–March 22, 2014
Adress
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Sven Dupré (MPIWG)
Contact
It is possible to observe the workshop, but space is limited, if you wish to attend please contact officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
 

Workshop

Reading How-To

Time
September 19–September 20, 2014
Adress
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Organizers
Sven Dupré (MPIWG)
Elaine Leong (MPIWG)
Doris Oltrogge (CICS)
Contact
It is possible to observe the workshop, but space is limited, if you wish to attend please contact officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
 

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