Max Planck Institut for the History of Science
 
 
 
 
 

Institute's Colloquium 2011/12

Each year the MPIWG hosts a monthly colloquium series open to the public. This year’s series highlights new research within the institute with a special emphasis on our most recently established research groups and their projects.

Organized by Etienne Benson (ebenson@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) and Christine von Oertzen (coertzen@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin

Wednesdays, 3 p.m.

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Program

September 28, 2011

Julia Kursell
Historical Epistemology of Hearing, 1850-2000

Abstract

October 19, 2011

Ursula Klein                   
The Prussian Mining Official Alexander von Humboldt

Abstract

November 23, 2011

Viktoria Tkaczyk
Spoken Word Theatre and the Architects of Sound, 1800/1900

Abstract

December 14, 2011

Sabine Arnaud
Writing Deafness in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century

Abstract

January 25, 2012

Fernando Vidal
Genealogy and Topography of “Endangerment”

Abstract

February 22, 2012

Sven Dupré
Knowledge in the Artist's Studio

Abstract

March 21, 2012

Martha Fleming
Natural History Museums as Scientific Repositories and Research Laboratories

Abstract

April 25, 2012

Vincenzo De Risi
Proving the Parallel Postulate in the Early Modern Age: Philosophy and Mathematics

Abstract

May 23, 2012

Matthias Schemmel
The Place of Mohist Science in a Long-Term History of Knowledge

Abstract

June 20, 2012

Suparna Choudhury/Felicity Callard

Situating the Brain Between the Natural Sciences and Humanities

Abstract