• Research Reels: Stefanie Rudolf with her publication "Under the Sole: Rethinking Shoe Symbolism in Arabic and Ancient Near East"

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    Stefanie Rudolf: Under the Sole

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  • Close-up of cracked and peeling paint layers in multiple colors on a surface. Source: Eduardo Goody,

    Event Series

    Institute's Colloquium 2026–27

    Histories of Science That Lie Beneath

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  • Research Reels: Sarah Lang with her journal article "(Doing) Computational History: The Role of Data Work in Computational Approaches"

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    Sarah Lang: (Doing) Computational History

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    No. 89

    Laboratory for Multimodal History: An Inclusive Space for Audiovisual Experimentation and Collaborative Research

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Founded in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is one of the more than 80 research institutes of the Max Planck Society. Since its inception, the Institute has continually expanded the boundaries of the field of the history of science—critically interrogating basic concepts, bringing multiple disciplines into dialog, and experimenting with novel research methods.

 

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Joan Judge receives the 2026 John K. Fairbank Prize

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"Historical Moments" at Berlin Science Week (November 5, 2026)

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Sarah Lang co-leads an AI and humanities project selected for Schmidt Sciences’ 2026 HAVI funding

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Events

Chinese City Views and City Plans in Early Modern Europe

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Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World

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Knowing Orchids: Observation, Classification, and the Making of Botanical Knowledge in Song Natural History

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The New Age of Philanthropic Science: Lessons from the History of Science

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