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    Event Series

    Institute's Colloquium 2025–26

    Rethinking Time in the History of Science

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  • Research Reels: Leonie Böttiger

    Research Reel

    Short Video

    Leonie Boettiger: Women Patients in Early Medieval Arabic Gynecological Recipes

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    Feature Story

    No. 89

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

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  • Research Reels: Razieh S Mousavi

    Research Reel

    Short Video

    Razieh S. Mousavi: Calculation & Power. Engagement of Astronomers in Water Management

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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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Vacancies in research, administration, and technical support

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In Memoriam: Renate Wahsner (1938–2026)

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Gabriel N. Rosenberg in the New York Times on industrial food, technology, and politics

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Events

Surveilling the Surveyors

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Uyghurs in the Spotlight of Evolutionary and Forensic Genetics: The End of a Long-Standing German-Chinese Scientific Collaboration

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Book Presentation: "Foreign Astral Sciences in China: From the Six Dynasties to the Northern Song"

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Biocultural Worlding Reading Group

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