Juli 2022
- Workshop
Fenye Workshop
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
This is a closed event.
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4-8.07.22 in R265 at MPIWG; 27-28.07.22 at Harnack-Haus.
- Workshop
The Waste of the Body
Organizer(s)AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
Kontakt und Registrierung
For further information about this event, please contact Tamar Novick (tnovick@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
- 10:30 bis 11:30
- Talk
Moonrise, Moonset, and Planting Times
Organizer(s)AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumRoom 265Kontakt und Registrierung
This is a hybrid event and will be open to the public online. To register, please contact Chun Xu (cxu@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
- 15:00 bis 16:30
- Seminar
The Laboratory of Animal Spirits. Animal Experimentation and Therapeutic Innovation in the Wake of the Psychopharmacological Revolution
Organizer(s)- Lara Keuck
- Steeves Demazeux
AdresseMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumZoom/Online Meeting PlatformKontakt und Registrierung
The seminar series is open to all. To receive the zoom link, please email Birgitta von Mallinckrodt (OFFICEKEUCK@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE).
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This research seminar is hosted by the Bordeaux-Berlin WORKING GROUP ON TRANSLATING VALIDITY IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH and brings together historians, philosophers, psychiatrists and biomedical researchers.
- 15:30 bis 17:00
- Lecture
(POSTPONED) Constellations and Celestial Globes from the Islamic World: The Use of Virtual Reality Technology as a New Interpretative Tool
- Dept. III
- Federica Gigante (University of Oxford)
- Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa …
- Image Database: Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heavens
AdresseMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumZoom/Online Meeting PlatformKontakt und Registrierung
The meetings will take place on Zoom. The event is closed to the public, but MPIWG members are welcome and may register by emailing: brentjes@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
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The goal of the lecture series is to complement the image database that we have created over the last years by topic and region-specific lectures related to the history and culture of astral knowledge.
- 12:00 bis 13:30
- Reading Group
Nerves: A Preparation for, and Companion, to the New Working Group: “Knowing Nerves: From Animal Spirits to Neural Nets"
Kontakt und Registrierung
Contact to register for HE Reading Group: twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
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This reading group explores the theme of premodern experience by making use of and adapting the approach of historical epistemology (HE). We will discuss how different primary and secondary sources have treated the epistemic status of experience and the roles of experience in gaining scientific knowledge, applying scientific knowledge, building a scientific system, or becoming a scientist, and why they have done so. In so doing, we will discuss how the tools of HE can help us shed light on the roles of experience for scientific knowledge and how, in turn, these primary sources help shape a modified HE for the history of premodern science and beyond.
- 12:00 bis 13:00
- Summer Colloquium
The Ninth-Century Transmission of Greek Philosophy into the Arabic-Speaking World and the Emergence of Baghdadian Rationalism: Coming to a Proper Judgement of the Place of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (CE 808-877)
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
The colloquium is open to everyone interested and will be offered in hybrid format. To register please contact Tracy Wietecha (twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
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This event is part of the Max Planck Research Group Premodern Sciences Summer Colloquium 2022.
- 13:05 bis 14:00
- Summer Colloquium
Why Did People in Medieval Europe Think that Virgil Made Robots? Science Fiction, Astral Magic, and Literary Theory
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
The colloquium is open to everyone interested and will be offered in hybrid format. To register please contact Tracy Wietecha (twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
Über diese Reihe
This event is part of the Max Planck Research Group Premodern Sciences Summer Colloquium 2022.
August 2022
- 12:00 bis 13:30
- Summer Colloquium
Plague: The Fractured Ontology of an Infectious Disease
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
The colloquium is open to everyone interested and will be offered in hybrid format. To register please contact Tracy Wietecha (twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
Über diese Reihe
This event is part of the Max Planck Research Group Premodern Sciences Summer Colloquium 2022.
- 12:00 bis 13:30
- Summer Colloquium
Cipher: The Art of Calculation in the Medieval Mediterranean
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
The colloquium is open to everyone interested and will be offered in hybrid format. To register please contact Tracy Wietecha (twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
Über diese Reihe
This event is part of the Max Planck Research Group Premodern Sciences Summer Colloquium 2022.
- Workshop
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus: the Eurasian Life of a Seventeenth-Century European Botanical Classic
Organizer(s)AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumMain Conference RoomKontakt und Registrierung
The workshop is for invited participants only.
September 2022
- 12:00 bis 13:30
- Summer Colloquium
Knowledges in Transit: Linnaeus's Lapland Journey (1732)
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
The colloquium is open to everyone interested and will be offered in hybrid format. To register please contact Tracy Wietecha (twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
Über diese Reihe
This event is part of the Max Planck Research Group Premodern Sciences Summer Colloquium 2022.
- Conference
Philosophical Perspectives on Medieval Theories of Science
Organizer(s)Kontakt und Registrierung
The event is open to the public. To register, please contact medieval.theories.of.science@gmail.com.
Past Events
Dezember 2017
- 14:00 bis 15:00
- Anthropocene Lectures
The Body Politic: Human Being and Becoming in the Planetary Era
- Dept. I
- Karen Litfin
Organizer(s)- Franz Mauelshagen
AdresseIASS Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., Berliner Straße 130, 14467 Potsdam, Deutschland
RaumBallroomKontakt und Registrierung
No registration required. For further details please email Franz Mauelshagen.
Über diese Reihe
The Anthropocene—the geological epoch of humanity—has established itself as a key concept within a wider scientific and social discourse. In the midst of the dramatic and destabilizing changes to the basic conditions for life on our planet, new epistemic potentials for human action upon the Earth are to be explored.
In the framework of the Anthropocene Lecture series, a number of distinguished speakers accentuating the Anthropocene debate are invited to respond to a topic that will be a central challenge for many generations to come. The lectures take place at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam.
- 12:30 bis 14:00
- Digital Humanities Workshop
Network Analysis Overview
AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumRoom 265Kontakt und Registrierung
All are welcome to attend, regardless of prior experience of the digital humanities. Registration is required for external participants. To register, and for further information on the Digital Humanities Brown Bag Lunch series email Research IT Group.
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The Digital Humanities Brown Bag Lunch Workshop occurs bi-weekly. Each session explores a new topic; workshops are usually interactive, and we often invite external speakers. Please feel free to bring your lunch, and a laptop or notebook in order to participate!
- 10:00 bis 17:00
- Workshop
Moving Crops
- Dept. III
- Mehrere Vortragende
- Dagmar Schäfer
- Alina-Sandra Cucu
Organizer(s)AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
Kontakt und Registrierung
Observers are welcome but places are limited—please register with event_dept3@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
- 15:30 bis 17:00
- Colloquium
Thematic Cluster: Visualizing Cosmologies
- The MPIWG Chinese Map Collection: Typological Parallels and "Historical" Layers
- MPIWG Map Collection: Comparative Study of Cosmographic Maps of the Qing Empire
- Translation Terroirs: East Asia between Autochthonous and European Cartographic…
AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumRoom 265Kontakt und Registrierung
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups. Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
- 13:30 bis 15:30
- Colloquium
Sampling History: A New Cut
- Epistemes of Modern Acoustics
- Mehrere Vortragende
- Mara Mills
- Jonathan Sterne
Verwandte Projekt(e)
AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumRoom 215Kontakt und Registrierung
For registration and the pre-circulated paper please contact officeacoustics@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
The papers are available one week in advance.
Über diese Reihe
The Epistemes of Modern Acoustics Colloquium occurs once per month and is not linked to a specific Working Group. The standard format is a presentation by the paper's author, followed by a discussion. Attendees must read the precirculated paper, sent out a week in advance.
- 14:00 bis 16:00
- Institute's Colloquium
The Worldwide Rise of “No Religion” and Its Significance
Organizer(s)AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumMain Conference RoomKontakt und Registrierung
The Institute's Colloquium is a public event, open to all with no registration required. Attendance is mandatory for Institute’s members. For further information please email Ohad Parnes.
Über diese Reihe
The Institute’s Colloquium occurs once per month during the academic year. The usual format is 45 minutes of presentation by the paper's author, followed by 45 minutes of Q&A discussion. No prior reading or preparation is required for this event series. Coffee and cake is served after the talk.
November 2017
- 18:00 bis 20:00
- Lecture
Die Evolution des Wissens
Organizer(s)- Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
- Eurasien-Abteilung
AdresseEthnological Museum, Lansstraße 8, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem, Deutschland
- 15:30 bis 17:00
- Colloquium
Engineering Cairo: Sewers and the Social
AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumRoom 265Kontakt und Registrierung
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups. Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
- 15:00 bis 18:00
- Presentation
The Potential of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Humanities Research
Organizer(s)- Oliver Autumn (VR Business Club)
- Florian Kräutli
- Turhan Gezer
AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
Kontakt und Registrierung
Please register at akilgus@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de by November 22, 2017.
- 14:00
- Political Epistemology Talk
Creative Commensuration: the Political Stakes of the History of Science
AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
- 15:30 bis 17:00
- Colloquium
Thematic Cluster: Colonial Techniques
- Documenting Destitution: Photography and the Visual Archive of Famine in India
- Science and the Senses: A Sensory History of Scientific Knowledge in South Asia
AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
Kontakt und Registrierung
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups. Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
- 19:00
- Lecture
Plato’s Cave Revisited: A Conversation about Education Today
Organizer(s)- Cooperation of Bard College Berlin and the Barenboim-Said Academy
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No registration required
- 14:00 bis 16:00
- Institute's Colloquium
Popular Medicine in Antiquity
- William Harris (Columbia University)
Organizer(s)AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
- 18:00
- Colloquium
Speed Listening by Blind Readers and the History of Audio Time Compression
- 15:30 bis 12:00
- Colloquium
Hearing Objectified: (Re)producing Noise through Decibel Measurements and Audio Recordings under Taiwan’s Noise Management System
AdresseMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumVilla, Room V005/Seminar RoomKontakt und Registrierung
For registration and the pre-circulated paper please contact officeacoustics@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
The papers are available one week in advance.
- 15:30 bis 17:00
- Workshop
Thematic Cluster: Colonial Techniques
Organizer(s)- Department III
- Wilko Hardenberg
AdresseMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
RaumRoom 265Kontakt und Registrierung
Please register with Wilko Hardenberg.
Oktober 2017
- 18:00
- Colloquium
Time-Uncritical Media. Stretching and Shrinking Sound in the 1940s
- 15:30 bis 17:00
- Colloquium
The Origins of Alpine Internationalism: Alpine Clubs as Networks of Knowledge, 1874–1920
AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland
Kontakt und Registrierung
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups. Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
- 14:00
- Political Epistemology Talk
On Collecting and Interpreting Biofacts
- Nicole Karafyllis (Technische Universität Braunschweig)
AdresseMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Deutschland