Das Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (MPIWG) Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sucht zum 1. April 2022

eine studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/d) mit einer wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit von bis zu 19 Stunden zunächst befristet bis zum 30. September 2022.

Aufgabengebiet:

Wissenschaftliche Hilfskrafttätigkeiten in der Produktion und Postproduktion von Audio- und Videoaufnahmen (z.B. Vorlesungen, Screencasts, Interviews, Tutorials, …) sowie in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit (z.B. Web-Redaktion). Die Hilfskrafttätigkeit bietet einen Einstieg in die Arbeit mit audiovisuellen Medien mit Fokus auf Forschung und Wissenschaftskommunikation und in die Arbeit des MPIWG als dem weltweit größten Forschungsinstitut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.

Anforderungen:

Die Bewerberin/der Bewerber muss sich im Erststudium an einer Universität im Raum Berlin/Brandenburg befinden und sollte über Kenntnisse im Bereich Video-/Audio-Aufnahme und Postproduktion (z.B. mittels Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, o.Ä.) verfügen sowie Interesse an historischen oder kulturwissenschaftlichen Themen. Bevorzugt sind zudem gute Englischkenntnisse (aktiv und passiv), Erfahrungen in der Pflege von Webseiten (z.B. in Drupal) sowie Erfahrungen und eine sorgfältige Arbeitsweise bei der Ablage von Audio- und Videodateien. Weiterhin sind erste Erfahrungen mit Liveschnitt und Livestreams sowie im Umgang mit Aufnahmetechnik in Veranstaltungsräumen von Vorteil, jedoch keine Bedingung.

Die wöchentliche Arbeitszeit beträgt bis zu 19 Stunden, die Vergütung erfolgt nach den Sätzen für studentische Beschäftigte im Rahmen der Nachwuchsförderung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (12,00 €/h für Student*innen ohne BA und 13,95 €/h für Student*innen mit BA).

Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ist bemüht, mehr schwerbehinderte Menschen zu beschäftigen. Bewerbungen Schwerbehinderter sind ausdrücklich erwünscht. Die Bewerbung von Frauen ist ausdrücklich erwünscht.

Schriftliche Bewerbungen mit Anschreiben, Lebenslauf, der aktuellen Immatrikulations-/Semesterbescheinigung sowie ggf. Zeugniskopien reichen Sie bitte

bis zum 06.01.2022 (23:59 MEZ) über unser Bewerberportal ein: https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/20774915

Bitte beachten Sie, dass nur elektronisch über dieses Portal eingereichte Bewerbungen angenommen werden können.

Für die Internationale Max Planck Research School „Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities” (IMPRS-KIR) werden die folgenden Stellen ausgeschrieben:

5 Promotionsstellen zum 1. September 2022.

Jede Stelle wird mit einer Laufzeit von 3,5 Jahren besetzt, mit der Möglichkeit einer einmaligen Verlängerung um sechs Monate.

Die IMPRS-KIR ist eine neue, forschungsorientierte Graduiertenschule im Bereich der Wissenschafts-, Technik- und Medizingeschichte und -philosophie (HPSTM: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine). Sie basiert auf einer Kooperation des Max-Planck-Instituts für Wissenschaftsgeschichte mit der Freien Universität Berlin, der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und der Technischen Universität Berlin. Die IMPRS-KIR widmet sich den tiefgreifenden Verflechtungen von Wissen und seinen Ressourcen aus einer globalen und langzeitlichen Perspektive. Im Zentrum des Programms steht eine historisch-politische Epistemologie, die eine Vielzahl historischer Ressourcen der Wissensentstehung in den Blick nimmt: politische Systeme, technische Infrastrukturen, soziale Interaktion, materielle Objekte und Medientechnologien. Wissen wiederum wird als ein Mittel zur Bestimmung und Erschließung solcher Ressourcen verstanden, und zugleich selbst als eine der wichtigsten Ressourcen menschlicher Kultur.

Die Graduiertenschule bietet eine Ausbildung in historisch-politischer Epistemologie und verbindet Ansätze der HPSTM mit solchen der Regional Studies, Global Studies und Science & Technology Studies (STS), allen Feldern der Geschichtswissenschaften, Medienwissenschaften, Museumswissenschaften, Archäologie, Kunstgeschichte, Literaturwissenschaft, Philologie, Umweltwissenschaften und Forschung im Bereich der Digital Humanities. Promotionsinteressierte mit einem Projekt zu selbst gewählten Themen und Untersuchungszeiträumen innerhalb dieser und verwandter Forschungsfelder sind eingeladen, sich zu bewerben.

Die Promotionsstellen stehen Bewerber_innen aller Nationalitäten mit Masterabschluss (oder gleichwertigem Abschluss) in den oben genannten Fächern offen; hervorragende Englischkenntnisse sind Voraussetzung, vorzugsweise eine oder mehrere weitere Sprachen erwünscht. Von den Kandidat_innen wird erwartet, dass sie in der Lage sind, eigene und andere Arbeiten in englischer Sprache vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Dissertationen können in Deutsch, Englisch oder einer der Arbeitssprachen der Betreuer_innen eingereicht werden. Entscheidende Auswahlkriterien sind die Exzellenz der Kandidat_innen und des jeweiligen Projekts sowie die Passgenauigkeit zum Forschungsprogramm der Graduiertenschule.

Die IMPRS-KIR ist am Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Berlin-Dahlem angesiedelt. Die Doktorand_innen werden in einem anregenden internationalen und interdisziplinären Forschungsumfeld arbeiten. Das Programm der Graduiertenschule beinhaltet ein Studienjahr mit Lehrveranstaltungen in Zusammenarbeit mit den drei beteiligten Berliner Universitäten (FU, HU, TU), sowie betreute Lesegruppen, Workshops, die Ausbildung in Methoden der Digital Humanities, ein maßgeschneidertes Coaching-Programm sowie Sprachkurse. Für die notwendigen Archivstudien steht ein Reise- und Forschungsbudget zur Verfügung. Zusätzlich können die Doktorand_innen bis zu einem Semester an einer unserer internationalen Partneruniversitäten verbringen (University of Pennsylvania, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore University of Technology and Design).

Die Promotion erfolgt an einer der an der IMPRS-KIR beteiligten Universitätsfakultäten. Zusätzlich erhalten Absolvent_innen des Programms ein IMPRS-Zertifikat der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

Bewerber_innen werden gebeten, folgende Unterlagen einzureichen:

• Anschreiben mit einer persönlichen Begründung für Ihre Bewerbung an der IMPRS-KIR (max. 1.000 Wörter)
• Exposé des Dissertationsvorhabens (max. 2.500 Wörter ohne Literaturverzeichnis) mit Arbeitstitel, Abstract (max. 250 Wörter), Forschungsthema und Stand der Forschung in dem betreffenden Fachgebiet, Forschungsfragen und -zielen, Methodik, einer kurzen Beschreibung der Machbarkeit und geplanten Durchführung des Projekts (ggf. einschließlich einer Liste der Archive), Literaturverzeichnis (max. 30 Titel)
• Lebenslauf (1−2 Seiten)
• Kopien von Hochschulabschlüssen/Nachweis über das Abschlussdatum Ihres Masters
• Liste mit den während Ihres Masterstudiums erzielten Noten
• Sprachnachweis Englisch (vorzugsweise auf C1-Niveau, mindestens jedoch auf B2-Niveau). Wenn Sie Muttersprachler_in sind oder an einer Hochschule mit Englisch als Unterrichtssprache studiert haben, müssen Sie kein Englisch-Zertifikat vorlegen.
• Kontaktdaten von zwei akademischen Referenzpersonen. Unser Auswahlkomitee wird sich mit den Referenzpersonen derjenigen Bewerber_innen in Verbindung setzen, die in die engere Auswahl kommen.

Bitte reichen Sie diese Unterlagen als separate PDF-Dokumente ausschließlich über das folgende Bewerbungsportal ein: https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/19628037

Es werden nur vollständige, über das Bewerbungsportal eingereichte Bewerbungen akzeptiert. Das Portal wird am 31. Januar 2022, 23.59 Uhr mitteleuropäischer Zeit, geschlossen.

Die IMPRS-KIR ist bestrebt, Diversität innerhalb ihrer vier kooperierenden Einrichtungen zu fördern. Wir freuen uns über Bewerbungen aller qualifizierten Personen unabhängig von Alter, Behinderung, Ethnizität, Geschlecht, Nationalität, Religion oder sexueller Orientierung.

Nähere Informationen finden Sie in den FAQ auf der Website der IMPRS. 

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin, Department III: Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, directed by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer, 
offers several Visiting Scholarships (residential, 4–12 months),
to take place within the period from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2023.

We invite scholars to apply for participation in the working group “Proteins and Fibers” of Department III. The working group explores how multidisciplinary scientific approaches, methods, and techniques are used to analyze traces of animals in history. The working group’s research theme will focus on animal matter and how scientists analyze them to reconstruct histories of different scales. Visiting scholars’ research should address the question of how animal artifacts or materials derived from animals are characterized in museum conservation, zooarchaeological, proteomic, and/or archaeogenetic practices, or materials science.

We welcome applications from candidates in every field within history, the history of science and technology, science and technology studies, archaeology, fiber and material studies, and with some preference for research that is multilingual and transregional in nature.

Visiting scholars receive a stipend commensurate with experience for their period of residence, and reimbursement for a return ticket to and from their place of residence. 

The successful candidates are expected to take part in the scientific life of the Institute, to advance their own research project, and to actively contribute to the working group and the department’s activities during their period of residence. 

Candidates are requested to submit:

1.  a cover letter (indicating your preferred period of residence)
2.  curriculum vitae (including a list of publications)
3.  a research prospectus on a topic related to the project (1000 words maximum)

Applications must be submitted in German or English via our online application portal: https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/20774914.

Please note that only complete electronic submissions uploaded to this link will be accepted. Applications sent via email will not be accepted. Only successful candidates will be notified.

Review of applications will commence from 1 February 2022 and continue until the working group’s capacity is full or until 30 June 2023, whichever is earlier.

The Max Planck Society strives to foster an inclusive environment for all. As an institute, MPIWG encourages applications from individuals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, and/or disabilities, particularly where underrepresented in our community. Visit these webpages to learn more about MPIWG’s policies toward gender equality and recruitment practices for persons with disabilities.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin,
Department III: Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, directed by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer,
seeks

1 Postdoctoral Fellow for three years, with a 100% employment contract, TVöD pay scales (E13), to begin on 1 September 2022,
for the working group
“Proteins and Fibers: Scaffolding History with Molecular Signatures.”

The successful candidate will support collaborative research (50%) and conduct their own research project (50%) within the framework of the working group.

Requirements:

Applicants are expected to have substantial experience in the history of science, technology, or medicine and/or science and technology studies. Applicants with expertise in the histories of multidisciplinary scientific approaches, methods, and techniques will be well positioned to address questions explored by this working group pertaining to histories of animal materials and artifacts as explored through zooarchaeological, proteomic, and archaeogenetic practices. Research backgrounds in museum conservation, fiber and material studies, archaeology, or other relevant fields are also advantageous. A doctoral degree must be in hand by commencement of employment.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is an international and interdisciplinary research institute. The working language is English. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to participate in the research activities of the Institute, and Departmental activities and to present their own work.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer that strives to foster an inclusive workplace for all. As an institute, MPIWG encourages applications from individuals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, and/or disabilities, particularly where underrepresented in our workforce. Visit these webpages to learn more about MPIWG’s policies toward gender equality and hiring practices for persons with disabilities.

To apply, please submit the following documents: 

• Cover letter;
• Curriculum vitae, including list of publications;
• Research prospectus (maximum 800 words);
• Writing sample (5000-8000 words);
• Names and contact details of at least two referees;

to https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/20774913

Deadline for application: 20 February 2022 (23:45 CET)

Please note that only complete electronic submissions uploaded to this link will be accepted. Applications sent via email will not be accepted. Applications may be submitted in German or English. Letters are only requested for short-listed candidates. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by April 30, 2022. Only the successful candidate will be notified.

The Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) wish to support pairs of researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds to conduct collaborative research. Researchers may apply from across the social sciences and the humanities. Proposals should investigate original research ideas and specify potential applications to real world problems, on regional or global scales. Each pair of scholars would preferably combine historical with contemporary perspectives on the sources and effects of knowledge formations, in scientific, humanistic, economic, social, technological, or environmental domains.

Details can be found on the ISRF website.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science”, led by Dr. Anna Lisa Ahlers,
is looking to employ

1 Student Assistant up to 12 hours per week.

Starting date: February 15, 2022 or later, limited until September 30, 2022, with the possibility of extension.

Applicants must be fluent in Chinese, English and German and should be at least in their third semester of study at a university in Berlin or Brandenburg. They should have a good working knowledge of modern information technology and the ability to work both independently and in a team.

Duties include, for example:

• research assistance
• supporting project members with the organization of scientific events
• editorial work on scientific texts
• maintenance/updating of the department website
• helping to maintain databases and digital repositories

The hourly salary rate is calculated according to the Max Planck Society’s program to support junior scholars: 12,00 € for bachelor’s students, and 13,95 € for students enrolled in a master’s program who already hold a bachelor’s degree.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer that strives to foster an inclusive workplace for all. As an institute, the MPIWG encourages applications from individuals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, and/or disabilities, particularly where underrepresented in our workforce.

Information about the MPIWG can be found at: https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Please apply via the online application portal:

https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/20774912

by attaching

• a letter of application
• CV
• and a scan of your current Immatrikulations-/Semesterbescheinigung

by December 13, 2021 (23:45 CET).

Please note that only complete electronic submissions uploaded to this link will be accepted. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Department III: Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, directed by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer, seeks 1 Postdoctoral Fellow for two years, with a 100% employment contract, TVöD-Bund pay scales (E13), to begin between May 1 and September 1, 2022, for the working group Agriculture and the Making of Sciences (1100-1700).

The successful candidate will support collaborative research (50%) and conduct their own research project (50%) within the framework of the working group.

Requirements: The working group seeks candidates with expertise in pre-modern Chinese, Japanese or Korean history and proficiency in Classical Chinese. Candidates are expected to have experience in the study of pre-modern sciences or knowledge cultures, and be interested in methods of the History of Science, Technology or Medicine. A doctoral degree must be in hand by commencement of employment.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is an international and interdisciplinary research institute. The working language is English. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to participate in the research activities of the Institute, the Departmental activities and to present their own work.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer that strives to foster an inclusive workplace for all. As an institute, MPIWG encourages applications from individuals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, and/or disabilities, particularly where underrepresented in our workforce. Visit these webpages to learn more about MPIWG’s policies toward gender equality and hiring practices for persons with disabilities.

To apply, please submit the following documents:

1. cover letter;
2. curriculum vitae;
3. research prospectus in which you outline your planned contribution to the theme and questions of the working group (maximum 1,000 words);
4. a published piece of research in English;
5. names and contact details of at least two referees.

to recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/19628040

Deadline for application: January 10, 2022 (23:45 CET).

Please note that only complete electronic submissions uploaded to this link will be accepted. Applications sent via email will not be accepted. Applications may be submitted in German or English.

Short-listed candidates will be interviewed before April 1, 2021. Only the successful candidate will be notified.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin, Department III: Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, directed by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer, offers several Visiting Scholarships (residential, 3–12 months) to take place within the period from January 1 to December 31, 2022.

We invite scholars to apply for participation in the working group Agriculture and the Making of Sciences (1100–1700) of Department III. The working group explores how agricultural practices informed scientific, technological, and medical change from the twelfth to seventeenth centuries, with special focus on the study of extra-European contexts. The working group’s research theme changes annually, and in 2022 it will focus on the annual theme of "water." We welcome researchers working on agricultural practices related to water, such as irrigation, water harvesting, construction and maintenance of waterworks, or water management. Their research should address the question of how these practices contributed to the development of pre-modern sciences studying water, especially how they were in relation to fields of knowledge and practices other than agriculture.

We welcome applications from candidates in every field within history, the history of science and technology, archeology, philology and art history, and with some preference for research that is multilingual and transregional in nature.

Visiting scholars receive a stipend commensurate with experience for their period of residence, and reimbursement for a return ticket to and from their place of residence. 

The successful candidates are expected to take part in the scientific life of the Institute, to advance their own research project, and to actively contribute to the working group activities during their period of residence. 

Candidates are requested to submit:

1.  a cover letter (indicating your preferred period of residence)
2.  curriculum vitae (including a list of publications)
3.  a research prospectus on a topic related to the project (1000 words maximum)

Applications must be submitted in German or English via our online application portal: https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/19628039

Please note that only complete electronic submissions uploaded to this link will be accepted. Applications sent via email will not be accepted. Only successful candidates will be notified.

Review of applications will commence from December 1, 2021 and continue until the working group’s capacity is full or until June 30, 2022, whichever is earlier.

The Max Planck Society strives to foster an inclusive environment for all. As an institute, MPIWG encourages applications from individuals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, and/or disabilities, particularly where underrepresented in our community. Visit these webpages to learn more about MPIWG’s policies toward gender equality and recruitment practices for persons with disabilities.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin 
Department III: Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, directed by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer, offers several
 Visiting Scholarships (residential, 3–12 months)
to take place in the period September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023.

We invite scholars to apply for participation in the Working Group "Visualizations and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa (4000 BCE–1700 CE)" of Department III, more information here. The Working Group’s research focuses on visual representations and material objects in the creation, change, and movement of astral knowledge across space and time. A growing image database serves as the main tool to collect and research the manifold objects and their imagery, the practices and relations of their production, reproduction and transmission, and their roles in organizing knowledge and creating meaning in different sociocultural contexts like politics, rituals, religion or medicine. We welcome scholars working on the visualization of astral knowledge in any time period before 1700 CE, preferably focused on one of the following geographical regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Egypt, North Africa, and Europe (with an emphasis on Slavonic, Caucasian, Black Sea, or Celtic cultures).

We welcome applications from scholars in every field within history, history of science and technology, art history, archaeology, philology, cultural history, religious studies, or museum studies, with a focus on visual representations or objects and some preference for research addressing the multilingual and transregional nature of the project. Successful applicants are expected to advance their own research project under the Working Group’s overall research agenda, and to actively contribute to the Working Group activities during their period of affiliation. In particular, they are expected to systematically and comparatively identify and discuss relevant visual materials in the framework of the Working Group’s protected image database. They are also encouraged to actively take part in the scientific life of the Institute with its many academic activities like conferences, workshops, seminars, and colloquia.

Visiting scholars receive a stipend commensurate with rank and experience for their period of residence, and reimbursement for a return ticket to and from their place of residence.

Candidates are requested to submit:

1. a cover letter (indicating your preferred period of residence)
2. curriculum vitae (including a list of publications)
3. a research prospectus on a topic related to the project (1000 words maximum)

Applications must be submitted via our online application portal: https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/18481156.

Please note that only complete electronic submissions uploaded to this link will be accepted. Applications sent via email will not be accepted. Only successful candidates will be notified.

Review of applications will commence from May 31, 2021, and afterwards occur regularly every three months. This call will remain active until the Working Group’s capacity is full or until February 28, 2023, whichever is earlier.

Applications may be submitted in German or English. Candidates of all nationalities are encouraged to apply; applications from women are especially welcome. The Max Planck Society is committed to promoting individuals with disabilities and encourages them to apply.