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Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos
No 76
Der intellektuelle Kosmos Leonardo da Vincis (1452–1519) scheint ebenso unerschöpflich zu sein, wie die Vielfalt und der kulturelle Reichtum der Renaissance, die er wie nur wenige andere in allen ihren Facetten verkörpert. Seine Neugier und sein schöpferisches Engagement galten allen Wissensbereichen, von den Kräften der Natur im Großen und Kleinen bis in alle Varietäten menschlicher Gestalt und Gestaltung.
Figures of the Invisible: Geometrical Icons in Renaissance Christian Humanism, 1300–1600
Today, mathematical images may seem unrelated to interior religious experience. But during the long passage from the late medieval to the early modern
Two Ways of Experience in the Writings of Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) was a prophet and a unique intellectual. Hildegard wrote that her visionary experiences were the sole source for the v
Zeit Online on Dirk Wintergruen becoming one of three new directors at Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Go to article (German)Dirk Wintergruen wird einer von drei neuen Vorständen der Klassik Stiftung Weimar, so Zeit Online
Go to article (German)A New History of Medieval Science: Ideas, Objects, and Instruments in Europe and Islamdom, 800–1650
I will be working on chapters for a co-authored book, intended for an audience of students, historians of modern science, and lay readers, on medieval
Knowledge in Translation: Linnaeus and Other Knowledges
I will use my stay at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science to pursue two interrelated research projects. The first, in collaboration wi
Visualizations of the Planets in the Graeco-Roman World (ca. 300 BCE-600 CE)
Using texts and images, this project explores the ways in which the planets were imagined and visually represented in the Graeco-Roman world in a diac
Mathematics, the Body, and the Soul: Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Certainty in the 17th Century
Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686) became famous for scientific discoveries such as naming the so-called female testicles as ovaries, describing the heart as
Anthropocene Formations: Process Landscapes of Petromodernity
No 80
The satellite image above shows the Port of Rotterdam, the biggest harbor in Europe. At Maasvlakte 2, an artificial island just off the coastline, the world’s largest tankers are able to dock. Around 100 million tons of crude oil reach Rotterdam each year, half of which are processed on-site in five petrochemical refineries, including Europe’s largest, the Shell refinery at Pernis. A pipeline system connects further plants in the Netherlands, Antwerp in Belgium, and the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany, accounting for about 40 percent of the EU’s petrochemical production. In process landscapes such as these, the abstract concept of “petromodernity”—the ongoing historical period in which societies are based on the consumption of cheap energy and conveniences enabled by petroleum products—is present in all its complexity. By deciphering such exemplary geographies, our project contributes to a cultural theory of petrochemical modernity and the Anthropocene.