Event

Sep 1-2, 2025
Diagrammatic Knowledge: Past Forms, Future Tools

We regret to announce the cancellation of this workshop due to unforeseen organizational circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and hope to reschedule it for a future date.
 

This interdisciplinary workshop brings together leading Digital Humanities teams from Copenhagen, Paris, and Berlin to explore the enduring power of diagrams as forms of knowledge throughout history and their exciting potential in the digital age. We will delve into the onto-epistemic purposes of diagrams within historical mathematical and astronomical contexts.

Beyond academic presentations, the workshop will feature crucial technical and engineering discussions on effectively digitising historically attested diagrams using modern machine learning and AI tools. We will critically examine both the exciting opportunities and the inherent pitfalls of these cutting-edge approaches, fostering a nuanced understanding of the challenges and possibilities in this evolving field.

More detailed information, including schedule of talks, to follow.

This internal workshop, a collaboration between two external projects and the host institution, has limited space. Interested external attendees should contact amisra@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de to register.

Collaborating Projects

Address
MPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Villa, Room V005/Seminar Room
2025-09-01T08:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2025-09-01 08:00:00 2025-09-02 20:00:00 Diagrammatic Knowledge: Past Forms, Future Tools We regret to announce the cancellation of this workshop due to unforeseen organizational circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and hope to reschedule it for a future date.   This interdisciplinary workshop brings together leading Digital Humanities teams from Copenhagen, Paris, and Berlin to explore the enduring power of diagrams as forms of knowledge throughout history and their exciting potential in the digital age. We will delve into the onto-epistemic purposes of diagrams within historical mathematical and astronomical contexts. Beyond academic presentations, the workshop will feature crucial technical and engineering discussions on effectively digitising historically attested diagrams using modern machine learning and AI tools. We will critically examine both the exciting opportunities and the inherent pitfalls of these cutting-edge approaches, fostering a nuanced understanding of the challenges and possibilities in this evolving field. More detailed information, including schedule of talks, to follow. This internal workshop, a collaboration between two external projects and the host institution, has limited space. Interested external attendees should contact amisra@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de to register. Collaborating Projects Project EIDA Matthieu Husson (CNRS | Observatoire de Paris, Principal Investigator) Som Norindr (CNRS | Observatoire de Paris, Digital Project Manager) Samuel Gessner (FCUL | Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Scientific Collaborator) Project Digital Humanities for Philosophy of Mathematical Practice Henrik Kragh Sørensen (University of Copenhagen, Principal Investigator) Mikkel Willum Johansen (University of Copenhagen, Scientific Collaborator) MPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany Villa, Room V005/Seminar Room Anuj Misra Anuj Misra Europe/Berlin public