MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

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Nov 28-29, 2022
Experiencing Nature through Old and New Epistemes around the Globe

This event is organized by the Max Planck Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650," in cooperation with the Leopoldina Zentrum für Wissenschaftsforschung.

Monday, November 28, 2022

13:30–14:00

Welcome Addresses
Rainer Godel, Leopoldina
Katja Krause, MPIWG / TU Berlin


Opening Address
Tracy Wietecha, MPIWG

14:00–14:45

Mediating and Developing materia medica in the Context of Global Mission
Sabine Anagnostou, Philipps-University Marburg

14:45–15:30 

From America to Germany: The American Aloe Plant as an Object of Scientific Knowledge Making
Tracy Wietecha, MPIWG

15:30–16:00

Coffee Break

16:00–16:45

The Medicus Malabaricus of 1712: Practices of Knowledge Making
Holger Zaunstöck, Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle

16:45–17:30

 

Observationes from Afar. Servants of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as Members of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum
Charlotte Kießling, University of Cologne

17:30–18:15

The Leopoldina and the Encounter of East Asian materia medica
Wenrui Zhao, Cornell University

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

10:00–10:45

Conchology: Shells as Colonial Objects of Knowledge in the Leopoldina
Simon Rebohm, BBAW

10:45–11:15

Coffee Break

11:15–12:00

The Colonial Dimensions of an Eighteenth-Century Fish Collection: The Case of Marcus Élieser Bloch (1723–1799)
Didi van Trijp, Museon-Omniversum

12:00–12:45

Natural History in a Promised Land. The Leopoldina, German Lutheran Ministers in Postcolonial Pennsylvania, and their Scientific Interests
Markus Berger, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg

12:45–14:00

Lunch Break

14:00–14:45

Evolutionary Arguments and the Facts of the Brazilian Subtropics: Fritz Müller’s Darwinism and His Contribution to Biological Scientific Theory
Roberto Hofmeister Pich, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

14:45–15:30

Concluding Remarks and Discussion of Future Steps
Tracy Wietecha, MPIWG
Katja Krause, MPIWG / TU Berlin

15:30

End of Workshop

 

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Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina e. V. – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jägerberg 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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For registration please contact: twietecha@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

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2022-11-28T09:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2022-11-28 09:00:00 2022-11-29 17:00:00 Experiencing Nature through Old and New Epistemes around the Globe This event is organized by the Max Planck Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650," in cooperation with the Leopoldina Zentrum für Wissenschaftsforschung. Monday, November 28, 2022 13:30–14:00 Welcome Addresses Rainer Godel, Leopoldina Katja Krause, MPIWG / TU Berlin Opening Address Tracy Wietecha, MPIWG 14:00–14:45 Mediating and Developing materia medica in the Context of Global Mission Sabine Anagnostou, Philipps-University Marburg 14:45–15:30  From America to Germany: The American Aloe Plant as an Object of Scientific Knowledge Making Tracy Wietecha, MPIWG 15:30–16:00 Coffee Break 16:00–16:45 The Medicus Malabaricus of 1712: Practices of Knowledge Making Holger Zaunstöck, Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle 16:45–17:30   Observationes from Afar. Servants of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as Members of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum Charlotte Kießling, University of Cologne 17:30–18:15 The Leopoldina and the Encounter of East Asian materia medica Wenrui Zhao, Cornell University Tuesday, November 29, 2022 10:00–10:45 Conchology: Shells as Colonial Objects of Knowledge in the Leopoldina Simon Rebohm, BBAW 10:45–11:15 Coffee Break 11:15–12:00 The Colonial Dimensions of an Eighteenth-Century Fish Collection: The Case of Marcus Élieser Bloch (1723–1799) Didi van Trijp, Museon-Omniversum 12:00–12:45 Natural History in a Promised Land. The Leopoldina, German Lutheran Ministers in Postcolonial Pennsylvania, and their Scientific Interests Markus Berger, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg 12:45–14:00 Lunch Break 14:00–14:45 Evolutionary Arguments and the Facts of the Brazilian Subtropics: Fritz Müller’s Darwinism and His Contribution to Biological Scientific Theory Roberto Hofmeister Pich, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul 14:45–15:30 Concluding Remarks and Discussion of Future Steps Tracy Wietecha, MPIWG Katja Krause, MPIWG / TU Berlin 15:30 End of Workshop   Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina e. V. – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jägerberg 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany Tracy WietechaKatja KrauseRAINER GODEL Tracy WietechaKatja KrauseRAINER GODEL Europe/Berlin public