Archive
- Institute's Colloquium 2022–23: Science Diplomacy and Science in Times of War
- Institute's Colloquium 2021–22: Trusting Science
- Institute's Colloquium 2020–21: Crisis and Capacity
- Institute's Colloquium 2019–20: History of Science: Right Here, Right Now
- Institute's Colloquium 2017–18: Beyond the Horizon: the History of Science in …
- Calendar of History of Science Events in Berlin
- Internal Events Calendar for Current Scholars
Past Events by Year
December 2015
- 14:30 to 16:00
- Colloquium
The European Invention of the Manchu Alphabet
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
November 2015
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Workshop
Creating a Knowledge Society in a Globalizing World, 1450–1800
Organizer(s)- Sven Dupré and Wijnand Mijnhardt (Utrecht University)
- Angela Fischel and Jörg Völlnagel (SMB)
- Ohad Parnes
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 00:00
- Conference
A Century of General Relativity. The 100th Anniversary of Einstein’s Field Equations
Organizer(s)- Bruce Allen
- Alessandra Buonanno
- Karsten Danzmann
- Hermann Nicolai (Chair)
- Bernard Schutz
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 20:00 to 00:00
- Play
Transcendence: Einstein, Kafka and Planck vs. Time, Space and Conventions
- 18:00
- Lecture
A Century of Einstein’s Relativity: From the Big Bang to Black Holes and “Interstellar” (in English)
- Kip S. Thorne (Caltech)
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 14:30 to 16:00
- Colloquium
Diplomacy on the Move between Song and Yuan Traditions: The Case of Annam
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 14:00 to 16:00
- Colloquium
Material Makes Music: Experiments in Instrument Building
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 16:00 to 17:30
- Colloquium
Conservation and Contingency: On Realms of Theory and Cultures of Practice
- Art and Knowledge in Pre–Modern Europe
- Hanna Hölling (MPIWG/Bard Graduate Center, New York)
Organizer(s)- Sven Dupré
- Ohad Parnes
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 20:00 to 00:00
- Play
Transcendence: Einstein, Kafka and Planck vs. Time, Space and Conventions
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 09:30 to 18:30
- External/Cooperation Event
Narratives on Translations
Organizer(s)- José Luis Mancha
- Sonja Brentjes
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 16:00 to 19:00
- Lecture
Public Lecture: Narratives, Translations, and a Global History of Science
Organizer(s)- José Luis Mancha
- Sonja Brentjes
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 15:00
- Institute's Colloquium
Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 00:00
- Exhibition
On the Camera Obscura: The Obsession with Capturing Images
Organizer(s)- Montserrat de Pablo
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
October 2015
- 17:00 to 19:00
- Lecture
A Critical Moment in the History of Medical Statistics in France
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 09:30 to 14:00
- Workshop
A Master Class Series
- Kathleen Morrison
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 18:00
- Lecture
Das Anthropozän
- Several Speakers
- Jürgen Renn
- Peter Sloterdijk
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 15:00
- Institute's Colloquium
Institutions of Knowledge in Islamicate Societies: Patronage, Books, Families, the Arts
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 16:00 to 17:30
- Colloquium
Cabinetizing Art, Knowledge, and the Exotic in the Early Modern Low Countries
- Art and Knowledge in Pre–Modern Europe
- Nadia Baadj (MPIWG/University of Bern)
Organizer(s)- Sven Dupré
- Ohad Parnes
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 10:00 to 18:00
- Lecture
Embracing and Fostering Innovation in Your Library
- Library
- Kim Dulin
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 10:00 to 18:00
- Lecture
Embracing and Fostering Innovation in Your Library
- Several Speakers
- Kim Dulin
- Esther Chen
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany