Past Events by Year
November 2025
- Workshop
On Speculation: Methods and Perspectives in Media and Science Studies
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 219- 18:00 to 19:30
- Colloquium
Revisiting the Hellenistic astronomical papyri [with focus on P.Hib1.27 and P.Par.1]
AddressInstitute for the Study of Knowledge in the Ancient World, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 10, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 010- 14:30 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Indian Boardgames, Colonial Avatars: Boardgames as 'Contact Zones'
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Winds of Change: Ethnographic Notes on Climatic Recursion, Refusal and Relationalities in the Lakshadweep Islands of India
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 12:00 to 13:30
- Workshop
Playing with the Past: Reconstructing Ancient Games
Organizer(s)AddressMuseum für Naturkunde, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- 09:30 to 18:00
- Exhibition
Cosmic Games: Real Gods Play Dice
Organizer(s)AddressMuseum für Naturkunde, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
October 2025
- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Enclosing the Cyclone: Commodifying Weather Risk in the Indian Ocean World
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 09:30 to 17:00
- Workshop
For the Fortunate and Fearful Years: The Structure and Content of Persian Nativity Books
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 18:00 to 19:30
- Colloquium
Astral Texts from Medieval Central Asia
AddressInstitute for the Study of Knowledge in the Ancient World, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 10, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 010- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Archival Dispossessions: Record Keeping in US Empire
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
(CANCELED) Chinese Versions of Research Security and Evolving Risk Perceptions in China-Europe-US Knowledge Relations
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room219/Online- 14:00 to 15:30
- Working Group
The World at Their Fingertips: German Teachers and International Encounters in the GDR
- Dept. KSCL
- Leah Fischer-Swierczynski
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- Workshop
Common Knowledge in Historical East Asia and Beyond
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
September 2025
- 18:30 to 20:30
- Film Screening
Film Screening: The Land Beneath Our Feet
- Dept. KSCL
- Several Speakers
- Gregg Mitman
- Brittany Meché
- Kristen Iemma
- Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Organizer(s)- Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
- Kristen Iemma
- Leah Fischer-Swierczynski
AddressSpore Initiative, Spore Initiative – Hermannstraße 86, 12051 Berlin, Germany
- Workshop
Living Knowledge: Ethics, Practice, and Community in Multimodal History
- Dept. KSCL
- Several Speakers
- Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
- Kristen Iemma
Organizer(s)- Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
- Kristen Iemma
- Leah Fischer-Swierczynski
AddressHarnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 17:00 to 19:30
- Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion: Making Historical Knowledge that Matters
Organizer(s)- Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
- Kristen Iemma
- Leah Fischer-Swierczynski
AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 10:00 to 11:00
- Colloquium
Digital Approaches to a Qing Chinese Boardgame
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 16:45 to 18:00
- Talk
Effizient, aber korrupt? Verwaltung im 17. und 21. Jahrhundert untersucht mit KI
- Several Speakers
- Christoph Sander (DHI Rome)
- Jan Mendling (HU Berlin)
- Matteo Valleriani
Organizer(s)- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Blood Supply and Biopolitics in Ghana
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 15:00 to 18:00
- Workshop
Open Play Session
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room