The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) offers a diverse program of public events, including colloquia, seminars, and workshops. Our Institute’s Colloquium is open and free to attend. Our other events often require registration or invitation—please check each individual event for details.
April 2021
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
The Eye and the Art of Medicine in Early Modern Germany, 1500-1700
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).
May 2021
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
The Experience of Laypeople and Experts in Premodern Islamic Science
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
German Scientists, Their Observationes, and Institutional Ties to the New World in the Seventeenth Century
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).
June 2021
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
Engines of Invention: Thinking Technology in the High Middle Ages
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
Know Thy Experience
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Know "Thy" Experience
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
Open to all, no registration required. Please contact the organizer, Ohad Parnes, for further information.
About This Series
The Institute’s Colloquium occurs once per month during the academic year. The usual format is 45 minutes of presentation by the paper's author, followed by 45 minutes of Q&A discussion. No prior reading or preparation is required for this event series. Coffee and cake is served after the talk.
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
The Structure of Zoological Theory: Medieval Latin Commentaries on Aristotle’s "De Animalibus" in Their Philosophical Context
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).
July 2021
- 15:00 to 16:30
- Research Colloquium
Theory, Experience, and Evidence in the History of Science and the Science of Children
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
The Research Colloquium is organized and will be led by Hannah Erlwein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650." Anyone who is interested please register in advance by emailing Hannah Erlwein. The meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:30 (Berlin time).