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.
March 2023
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Doorkeepers: A Case Study in the Ability and Authority of Lowly Intermediaries in Ming China (1368–1644)
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups. Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.About This Series
The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant.
April 2023
- 11:00 to 12:30
- Lecture
Containing Schistosomes: On Questing for Containment among Overspilling Bodies, Latrines and Lakes in Rural Uganda
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265Contact and Registration
To register, and to obtain the readings and zoom link, please write to either Tamar Novick or Maria Pirogovskaya
About This Series
The spring “Waste & Body” invited talk series explores the crossroads of the history and anthropology of waste and the body. It is organised as part of “The Waste of the Body” project in Department III at the MPIWG, and brings scholars from different domains of expertise to present their work that challenges our understanding of waste and the limits of the more-than-human body.
- 16:30 to 18:00
- Reading Group
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 141Contact and Registration
All are welcome! To indicate your interest in joining this reading group and to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Isabela Dornelas at ideoliveiradornelas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Experimental Infrastructures of Entomological Care in Colonial Taiwan: Sericultural Acclimatization
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups.
Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
About This Series
The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant.
May 2023
- 11:00 to 12:30
- Lecture
Soap Bones
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265Contact and Registration
To register, and to obtain the readings and zoom link, please write to either Tamar Novick or Maria Pirogovskaya
About This Series
The spring “Waste & Body” invited talk series explores the crossroads of the history and anthropology of waste and the body. It is organised as part of “The Waste of the Body” project in Department III at the MPIWG, and brings scholars from different domains of expertise to present their work that challenges our understanding of waste and the limits of the more-than-human body.
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Empire under the Night Sky: Recording Field Allocation in Chinese Local Gazetteers
- Dept. III
- Several Speakers
- Shih-Pei Chen
- Tristan G. Brown
- Chuanyi Lyu
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups.
Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
About This Series
The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant.
- 16:30 to 18:00
- Reading Group
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 141Contact and Registration
All are welcome! To indicate your interest in joining this reading group and to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Isabela Dornelas at ideoliveiradornelas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Reading Celestial Omens in Turfan and Dunhuang. Babylonian Divination Models and their Medieval Reception on the Silk Road
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups.
Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
About This Series
The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant.
June 2023
- Workshop
The Waste of the Body: Workshop II
Organizer(s)Contact and Registration
For more information please contact Tamar Novick or Maria Pirogovskaya
- 13:00 to 14:30
- Colloquium
Science as Prophecy: Measuring Climates Past and Future
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups.
Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
About This Series
The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant.
- 16:30 to 18:00
- Reading Group
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265Contact and Registration
All are welcome! To indicate your interest in joining this reading group and to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Isabela Dornelas at ideoliveiradornelas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
- 11:00 to 12:30
- Lecture
Syringe Tides: Throwaway Culture and the Making of Medical Waste
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
To register, and to obtain the readings and zoom link, please write to either Tamar Novick or Maria Pirogovskaya
About This Series
The spring “Waste & Body” invited talk series explores the crossroads of the history and anthropology of waste and the body. It is organised as part of “The Waste of the Body” project in Department III at the MPIWG, and brings scholars from different domains of expertise to present their work that challenges our understanding of waste and the limits of the more-than-human body.
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Numeracy and Administration in the Ancient Greek and Roman World
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & OnlineContact and Registration
Attendance is mandatory for Department III members. We additionally have room for ten guests and welcome those who wish to join us from other Departments and Research Groups.
Please register in advance by emailing EVENT_DEPT3@MPIWG-BERLIN.MPG.DE with subject heading "RSVP Dept III Colloquium" and the date of the colloquium you wish to attend.
About This Series
The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant.
July 2023
- 10:00 to 17:30
- Workshop
Fibers of Existence—Disordering Animals
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265Contact and Registration
This is a closed event. Some audience seating may be available. Please contact Isabela Dornelas (ideoliveiradornelas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) for further inquiries.