Colloquium Series Department I - 2023
Format and Participation:
The talks will take place at the MPIWG in Room 219.
The lectures are open to all members of the institute after prior registration at rennoffice@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Organizers:
This lecture series is organized by Dept. I (Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge).
Colloquium Series Department I - 2023
2024
Cliodynamics of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration Main Conference Room & Online
MoreSandalwood and the Entanglement of Juan Fernández Islands in Eco-cultural Networks Room 219/ Online
- Several Speakers
2023
Book Launch Event: “Wissenschaft und Diplomatie. Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft im Feld der internationalen Politik (1945–2000), Carola Sachse” MPIWG großer Konferenzraum
- Several Speakers
Notes from the Future Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics, Auditorium 163
- Several Speakers
Berlin Science Week: Moderne Geschichtsschreibung setzt auf KI-Historiker*innen Museum für Naturkunde
MoreSignals of Climate Evolution: The Deep Past as the Key to the Imminent Future MPIWG Room 219
MoreHistorical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
Energy Demand Forecasts: Constructing Demand or a Means to Save Energy? MPIWG Room 219
MoreWhose History Are We Reading? Bringing (Local) Knowledge from Africa into the Global Discourse MPIWG Room 219
MoreModelSEN unSeminar—Agent-based Modelling of Knowledge Spread MPIWG Room 219
MoreModelSEN—Socio-Epistemic Networks: Modelling Historical Knowledge Processes MPIWG Room 219
- Several Speakers
Reapproaching the Great Acceleration from a Historical Critical Perspective MPIWG Room 219
MoreExperts, Expertise and Energy Transition between Germany and Chile MPIWG Main Conference Room
- Several Speakers
2022
Prognosen für Mensch und Erde. Welches Wissen brauchen wir, um besser zu handeln?
- Several Speakers
Collaborative Practice on a Changing Planet: The Anthropocene Curriculum Network Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Director Jürgen Renn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Hebrew University of Jerusalem
See media2021
Breaking Models: Data Governance and New Metrics of Knowledge in the Time of the Pandemic Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
Bridging the Variety of Research—From Physics and Cosmology via Brain Research to Philosophy of Science Harnack-Haus Goethe Room
MoreSelf-Tracking in the Seventeenth Century Platz vor dem Roten Rathaus, Rathausstraße 15, 10178 Berlin
MoreStructural Changes in Systems of Knowledge: the Case of the Relativity Revolution
See media2020
POSTPONED: Socialism and Scientific Internationalism in Sino-British Scientific Networks from World War to Cold War Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Gordon Barrett
POSTPONED: From Soil Erosion to Global Warming: The Postwar Internationalist Origins of Global-scale Environmental Crisis Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Perrin Selcer
POSTPONED: Translating Euclid into Hebrew: Ben Makhir's Translation of Data MPIWG Room 219
MoreThe Mathematical Formalization of the Historical Disciplines: The Evolution of Cosmology in The Early Modern Period MPIWG Main Conference Room
See media2019
Geoanthropology. Comprehending the Human-Earth System Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal
- Several Speakers
Margaret Thatcher, the Cold War, and International Science in the 1980s MPIWG Main Conference Room
MoreAlexander von Humboldt: Circulation of State Knowledge in Europe and Latin America MPIWG Room 219
Changing Channel: What is Science Diplomacy and How Could It Help Us to Better Understand Cold War Science? MPIWG Main Conference Room
MoreHopium Economy: Substance Dependencies and the Technosphere MPIWG Main Conference Room
- Several Speakers
Leonardo da Vinci. An Inquisitive Man: Technologist, Scientist, and Artist
MoreWhere is Astronomy Between 1633 and 1686? The Intermediate System by Giovanni Battista Riccioli S.J. MPIWG Room 219
MoreAnthropocene: Archaeology of the Present Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville
- Several Speakers
Maße jenseits menschlicher Dimensionen - Naturkonstanten und Paralleluniversen Wissenschaftsforum
- Several Speakers
2018
Kohletag: A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop on the Past, Present, and Future of Coal Use in Germany and Beyond MPIWG Room 219
- Several Speakers
Wie entsteht die moderne Wissenschaft / Wie entstehen wissenschaftliche Disziplinen?
MoreEuclid on the Road. Cross-Cultural Transmission, Translation, and Transformation of the Elements MPIWG Room 219
- Several Speakers
Karl Popper’s Contribution to the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics MPIWG Room 219
MoreSeventh International Conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Leibniz Universität Hannover
Thomas Young and the Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphs Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal
MoreThe Human Imprint: Nature, Time, and Law in the Anthropocene Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
MoreWeight Watchers im 17. Jahrhundert: Echt oder Fake? Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
See mediaNature and the Writing of History Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
MoreIs the Anthropocene Soluble in Ontological Pluralism? Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal
MoreThe Spaces of Early Modern Architectural Production MPIWG Main Conference Room
MoreTransformations of Energy Systems: Historical Perspectives on the Anthropocene Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal
- Several Speakers
The Authors of the Early Modern Commentaries on De sphaera MPIWG Main Conference Room
More2017
The Body Politic: Human Being and Becoming in the Planetary Era IASS Potsdam (Ballroom)
- Karen Litfin
Popularisierung von Wissensgeschichte in vormodernen Gesellschaften Asiens und Afrikas Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
The Historians’ Task in the Age of the Anthropocene: Finding Hope in Japan? MPIWG Main Conference Room
See mediaMedical Commentaries and Comment(aries) on Medicine Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
Historians and the Anthropocene: A Discipline and an Interdisciplinary Concept Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
MorePolitical Epistemology Series: The Restless Clock Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Jessica Riskin
Aristotelianism and Natural Knowledge at Early-Modern Protestant Universities Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Open Access to Convivencia: People and their Representations in the Iberian World and Beyond Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
Vygotskij Resettled—The Reception of Soviet Psychology in Argentina Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Luciano Nicolás García (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Energy Transformations. Perspectives from the Humanities Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal
- Several Speakers
2016
Practical and Pragmatic Literature in Legal and Science History Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Primi Itineris Specimen (1705). An Edition Open Sources Book Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
MorePeering into the Origins of the Concept of Gravitational Lens Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- David Valls-Gebaud (CNRS-Observatoire de Paris)
2015
Centenary Conference on the History of General Relativity Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
A Century of General Relativity. The 100th Anniversary of Einstein’s Field Equations Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
The Genesis and Renaissance of General Relativity Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
See mediaBernardino Telesio, the Natural Sciences and Medicine in the Renaissance Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
2014
Epistemic History of Architecture Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
Early Modern Mathematics: Towards a Social History of Mathematical Consistency Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
MoreContextualising Technical Innovations in Prehistory Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Participant and Observer Narratives about Medieval Cross-cultural Knowledge Transfer: Missing, Single or Multiple Translations Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Studies of Knowledge in Eurasia and Africa: Issues of Methodology and Future Perspectives Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
„Derartige kolossale Opfer“ – Rund um Einsteins Nobelpreis und ein wenig darüber hinaus Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Barbara Wolff (Albert-Einstein-Archiv, Hebräische Universität Jerusalem)
Itineraries of Materials, Recipes, Techniques, and Knowledge in the Early Modern World (Part I) Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Nach Cassirer. Das Erkenntnisideal der Biologie und seine Wandlungen bis heute Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
Anthropocene Curriculum Workshop Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers
2013
Isaac Newton and the Origin of Civilization Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Several Speakers