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

Immanuel Kant (1724–2024): Philosopher–Scientist

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Life, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel's Necropolitical Geography MPIWG Room 219

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Cliodynamics of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration Main Conference Room & Online

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Sandalwood and the Entanglement of Juan Fernández Islands in Eco-cultural Networks Room 219/ Online

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2023

Book Launch Event: “Wissenschaft und Diplomatie. Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft im Feld der internationalen Politik (1945–2000), Carola Sachse” MPIWG großer Konferenzraum

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Notes from the Future Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics, Auditorium 163

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Berlin Science Week: Moderne Geschichtsschreibung setzt auf KI-Historiker*innen Museum für Naturkunde

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Epistemic Commitments Have No “Off” Button Room 219/ Online

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Announcing the Proposed GSSP Candidate Site of the Anthropocene

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Signals of Climate Evolution: The Deep Past as the Key to the Imminent Future MPIWG Room 219

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The Formalization of Historical Reasoning MPIWG Room 219

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Plantationocene MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Earth System Science in Political Context MPIWG Room 219

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Energy Demand Forecasts: Constructing Demand or a Means to Save Energy? MPIWG Room 219

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Whose History Are We Reading? Bringing (Local) Knowledge from Africa into the Global Discourse MPIWG Room 219

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„Wie wir wurden, was wir sind“—75 Jahre Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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Hierarchies. The Max Planck Society in Gender Trouble MPIWG Room 219

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ModelSEN unSeminar—Agent-based Modelling of Knowledge Spread MPIWG Room 219

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ModelSEN—Socio-Epistemic Networks: Modelling Historical Knowledge Processes MPIWG Room 219

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Reapproaching the Great Acceleration from a Historical Critical Perspective MPIWG Room 219

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Experts, Expertise and Energy Transition between Germany and Chile MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Workshop on “Physics Modeling of Thought” Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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2022

Klaus Heinrich Memorial Event MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Towards a Systems-Based Historical Science Main Conference Room & Online

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Prognosen für Mensch und Erde. Welches Wissen brauchen wir, um besser zu handeln?

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Collaborative Practice on a Changing Planet: The Anthropocene Curriculum Network Haus der Kulturen der Welt

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Director Jürgen Renn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Jürgen Renn Receives Honorary Degree from Tel Aviv University

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2021

IWBS CONFERENCE: Hoffnung/Hope Online Event

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IWBS CONFERENCE: Hoffnung/Hope Online Event

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Inauguration of the Max Planck Partner Group "The Water City"

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Anthropocene Campus Venice

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Breaking Models: Data Governance and New Metrics of Knowledge in the Time of the Pandemic Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Anthropogenic Markers Workshop Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)

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Ceremony of the Conferral of an Honorary Doctorate to Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund

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Bridging the Variety of Research—From Physics and Cosmology via Brain Research to Philosophy of Science Harnack-Haus Goethe Room

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Self-Tracking in the Seventeenth Century Platz vor dem Roten Rathaus, Rathausstraße 15, 10178 Berlin

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Music Evening: Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

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Leonardo's Manuscript Layout Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

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The Social Dynamics of the Technosphere Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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Lassen sich Weisheit und Wissenschaft im Anthropozän verbinden?

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A Diary Written at Night. "Leonardo" in Czech Art and Literature after 1945

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Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos

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Online Vernissage: Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos

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Online Vernissage: Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos

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Zum 170. Geburtstag und 90. Todestag Adolf von Harnacks

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Die Herausforderung systemischer Krisen für die Wissenschaft

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Online Event: Die Entstehungsgeschichte der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

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Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge: the Case of the Relativity Revolution

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Colloquium for Wolfgang Lefèvre

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2020

Experten beschreiben Folgen des Kli­ma­wandels für das kul­tu­relle Erbe

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Online Event: Einstein Lecture Dahlem Special 2020 (in German)

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ZiF-Conference: The Anthropocene and the Energy Transition (in German)

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Online Event: Strengthened by the Coronavirus Crisis

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The Techno-Biosphere Online Event

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Astrology and Magistrates in Early Modern France

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Biodiversity in Times of Covid-19: Views from Germany, Italy, and the UK

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CANCELED: History of Science for the Anthropocene MPIWG Main Conference Room

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POSTPONED: Socialism and Scientific Internationalism in Sino-British Scientific Networks from World War to Cold War Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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POSTPONED: From Soil Erosion to Global Warming: The Postwar Internationalist Origins of Global-scale Environmental Crisis Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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POSTPONED: Translating Euclid into Hebrew: Ben Makhir's Translation of Data MPIWG Room 219

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The Mathematical Formalization of the Historical Disciplines: The Evolution of Cosmology in The Early Modern Period MPIWG Main Conference Room

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2019

Geoanthropology. Comprehending the Human-Earth System Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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Margaret Thatcher, the Cold War, and International Science in the 1980s MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Alexander von Humboldt: Circulation of State Knowledge in Europe and Latin America MPIWG Room 219

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History For Physics: What Do Historians of Physics Do?

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History for Physics: Why Are There So Many Theories of Quantum Gravity?

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Changing Channel: What is Science Diplomacy and How Could It Help Us to Better Understand Cold War Science? MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Anthropocene and Public Health MPIWG Room 219

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Hopium Economy: Substance Dependencies and the Technosphere MPIWG Main Conference Room

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How Do New Concepts Emerge? On New Knowledge, Old Patterns of Thought, and Structural Changes

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Leonardo da Vinci. An Inquisitive Man: Technologist, Scientist, and Artist

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Where is Astronomy Between 1633 and 1686? The Intermediate System by Giovanni Battista Riccioli S.J. MPIWG Room 219

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How to use Jupyter Notebooks MPIWG Room 265

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Anthropocene: Archaeology of the Present Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville

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Maße jenseits menschlicher Dimensionen - Naturkonstanten und Paralleluniversen Wissenschaftsforum

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2018

Momente der Wissensrevolution

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Kohletag: A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop on the Past, Present, and Future of Coal Use in Germany and Beyond MPIWG Room 219

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Wie entsteht die moderne Wissenschaft / Wie entstehen wissenschaftliche Disziplinen?

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Euclid on the Road. Cross-Cultural Transmission, Translation, and Transformation of the Elements MPIWG Room 219

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Multiculturalismo, Integración y Conflicto

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Karl Popper’s Contribution to the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics MPIWG Room 219

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Seventh International Conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Leibniz Universität Hannover

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Thomas Young and the Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphs Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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The Human Imprint: Nature, Time, and Law in the Anthropocene Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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The Illustrated Book in Lyon (1480–1600) - Equipex Biblissima MPIWG Room 219

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Weight Watchers im 17. Jahrhundert: Echt oder Fake? Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

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Nature and the Writing of History Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Is the Anthropocene Soluble in Ontological Pluralism? Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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The Spaces of Early Modern Architectural Production MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Regarding Das Terrestrische Manifest Haus der Kulturen der Welt

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Anthropocene Lecture Haus der Kulturen der Welt

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Modes of Integración

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Transformations of Energy Systems: Historical Perspectives on the Anthropocene Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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The Authors of the Early Modern Commentaries on De sphaera MPIWG Main Conference Room

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2017

The Body Politic: Human Being and Becoming in the Planetary Era IASS Potsdam (Ballroom)

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Die Evolution des Wissens Ethnological Museum

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Popularisierung von Wissensgeschichte in vormodernen Gesellschaften Asiens und Afrikas Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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The Historians’ Task in the Age of the Anthropocene: Finding Hope in Japan? MPIWG Main Conference Room

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Medical Commentaries and Comment(aries) on Medicine Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Historians and the Anthropocene: A Discipline and an Interdisciplinary Concept Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Political Epistemology Series: The Restless Clock Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Iberian to Global Dynamics (500–1750)

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Aristotelianism and Natural Knowledge at Early-Modern Protestant Universities Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Anthropocene Lecture Haus der Kulturen der Welt

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Anthropocene Lectures 2017-18

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Open Access to Convivencia: People and their Representations in the Iberian World and Beyond Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Open Access to Convivencia. People and their Representations in the Iberian World and Beyond

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Vygotskij Resettled—The Reception of Soviet Psychology in Argentina Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Convivencias Today: Reflections on a Historiographical Concept

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Energy Transformations. Perspectives from the Humanities Harnack-Haus Lise-Meitner-Saal

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2016

Practical and Pragmatic Literature in Legal and Science History Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Primi Itineris Specimen (1705). An Edition Open Sources Book Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Peering into the Origins of the Concept of Gravitational Lens Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Meeting of the Research Group

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Schrödinger and the EPR Argument Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Humboldts Preußen Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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2015

Centenary Conference on the History of General Relativity Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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A Century of General Relativity. The 100th Anniversary of Einstein’s Field Equations Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Narratives on Translations Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Das Anthropozän Harnack-Haus Laue Room

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The Genesis and Renaissance of General Relativity Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Bernardino Telesio, the Natural Sciences and Medicine in the Renaissance Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Galileo Galilei—New Sources Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Space-Time Theories: Historical and Philosophical Contexts Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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2014

Epistemic History of Architecture Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Early Modern Mathematics: Towards a Social History of Mathematical Consistency Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Contextualising Technical Innovations in Prehistory Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Participant and Observer Narratives about Medieval Cross-cultural Knowledge Transfer: Missing, Single or Multiple Translations Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Studies of Knowledge in Eurasia and Africa: Issues of Methodology and Future Perspectives Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Aristotle in Byzantium Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Land Ahoy! Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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„Derartige kolossale Opfer“ – Rund um Einsteins Nobelpreis und ein wenig darüber hinaus Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Itineraries of Materials, Recipes, Techniques, and Knowledge in the Early Modern World (Part I) Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Nach Cassirer. Das Erkenntnisideal der Biologie und seine Wandlungen bis heute Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Anthropocene Curriculum Workshop Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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2013

Colloquium Commemorating Peter Damerow Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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The Structures of Practical Knowledge Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Isaac Newton and the Origin of Civilization Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Yehuda Elkana as Intellectual Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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From Local Universalism to Global Contextualism—A Symposium in Commemoration of the Work of Yehuda Elkana Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Aristotelisms in Syriac and Arabic Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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Comenius-Garten Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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2012

Global Transfer of Knowledge—Institutions and the Global Transfer of Knowledge

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Global Transfer of Knowledge—Transfer of Knowledge in Systems

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Global Transfer of Knowledge—Individuals as Actors of Transfer of Knowledge

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Global Transfer of Knowledge—Translation as Global Transfer of Knowledge

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Global Transfer of Knowledge Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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2008

Bildwelten und Wissenssysteme: Public Discussion Horst Bredekamp and Jürgen Renn Campus der Leuphana Universität

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