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.
December 2024
- 14:00 to 16:00
- Meeting
Between Wonder and Evidence: The International Festival of Scientific and Educational Film
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 18:00 to 21:00
- External/Cooperation Event
Transcultural Cartographies: The Japanese Buddhist World Map and the Birth of Asian Studies in Europe
Organizer(s)AddressJägerstraße 22-23, 10117 Berlin, Germany
RoomBerlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
January 2025
- 14:00 to 16:00
- Meeting
The March: A Prayer from Mining Mountains
Organizer(s)- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
China in Global Science: An Interim Stocktaking
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom
February 2025
- 14:00 to 16:00
- Meeting
The Pharmacologist’s Dilemma: Thalidomide, Abortion, and Medical Ethics in Women’s Healthcare
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Communicating Menstruation
- Several Speakers
- Camilla Røstvik
- Saniya Lee Ghanoui
- Jana Wittenzellner
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63–73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Science Popularization in China: Initial Insights
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom
March 2025
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Communicating AI Research to Policy Makers and the Wider Public
AddressMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63–73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
May 2025
- Lecture
Minescapes—Socio-Natural Sites of Extraction and Knowledge: Mining for Color in the Early Modern World
Organizer(s)
June 2025
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Editing in Public: The Changing Landscape for Journals in the History of Science
- Several Speakers
- Amy Slaton
- Tiago Saraiva
- Kärin Nickelsen
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63–73, 14195 Berlin, Germany