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.
June 2026
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Science Silk Road Seminar Series
Moon Rocks in China: Tracing a Galactic Empire in Lunar Anthropocene
- 10:45 to 19:00
17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science
- Dept. KSCL
- Several Speakers
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 11:00 to 12:30
- Lecture
The Blindspot Machine
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Maritime Craft in the Mediterranean: The Case of "miltos" in Eastern Sicily
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online
July 2026
- 10:00 to 18:00
- Workshop
Gathering and Mobilizing Protocols: Relational Approaches to Animal Cosmologies
AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265- 10:00 to 12:00
- Performative Lecture
Layers of Kin
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Kitāb al-Nawāmīs, Natural Magic, and the Pseudo-Platonic Tradition
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Pushing the Boundaries: The Role of Chinese Climate Scientists in Boundary Organizations
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room219/Online- 13:00 to 14:00
- Meeting
MPIWG Networking Lunch at ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting (Edinburgh)
- 09:00 to 16:00
- Workshop
Managing Astral Knowledge in Mongolian Society: Production, Transmission, and Utilization
- Max Planck Research Group (ASTRA)
- Several Speakers
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG Villa, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom V005/Seminar Room & Online
September 2026
- Symposium
10th IASSRT Symposium. Textiles as Knowledge Systems: Practice, Codification and Transfer
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Transmission of Mechanical Knowledge between Late Antiquity and Early Islam
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 08:30 to 17:30
- Workshop
Premodern Knowledge Systems from Primary Sources
- Max Planck Research Group (ASTRA)
- Several Speakers
Organizer(s)- 10:00 to 15:00
- Workshop
Master Class: Research Communication for the Humanities
Organizer(s)- 10:00 to 14:30
- Workshop
Workshop: Research Communication for the Humanities
- Max Planck Research Group (ASTRA)
- Several Speakers
Organizer(s)- 15:00 to 16:00
- Roundtable
Roundtable: Research Communication for the Humanities
- Max Planck Research Group (ASTRA)
- Several Speakers
Organizer(s)
October 2026
- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Research Directions in Premodern Agricultural and Food Knowledge
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
November 2026
- 16:00 to 18:00
- Lecture
Written in the Stars? The Philosophical Defense of Astrology
Organizer(s)AddressInnospace at Betahaus, Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse 23, 10969 Berlin, Germany
- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Water and a Mamluk Basin in Use
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
December 2026
- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Time and Place in Premodern Arabic Technical Recipes
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany