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.
July 2025
- 10:00 to 11:30
- Lecture
The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18-008/Online- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Framing AI Risks: The Co-Production of Knowledge, Norms and Politics in China, the EU, and the US
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom
August 2025
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Lecture
Indigenization and Preferential Treatments in Chinese Academia
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18-008/Online
September 2025
- 08:00 to 20:00
- Workshop
Diagrammatic Knowledge: Past Forms, Future Tools
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 09:00 to 17:00
- Workshop
Games across Asia: The Primary Sources of Play
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room
October 2025
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Workshop
For the Fortunate and Fearful Years: The Structure and Content of Persian Nativity Books
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room
November 2025
- 10:00 to 18:00
- Symposium
Making and Unmaking Value I
Organizer(s)AddressHarvard University Department History of Art and Architecture, Sackler, Arthur M, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, 02138, United States
- 16:00 to 18:00
- Lecture
Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences
Organizer(s)AddressBerlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Markgrafenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin, Germany
RoomLeibniz Saal