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.
September 2023
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
The Making of Calculable Territory in Song Dynasty China, 1000–1250
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
One Myrtle Proves Nothing: On Experimental Designs and the Study of Biological Systems
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- Authors' Workshop
Biomedical Visions: Aesthetics, Epistemology, and Medical Practice
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 09:00 to 17:30
- Symposium
Migration, Mobility, and Expertise
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online
October 2023
- 13:00 to 14:30
- Workshop
The Making of a Cage Bird Class: African Grey Parrots in Early Modern Europe
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Internal Rotation/s. Sociomaterial practices and Embodiments in Hugo Sellheim’s Experiments on Birth Mechanics
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 16:00 to 17:30
- Reading Group
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 141- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Same-Same but Different? Features and Narratives of Research Collaboration between Scientists from Europe and the PRC
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom
November 2023
- 10:00 to 16:00
- Workshop
Tombs and Astral Knowledge from Egypt to China (1000 BCE–1000 CE)
- Dept. III
- Several Speakers
- Bilal Annan
- Alisher Begmantov
- Rana Brentjes
- Massimiliano David
- Eurydice Georganteli
- Jinsong Guo
- Jeffrey Kotyk
- Chuanyi Lyu
- Consuelo Manetta
- Stamatina Mastorakou
- Nikolaos Pappas
- Fabio Spadini
- Sarah L. Symons
- Andreas Winkler
AddressHarnack-House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Rendered: An Elementary Mobilization of Computer Graphic
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Ploughing for knowledge: Tao Zongyi (1316-?)
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
What Are Abilities? Aristotelian Metaphysics Reloaded
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack-Haus, Ihnestr. 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomGoethe Room- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Number Governance: The Institutionalization of Journal Metrics in the Chinese Science Assessment
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom- 16:00 to 17:30
- Reading Group
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 141- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Knowledge-Making after Farming Manuals: Farming Progress Dispatches in Late Chosŏn Korea
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online
December 2023
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
The Written Forms of External Medicine in the Seventeenth Century: The Case of Waike Zhengzong
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 16:00 to 17:30
- Reading Group
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 141- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Systems of Knowledge and Collective Thinking: Insights from Computational Social Science
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Zairian Chimpanzees for U.S. Labs: Development, Conservation, and the Politics of Resource Access
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Urban Diplomacy Amidst Crises: The Case of Sino-German City Cooperation
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom