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Institute's Colloquium 2025–26: Rethinking Time

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.

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February 2026

26
15:00 to 16:00

Reading Group

Field Walls and Terraces in Mamluk Bilad al-Sham

Dept. AAKIMPRS

Bethany Walker
Organizer(s)
Anthony Quickel
Riaz Howey
Leonie Böttiger
Razieh-Sadat Mousavi

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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March 2026

3
14:00 to 15:30

Institute's Colloquium

Catastrophe and Deep Time

Caroline Winterer
Address

Harnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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25
14:00 to 16:00

Colloquium

Talk: "Forced Examinations, Protection of Life, and Medical Professional Ethics: Reproductive Regimes and Abortion Discourses as a History of Violence in the 1980s and 1990s."

Juliane Scholz
Organizer(s)
Birgit Kolboske
Rand El Zein

Address

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Main Conference Room & Online

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26
15:00 to 16:00

Reading Group

The Sciences in the Mamluk Sultanate

Dept. AAKIMPRS

Christian Mauder (FU Berlin)
Organizer(s)
Anthony Quickel
Riaz Howey
Leonie Böttiger
Razieh-Sadat Mousavi

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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April 2026

16
15:00 to 16:00

Reading Group

The Enchanted Basin in Mamluk Cairo: Medicine and Magic

Dept. AAKIMPRS

Anthony Quickel
Organizer(s)
Anthony Quickel
Riaz Howey
Leonie Böttiger
Razieh-Sadat Mousavi

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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22
14:00 to 16:00

Colloquium

Talk: On the Criminalization of Femicide in a Comparative Legal Perspective

Several Speakers
Konstanze Jarvers
Emily Silverman
Cristina Valega Chipoco
Organizer(s)
Birgit Kolboske
Rand El Zein

Address

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Main Conference Room & Online

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May 2026

12
14:00 to 15:30

Institute's Colloquium

Precognition, Time Travel, and the History of Religions: Some Impossible Thoughts

Jeffrey Kripal
Address

Harnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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13
14:00 to 16:00

Colloquium

Talk: Local Solutions to Ending Early Marriage and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in the Somali Diaspora Background

Antje Becker-Benton
Organizer(s)
Birgit Kolboske
Rand El Zein

Address

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Main Conference Room & Online

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June 2026

3
14:00 to 16:00

Colloquium

Talk: On Abortion Pills in General, and “Misoprostol in Brazil” in Particular

Ilana Löwy
Organizer(s)
Birgit Kolboske
Rand El Zein

Address

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Main Conference Room & Online

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9
14:00 to 15:30

Institute's Colloquium

Writing History beyond the Timeline: Traditions and Innovations

Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan
Address

Harnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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