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.
January 2026
- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Introduction: The Enchanted Basin and the Afterlives of Knowledge
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 16:00 to 17:30
- Reading Group
Reclaiming Turtles All the Way Down Reading Group Meeting
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Perceptions of and Reactions to Meteorological Anomalies in an Arabic Chronicle from the Ninth Century
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
February 2026
- 11:30 to 13:00
- Talk
Farming with Household Trash in Late Medieval Syria
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
Field Walls and Terraces in Mamluk Bilad al-Sham
AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online
March 2026
- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
The Sciences in the Mamluk Sultanate
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
April 2026
- 15:00 to 16:00
- Reading Group
The Enchanted Basin in Mamluk Cairo: Medicine and Magic
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany