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.
October 2026
- 16:00 to 17:30
- Panel Discussion
Which Global China: Current Debates, Open Frontiers
- Lise Meitner Research Group (China)
- Several Speakers
AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform
November 2026
- 11:00 to 12:30
- Reading Group
Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215/Online- 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- 14:00 to 15:30
- Lecture
Global China and Post-Cold War Global Temporalities
AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 11:00 to 12:30
- Reading Group
Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215/Online
December 2026
- 11:00 to 12:30
- Reading Group
Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215/Online- 14:00 to 15:30
- Lecture
Jamaican Chinamaxxing: Caribbean Yellow Peril, the Plantation, and Chinese Debt as Possibility
AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
The Local Foundations of China's Global Science Rise: Sub-National Research Infrastructure Building and Governance
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room219/Online
January 2027
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Lecture
China’s Rise in Global Environmental Governance
AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
The German Academic Paradox: Why One of the World's Best Science Systems Is Falling Behind
Organizer(s)
February 2027
- 16:00 to 17:30
- Panel Discussion
Whose Global China: Cultures, Chineseness, and Chinamaxxing
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
It's What You Span, Not How Many: The Distinct Value of Cross-Sector Boundary-Spanners in Knowledge Production
- Lise Meitner Research Group (China)
- SICHAO TONG
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room219/Online