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Institute's Colloquium 2026–27

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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October 2026

21
10:30 to 12:00

Colloquium

The Ethical Tension of the Oral Historian-Researcher (Workshop)

Dept. KSCL

Hari Sridhar
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215

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28
10:30 to 12:00

Colloquium

How Do We Sustain Collaborative Research under Conditions of Postdoctoral Precarity? (Workshop)

Dept. KSCL

Silvia Pérez-Criado
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215

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November 2026

3
11:00 to 12:30

Reading Group

Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World

Dept. KSCLLise Meitner Research Group (China)
Organizer(s)
Sayori Ghoshal
Franziska Marliese Fröhlich

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215/Online

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4
10:30 to 12:00

Colloquium

The New Age of Philanthropic Science: Lessons from the History of Science

Dept. KSCL

Thomas Max Turnbull
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215

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5
Workshop

Essay Film Course (Planning Meeting)

Dept. KSCL
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Sarah Omar

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17-20
Workshop

Essay Film Course

Dept. KSCL
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Sarah Omar

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24
11:00 to 12:30

Reading Group

Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World

Dept. KSCLLise Meitner Research Group (China)
Organizer(s)
Sayori Ghoshal
Franziska Marliese Fröhlich

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215/Online

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25
10:30 to 12:00

Colloquium

Canceling Memory, Changing the Narrative? How to Keep Your (Political, Feminist…) Narratives Straight in Times of Far-Right and Neo-Libertarian Politics (Workshop)

Dept. KSCL

Birgit Kolboske
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215

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December 2026

2
10:30 to 12:00

Colloquium

Platonic Landscapes: Atlantis in the German Scientific Imagination

Dept. KSCL

Philipp Lehmann
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215

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8
11:00 to 12:30

Reading Group

Multiple Lives of Quantification in the Modern World

Dept. KSCLLise Meitner Research Group (China)
Organizer(s)
Sayori Ghoshal
Franziska Marliese Fröhlich

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215/Online

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16
10:30 to 12:00

Colloquium

Creating a Shared Narrative: Community-Based Cinema (Workshop)

Dept. KSCL

Daniel Bejarano
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Address

MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Room

Room 215

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February 2027

11
Workshop

Essay Film Course (Planning Meeting)

Dept. KSCL
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Sarah Omar

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March 2027

1-4
Workshop

Essay Film Course

Dept. KSCL
Organizer(s)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Sarah Omar

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