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.
March 2026
- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
From Nuisance to Cinderella: Cottonseed and the Many Afterlives of King Cotton
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Surveilling the Surveyors
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- Methods Intensive Workshop
Essay Film Course
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
May 2026
- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Movements and Categorizations: About Animals, Concepts and Belonging
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 219
June 2026
- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Earth System and World Order: On the Geopolitics of Carbon Management
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Sonic Knowledge: Listening against the Grain to Gandhi in Bombay, 1931
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215- 10:00 to 19:00
17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science
- Dept. KSCL
- Several Speakers
AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
November 2026
- Methods Intensive Workshop
Essay Film Course
Organizer(s)AddressMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany