IMPRS
Research Group

International Max Planck Research School "Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities"

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Academic Coordinator, IMPRS

Sophie Schwarzmaier

The International Max Planck Research School “Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities” (IMPRS-KIR) opened at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in September 2022. The graduate school is a joint project of the MPIWG with Berlin’s Freie Universität, Humboldt-Universität, and Technische Universität as part of the Berlin Center for the History of Knowledge.

 

About the IMPRS

The IMPRS website presents the School's research agenda, the doctoral projects, and its curriculum. The site also presents our latest news and details of those involved in the graduate school, including our doctoral students, Teaching Faculty, and the IMPRS Office team.

 

Applications

The latest Call for Applications for doctoral positions closed on January 15, 2026. There will be no further application rounds for the time being.

News & Press

Berlin’s History of Knowledge course list (KVV) for summer semester 2026 has been published online

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Dyna Rochmyaningsih quotes Dwirahmi Suryandari in National Geographic on the restitution of "Java Man"

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Anna L. Ahlers and Megan Briers feature in Tagesspiegel's "Top 100 Berlin Researchers 2025"

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Events

Methods Intensive Master Class with Temi Odumosu: Do Images Still Matter? Visual Anxieties in the Time of AI

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Methods Intensive Master Class with Temi Odumosu: “Visual Research in Interdisciplinary Contexts“ + “Healing Mode – Ethics of Care in Front of and Behind Visual Documents”

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The Enchanted Basin in Mamluk Cairo: Medicine and Magic

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Doctoral Students of the IMPRS