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

A new Call for Applications for doctoral positions starting on September 1, 2026, is now open! Please visit the IMPRS website to see the CfA and more details. The application deadline is January 15, 2026.

News & Press

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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IMPRS "Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities" welcomes its third cohort

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Events

Perceptions of and Reactions to Meteorological Anomalies in an Arabic Chronicle from the Ninth Century

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Field Walls and Terraces in Mamluk Bilad al-Sham

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The Sciences in the Mamluk Sultanate

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Doctoral Students of the IMPRS