The sportsman and sports journalist Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala is writing on a typewriter in 1932. The typewriter is attached to the thighs with Knefix pliers, developed by Pihkala, so that the writer can write in any position needed.

The sportsman and sports journalist Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala is writing on a typewriter in 1932. The typewriter is attached to the thighs with Knefix pliers, developed by Pihkala, so that the writer can write in any position needed.

Methods and Tools (2014-2018)

Clone of "Get-It-Published" Fellowship

As the scope of the history of science expands beyond Europe and North America, methodological questions concerning the essential characteristics of the discipline have to be addressed. The Get-It-Published program aims to foster a collaborative research environment and international discourse by inviting young international scholars to be part of Department III. At present, the project centers on scholars whose ongoing doctoral work is in the Chinese language and who are in the final stages of their research.

Fellowships are open to students whose research topic is related to the history of science, technology, and medicine or science and technology studies. The working language of the MPIWG is English. Get-It-Published scholars must be comfortable not only with written English but with spoken English, as they are expected to present and discuss their research and that of other members of Department III.

Regular meetings are held to support both the writing process and academic development. Candidates are expected to have finished their Chinese thesis and be in a position to devote five months to writing and preparing an article in English for journal publication.

The Get-It-Published program ran until 2019. It was followed by the
First Research Article Fellowship which is open to international scholars

Publications

Yongdan, Lobsang (2018). “An Exploration of a Tibetan Lama’s Study of the Pythagorean Theorem in the Mid-18th Century.” Études mongoles et sibériennes, centralasiatiques et tibétaines 49: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.3565.

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Wang, Yijun and Kyoungjin Bae (2021). “Kupiao and the Accounting System of the Imperial Household Workshops.” In Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire, ed. M. Siebert, K. J. Chen, and D. Ko, 93–123. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1tfw0z6.12.

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Get-It-Published Projects