Archive
- Institute's Colloquium 2022–23: Science Diplomacy and Science in Times of War
- Institute's Colloquium 2021–22: Trusting Science
- Institute's Colloquium 2020–21: Crisis and Capacity
- Institute's Colloquium 2019–20: History of Science: Right Here, Right Now
- Institute's Colloquium 2017–18: Beyond the Horizon: the History of Science in …
- Calendar of History of Science Events in Berlin
- Internal Events Calendar for Current Scholars
Past Events by Year
May 2024
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Competing Economic Paradigms? Evolution of Chinese Economic Thought and Theories since China's Reform and Opening-up
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
European Noise: The Cosmo-Politics of Noise Abatement in European Cities
- 14:00 to 16:30
- Lecture
[RESCHEDULED]: "Discrimination in Treatment Decisions and Its Implications in Data-Driven Fairness"
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16–20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomHumboldt Room- 13:00 to 15:00
- Field Trip
Field Trip to "Echoes of the Brother Countries" (HKW) - Laboratory for Oral History and Experimental Media Series
Organizer(s)AddressHaus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin, Germany
- 11:00 to 12:00
- Lecture
Tools of Knowledge: Revitalising a Legacy Database of Scientific Instrument Makers
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Beyond Translation: Multilingual Practices in the Transmission of Islamicate Astral Sciences to 13th–14th-Century China
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 11:00 to 12:30
Chinese Maps as Cosmographs
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomLibrary
April 2024
- 12:00 to 13:00
- Digital Humanities Brown Bag Lunch
Exploring Images of Climate Change with Digital Methods
AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 219- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
CANCELED: Four Elements vs. Five Phases: Jesuit Influences in the Chinese Scientific and Philosophical Discourse
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Challenging the Social Gap in African Lingustics
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- Workshop
Health Beyond Medicine Workshop: Endings and After
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Experimenting with Socio-Material Relations: Rural Meteorological Services and its Integration into Agricultural Practices in China
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom- 09:30 to 16:00
- Workshop
Environments of Reproduction
- Dept. II
- Several Speakers
- Birgit Nemec (Charité)
- Anika König (Freie Uni)
- Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16–20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomHumboldt Room- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Approaching, Translating, and Engaging Cosmology
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 11:00 to 12:00
Corals and Lexical Life in the Lakshadweep Islands of India
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 265 & Online- 11:00 to 13:00
- Field Trip
Celestial Globes in Your Hands
- Dept. III
- Markus Heinz
Organizer(s)AddressStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 8-12, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- 09:30 to 16:00
- Workshop
Oral Histories of Knowledge
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16–20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomHumboldt Room- 13:30 to 15:00
- Lecture
Francis Bacon’s Nomological Network of Nature
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstraße 16, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomSeminar Room/Online- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
From Development to Danger. EU Policy with Regard to Research Collaboration with China, 1992-2022
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom
March 2024
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
China’s Innovation Policy: An Evidence-Based Perspective
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom