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An institute of the Max Planck Society, dedicated to the study of the history of science and of scientific thinking and practice as historical phenomena. 📍 Berlin, Germany 🔗 www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/data-protec…

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes🏅 Elizabeth Hughes introduces "Biomedical Visions: #Epistemology, #Medicine, and Art Practice." The book explores artist-scientist collaborations in #Biomedicine's past and future. 🩻 🔗 bit.ly/4yjaPBd #HistSci #HistMed
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MPIWG Research Reels: Biomedical Visions: Epistemology, Medicine, and Art Practice
Former Publication Manager Elizabeth Hughes presents her recent pub...
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Predoctoral alumna Jelena Große-Bley interviewed by Lea Sahay for Süddeutsche Zeitung. They discuss China's approach to climate change and its increasing impact on agriculture and food security. 🌾 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n7k27ee (GER) #China #EnvHum #STS​
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Klimawandel: China versucht, der Klimakrise pragmatisch zu begegnen
Peking bestreitet den menschengemachten Klimawandel nicht. Die Bevölkerung betrachtet ihn bereits als Gefahr für Ernährung, Eigentum und Leben – und als Bewährungsprobe für den Staat.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes🏅 What can photographs reveal that written records leave out?📸 Research Scholar Birgit Kolboske explores 60+ years of visual material from the @maxplanck.de archives in "Bilder einer Gesellschaft," offering a new perspective on its history. 🔗 buff.ly/TBGmUeU
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MPIWG Research Reels: Bilder einer Gesellschaft (Images of a Society)
Research Scholar Birgit Kolboske presents her illustrated volume, Bilder einer Gesellschaft (Images of a Society), published recently in collaboration with Anne Huffschmid. Drawing on more than 60…
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Postdoctoral Scholar Jacob Schmidt-Madsen in conversation with Adrija Roychowdhury for @indianexpress.com They discuss the cultural history of the #BoardGame "Snakes and Ladders," its spiritual origins in India, and appropriation by Europeans. 🎲 🔗 tinyurl.com/ydrh6nz3 #HistSci #AstralSciences
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Snakes and Ladders began as a spiritual game in India. How the British transformed it
From religious diagrams of the universe to a children's classic, cultural historian Jacob Schmidt-Madsen traces the journey of Gyan Chaupar and the making of modern Snakes and Ladders.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are now on Instagram! 📣 Follow us to see what’s happening at our Institute—our people, research, events, news, and publications. You can find us over there @mpiwg.berlin 🔗 www.instagram.com/mpiwg.berlin/
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#CfA: Applications for the MPIWG Fellowship Program close tomorrow 📢 This round, #Fellowships offer guest scholars research opportunities with Dept. AAK, ASTRA, or LMRG, access to the Institute’s Library, and participation in its academic and social life. 🗓️ Sept 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/37zmxkac
Screenshot of the MPIWG website header for the “Fellowship Program” page.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Das MPIWG sucht eine:n Sachbearbeiter:in im Sachgebiet #Bau & #TechnischeDienste 🗂️ Koordination im Bereich Bau & Technische Dienste 💻 Aktualisierung digitaler Infrastruktur 🦺 Mitarbeit an Arbeitssicherheit & Brandschutz 🗓️ Deadline: bis zur Besetzung 🔗 tinyurl.com/vtpnrbkk #JobBerlin
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows a group of people at the Institute's courtyard. The third shows the entrance area of the MPIWG. 
Photos by Andreas Muhs: MPIWG, 2021 (second image), MPIWG, 2025 (third image).
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🏆 Congratulations to Postdoctoral Scholar Jacob Schmidt-Madsen on receiving the 2026 Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year #Award for "The Horta-Osório Collection of Antique Chess Sets, Volume 1: India," coauthored with leading chess experts and historians. ♟️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycke6nsa
A man wearing glasses and a blue shirt is looking directly into the camera
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New #OpenAccess book by Research Scholar Birgit Kolboske & Anne Huffschmid "Bilder einer Gesellschaft" draws on 70+ years of images from the @maxplanck.de, looking beyond labs and Nobel Prizes to the people, everyday life, and changing role of women in science. 📸 🔗 buff.ly/jlcYYJ7 #HistSci
Blue cloth-bound book cover titled "Bilder einer Gesellschaft" (Images of a Society) with subtitle about the Max‑Planck photographic archive, authors' names (Anne Huffschmid, Birgit Kolboske), gold tassels, an atom motif and a taped 1964 "Otto Hahn" label.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New book by Director emerita Lorraine Daston: "Diversity: The History of a Wandering Value" 💐 "The long history of #Diversity as an #Aesthetic and economic value helps explain the recent rapid rise of diversity as a #Moral and political value." 🔗 tinyurl.com/yke6f86z #HistSci
Book cover. The title and the author's name are featured in white letters on a blue background. Below, there is an oil painting of a bouquet of flowers in red, pink, yellow, white, and blue.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Alumna Journalist in Residence Adrija Roychowdhury writes in The @indianexpress.com about old and new contenders in the century-old race to decipher the "Indus Valley Script" 🔍 The article is based on the project she pursued at the MPIWG April–May 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3szx2u8s #HistSci #Epigraphy
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The Indus Code: Who is in the race to crack a 4,000-year-old script?
AI experts, computer scientists, even a 17-year-old in Washington DC — a new generation of enthusiasts is in the race with veteran epigraphers to unlock a secret code: what does the Indus script tell…
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Lise Meitner Research Group "China in the Global System of Science" is looking to hire a Student/Graduate Assistant to support: 📚 research 📋 event support 🖍️ editorial work (German/English/Chinese) 📊 data visualization 🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #STS #Sinology #China
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows a researcher presenting at the March 2025 Publications Slam. The third shows a group of people at the Institute's courtyard. Source: Anna Ruhnow, MPIWG 2025 (second image.) MPIWG, 2021 (third image.)
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Congratulations to Research Scholar Lachlan Summers & Alumna Gloria Maritza Gómez Revuelta, who won the 2026 Ronald Rainger Early Career Award in History of the Earth & #EnvironmentalSciences from historyscience.bsky.social, for "Negotiating the 'Geo' of #ColdWar #Geopolitics" 🌎🙌 🔗 buff.ly/QrxGSrZ
Lachlan Summers and Gloria Maritza Gómez Revuelta smiling for a selfie on public transit; Summers, on the left, wears glasses, flashes a peace sign and a colorful neck scarf while Revuelta, on the right, smiles with a nose ring. Source: Gloria Maritza Gómez Revuelta (2026).A seated classical woman wearing a helmet atop a monument plinth looks past an ornate memorial base while the Angel of Independence, a large bronze figure, lies toppled and cracked on the wet pavement in front. Source: Wikipedia.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#CfA: Summer Academies "Science Imagines Its Future" (Berlin, June 2027 and 2028) for early career researchers. Organized by Lorraine Daston, Erika Milam, and David Kaiser. 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 1, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/ntc64jvu #HistSci #STS #Balzan
An array of parabolic radio-telescope dishes on an observatory pad aimed at a vibrant Milky Way band stretching across the night sky.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public 🌌 The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j #HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum
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“Visualization of the Heavens” Database Launches to the Public | MPIWG
“Visualization of the Heavens” database becomes accessible to the public
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is looking to hire a Graduate Assistant to support: 🖍️ copy-editing English-language academic texts 🗂️ maintaining reference databases 📚 researching and summarizing literature 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 21, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci #STS
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows five people gathered around a desk in the Institute's library while two scholars are sitting at other desks in the background. The third image shows three people by the window in the Institute's hallway. Second and third image by Andreas Muhs (2026).
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Our #DigitalHumanities team is looking to hire a Student Assistant with a focus on #MachineLearning or #DataScience 👩🏾‍💻👨🏻‍💻🧑🏼‍💻 #Archiving #Coding #Visualization 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 23, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows people on different levels of the Institute's entrance hall. The third image shows three people browsing bookshelves in the Institute's library. Second and third image by Andreas Muhs (2026).
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#CfA: Dept. “Knowledge Systems and Collective Life” is looking to hire a new Student Assistant to support 📚 the department’s research activities 🖍️ the management and annotation of research materials 📋 the organization of scholarly events 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 21, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows bookshelves in the Institute's library (Photo by Vivienne Rischke, 2024). The third image shows the MPIWG Summer Publications Slam held in the Institute's library (Photo by Marvin Müller (2024).
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
📸 What did it take to make a #Photograph in the 19th century? The #IMPRS Predocs Jonathan Haid, Megan Briers, and Lena Kasten organized a workshop to reveal new insights into the fragility, skill, and experimentation behind early photographic practices. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2j9kz5d4 #HistSci
Maximilian Zeitler’s camera with a historical lens in the studio, set up to take a photograph. Source: Lena Kasten.Black and white dry gelatine photograph of workshop participants.
Source: Maximillian Zeitler.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#CfA: Research Group "China in the Global System of Science" is hiring a Predoctoral Scholar for the project "Scientific Empire: #Infrastructure Control & Ideational Binding in China’s International Big Science Projects," funded by @dfg.de unit FOR 5913/1. 🛰️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci #SciPol
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows five people gathered around a desk in the institutes library while two scholars are sitting at other desks in the background. The third image shows three people by the window in the institute's hallway. Second and third image by Andreas Muhs (2026).
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Join us at this year’s @eshhs.bsky.social/HSS Joint Meeting! We'll be hosting an exhibition stand, and several scholars are organizing panels, chairing sessions, and presenting their research. 📍 Edinburgh, Scotland 📆 Jul 12-16, 2026 🔗 buff.ly/2GvcFc9 #HistSci #HistSTM #ESHS-HSS
View over Edinburgh cityscape with the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground on a hill. Photo by KBielinski
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#CfA: The Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding is appointing two Postdoctoral Scholars with a PhD in 🖼️ #MuseumStudies, 🏛️ #LegalHistory, 🔬 #ScienceStudies, 🦉 #HistSci ... or another related humanities field. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 10, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows a researcher presenting at the March 2025 Publications Slam. The third shows a group of people at the institute's courtyard. Second image by Anna Ruhnow, MPIWG 2025. Third image by MPIWG, 2021.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Postdoctoral Scholar @chanelle.bsky.social is a participating artist at #BiennaleGherdëina 10, (Future) Paradise Gardens 🗻 The installation "Test Pit" bridges her established artistic practice with her current research at the MPIWG. 🗓️ May 31–Sept. 13, 2026 📍 Val Gardena 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4dsvkn
Sign in front of the excavation sight, reading: "Please excuse the disruption. Excavation in progress." Photo by Tiberio Sorvillo.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#CfA: New fellowships in Dept. "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" for researchers working on 📊 politics and practices of #Data, 📚️ histories of #Knowledge and collective life in Africa, or 🍂 #Environmental knowledge in times of crisis 🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci
ALT: Collage of three images. The first reads: “Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We’re hiring.” The second image shows a two people holding a thread. Image by: Mattheus Vaz (2022). The third image shows a scholar giving a talk at the MPIWG library. Image by: Anna Ruhnow (2025)
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Congrats to Caterina Schürch, member of the Principal Teaching Faculty of our International Max Planck Research School on winning the Berlin Science Prize's Young Scientist Award! 👏 #HistSci
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Director Dagmar Schäfer has received the Special Book Award of #China 🏆 She is honored for her work on the history and present of Chinese science and #Technology. The award recognizes outstanding work that deepens the understanding of China abroad. 🔗 tinyurl.com/s8vf3bk2 #HistSci @maxplanck.de
Picture of the stage at the Special Book Awards of China, featuring an image of Director Dagmar Schäfer. Photo by Lingling Cai.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The project “China’s Science Silk Road & the New Geopolitics of Knowledge Production” has launched. The @volkswagenstiftung.de funded project examines how #China’s international cooperation in science, technology, & innovation is reshaping knowledge production. 🌐 🔗 sciencesilkroad.org #SocSci
Photo of project co-leads Han Cheng, Anna L. Ahlers, and Hang Zhou.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
How can we rethink humanity’s relationship with nature? And how can we foster resilient knowledge practices to support planetary futures?🪴 @scienmag.bsky.social reports on the recent launch of the Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding (CBCW). 🔗 buff.ly/N2GmtOH #HistSci #EnvHist
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NTU Singapore and Max Planck Society Launch Southeast Asia’s First Max
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore has embarked on a pioneering scientific journey by establishing the first two Max Planck Centres in Southeast Asia. These centers—the Max P
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Next up: the final lecture in our Institute's Colloquium 2025/26 series "Rethinking Time in the History of Science." Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan on "Writing History beyond the Timeline: Traditions & Innovations" ⌛ 🗓️ Jun 9, 2026 (14:00 CET) 📍 MPIWG 🔗 buff.ly/vMvuCiP #HistSci #Historiography #DigiHum #DH
Poster of the MPIWG Institute’s Colloquium. It features the titles of its five events below an image that shows a colorful mixture of liquids in red, orange, yellow, green, and violet.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In his research, Postdoctoral Scholar Jean Arzoumanov discovered that #Persian served as the language of #Colonial India's religious surveys. Adrija Roychowdhury reports for @indianexpress.com on his work. 📖 🔗 tinyurl.com/3aunbcsv (paywall) #HistSci @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social
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How Persian became the language of colonial India’s religious surveys
Historian Jean Arzoumanov’s discovery of an 18th-century Jain text in Persian reveals a forgotten era where Hindu scholars used the ‘Islamic’ lingua franca to help British officers survey India’s…
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
On April 20th, the Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding (CBCW) was launched with an opening symposium in Singapore. The event assembled scholars and practitioners of various disciplines, engaging them in conversations on entanglements of biological diversity and cultural life. /1
People in the audience, photographed from the back at an angle. Photo by Alson Yong/Max Planck–NTU Centre for Biocultural Worlding.A person in the audience taking a picture of Dagmar Schäfer with their phone. In the background Dagmar’s blurry contours can be seen in front of a screen. Photo by Alson Yong/Max Planck–NTU Centre for Biocultural Worlding.Michael Stanley-Baker, Lisa Onaga, Dagmar Schäfer, and Nilüfer Oral in conversation. Michael is talking, Lisa and Dagmar are smiling. Photo by Alson Yong/Max Planck–NTU Centre for Biocultural Worlding.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Theatre soirée: "Tanz den Sozialismus" Predoctoral Scholar Christopher Klauke in a panel discussion by @berlincoldwar.bsky.social on early #MusicResearch in the #GDR. 🎞️ buff.ly/tzoH0bC (GER) #HistSci @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social
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Tanz den Sozialismus: Musik und Politik im Kalten Krieg | Theater-Soirée (21. März 2026)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Researcher Jacob Schmidt-Madsen in conversation with Praveen Shankara for Prana Stories. They talk about his personal and academic engagement with South Asian #BoardGames and their Indic origins. ♟️ 🎲 🔗 buff.ly/ml8N68V #HistSci #AstralSciences @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social
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The Forgotten Ancient Indian Origins of Snakes & Ladders, Ludo & Chess | Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Next in our Institute's Colloquium series 2025/26 "Rethinking Time in the History of Science": Franziska Neumann on "Wear and Tear: Time, Materiality, and Waste in the #EarlyModernPeriod" ⏳ 🗓️ May 12, 2026 (14:00 CET) 📍 MPIWG 🔗 buff.ly/dVZKkmv #HistSci #EnvHis @tu-braunschweig.de
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"Where China's universities get ahead:" Lise Meitner Research Group Leader @annalahlers.bsky.social interviewed for an article on @faznet.bsky.social. 👩‍🎓 🔗 buff.ly/DZiMRKR (GER, Paywall) #HistSci #SciencePolicy #SocSci
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Warum chinesische Universitäten globale Rankings dominieren
Die besten Unis der Welt? Laut Forschungsrankings sind sie fast alle in China. Jahrzehntelang hat Peking darauf hingearbeitet – mit allen Mitteln.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New vacancies 🌟 As part of the #EduTrack program, Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is hiring a #PostDoc to work on "Migratory Expertise and Practices of Knowledge Transmission" 🗓️ Deadline: June 7 📍 MPIWG Berlin 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci #STS
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows a researcher presenting at the March 2025 Publications Slam. The third shows a group of people at the institute's courtyard. Second image by Anna Ruhnow, MPIWG 2025. Third image by MPIWG, 2021.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New vacancies 🌟 As part of the #EduTrack program, Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is hiring one #PostDoc to work on "Tackling the Digital Gap between Asia and Europe." 🗓️ Deadline: May 31 (open until filled) 📍 MPIWG Berlin 🔗 buff.ly/nlrNBq7 #HistSci #DH #STS @populationeu.bsky.social
Collage of three images. The first one (left) reads: "Max Planck History of Science—Career: We’re hiring!"
The second image (top right) shows the Institutes library with people researching. Copyright: Setform, 2017.
The third image (bottom right) shows a person coding on a Macbook, while simultaneously visiting a video webpage on a second laptop. Copyright: olia danilevich (Pexels).
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Das MPIWG sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine:n #Werkstudent:in für das Sachgebiet Einkauf und Finanzen 🛒 🌐 Unterstützung beim Aufbau unseres Vertragsmanagementsystems 💌 Assistenz bei der Rechnungsprüfung 🗂️ Mitarbeit an der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #BerlinJob
Collage aus drei Einzelbildern. Das erste zeigt eine Grafik mit der Beschriftung: „Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We’re hiring.“ Das Bild oben rechts zeigt eine Gruppe von Menschen im Innenhof des Instituts. Im Vordergrund sind mehrere 
Blumen zu sehen. Foto: MPIWG, 2021. Das Bild unten links zeigt zwei Personen, die auf einer Bank in der Bibliothek sitzen. Foto: Setform, 2017.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New book by alumnus Visiting Scholar David Robinson 📓 In "Ability and Difference in Early Modern China: A Mongol Family at the #Ming Court," Robinson traces the Wu family's fortune to offer a non-Han perspective on the inner workings of Ming #China. 🔗 tinyurl.com/f8s7h3xa #Sinology @colgate.edu
Book cover. It features the title in white and yellow letters. The background is a black-and-white photo of a statue of a bearded man in armor.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We're happy to announce Franziska Neumann from @tu-braunschweig.de on "Waste and Tear: Time, Materiality, and Waste in the Early Modern Period." 📍MPIWG & Harnack-Haus 🔗For the full program & information on registration, please check bit.ly/42Zq98m #HistSci #DeepTime #Anthropology #ReligiousStudies
Poster of the MPIWG Institute’s Colloquium. It features the titles of its five events below an image that shows a colorful mixture of liquids in red, orange, yellow, green, and violet.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding will bring together researchers, artists, curators, legal scholars, and knowledge-holding communities to explore the entanglement of biological diversity and cultural life. 🔗 tinylink.net/oLHvM
Photo of NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore director Professor Ute Meta Bauer;  Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Professor Dagmar Schäfer; NTU Chair of the School of Social Sciences Professor Yohanes Eko Riyanto; NTU Vice President (International Engagement) Professor Lee Pooi See; President of Max Planck Society Professor Patrick Cramer; German Ambassador to Singapore Dr Bettina Fanghänel; Chairman of the National Research Foundation, Singapore, Mr Heng Swee Keat; Chairperson of the NTU Board of Trustees, Ms Goh Swee Chen; NTU Deputy President and Provost Professor Christian Wolfrum; Director, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Surfaces Professor Peter Seeberger; NUS Vice President (Industry) Professor Ursula Oesterle; A*STAR Executive Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Professor Loh Xian Jun; and NTU Distinguished University Professor Chen Xiaodong.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Max Planck Society and Population Europe have launched EduTrack! 🌐 As part of the collaboration an MPIWG research team led by @lisaonaga.bsky.social and Shih-Pei Chen will examine how human migration, social mobility, and digital access reshape knowledge exchange between Asia and Europe.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Alvin Yang talks to @statnews.com about the ongoing #BrainDrain from the US and job prospects for academics globally. 🎓 🔗 tinyurl.com/2nm4nb7a #Academia #Europe #China
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Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave U.S. behind
“A large part of what we loved about the United States is no longer there”: Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave the U.S. behind.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🍇 New book edited by Senior Research Fellow Gabriel Rosenberg and Jan Dutkiewicz. In “Feed the People!” both authors argue that modern technology and smart policies can improve today’s food system and make it more accessible for everyone. 🔗 buff.ly/PQGqIqO #AgSci #EnvHum #HistSci
The cover of the book shows an orange-red tin can with the book's title written on it.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New #OpenAccess book: "DAGA TUDAA. Pensées #Toubou II" 📕 Mahuma Abaliy Sediké explores how oral traditions such as proverbs, #Riddles, and tales convey broader knowledge on #Astronomy, pharmacopoeia, or clan brands in the Central Sahara. 🔗 buff.ly/iHlZliE #HistSci #OralHistory #Anthropology
Cover of a book on Toubou culture: a photo of a group with pack animals in a sandy Sahara landscape, with the French title "DAGA TUDAA. Pensées Toubou II" by Mahuma Abaliy Sediké printed beneath.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Berlin History of Knowledge Course List (KVV) for summer semester 2026 is now available online! This list conveniently compiles all history of knowledge and sciences courses from @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. 🔗 buff.ly/JBZNqe8 #HistSci
Cover page of the KVV featuring logos of the MPIWG, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the TU Berlin, with a historical illustration in the background.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New edited volume by Postdoc Xiao Alvin Yang, @chandrima-c.bsky.social, Sibo Chen, Muyang Li, Guida Man. 📘 "Anti-Asian #Racism and the #COVID19 Pandemic in Canada" examines a recent rise in anti-Asian racism and community strategies of defence and solidarity. 🔗 buff.ly/ECMmxH2 #HistSci #PolSci
Book cover of "Anti-Asian Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada," edited by Chandrima Chakraborty, Sibo Chen, Muyang Li, Guida Man, and X. Alvin Yang. Teal background with stylized coronavirus particles. Title and editors' names in white text.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We warmly congratulate Postdoc @chanelle.bsky.social on receiving the @eseh.bsky.social 2025 Bristol-Bern Prize in Public #EnvHist for her "outstanding" project "Ghost Tours: The Haunt of #EnvironmentalDegradation and #Colonialism." 🌿 🔗 buff.ly/sRq1Etg
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📣 Call for Papers: 10th IASSRT Symposium on "Textiles as Knowledge Systems: Practice, Codification, and Transfer" (Sept 16–18, 2026) 🧵🪡 🔗 buff.ly/1X6kBGP 🗓️ Deadline: Apr 15, 2026 #PolSci #Archeology #HistArt #HistSTM #SocSci
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10th Symposium: International Association of the Study of Silk Road Textiles (IASSRT) (Deadline April 15, 2026) | MPIWG
International Association of the Study of Silk Road Textiles (IASSRT) Symposium (Deadline April 15, 2026)
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes🏅 Research Scholar Marianna Szczygielska presents her article "Animating Capture: A Microhistory of Elephant Mobility." It was published in “Osiris,“ in a special issue on #AnimalMobilities. 🔗 buff.ly/bwCrjfv #EnvHist #HistSci
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MPIWG Research Reels: Animating Capture: A Microhistory of Elephant Mobility
“History is written by people, or is it?” Research Scholar Marianna Szczygielska presents her recent work on elephant mobility. By tracing the life of a captive elephant at the turn of the 20th…
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