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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Our Institute’s Colloquium Program 2026–27 is now available online! This year, we will look at “Histories of Science That Lie Beneath” 🔍 📍 MPIWG 🔗 For the full program and information on registration, please check bit.ly/4hLkRp6 #HistSci #SciComm #EventSeries

A colorful abstract painting is displayed alongside a schedule of colloquium events titled "Histories of Science That Lie Beneath" at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, listing speakers, dates, and times.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New publication: "Gongchengshi Jialilüe 工程师伽利略," a #Chinese translation of Principal Investigator Matteo Valleriani's "Galileo Engineer." 🔭 Translated by Yu Yueyuan 俞月圆, the book seeks to reassemble the many faces of #Galilei in his identity as an engineer. 🔗 bit.ly/4zkTubg #HistSci #STS

Book cover. The title in Chinese characters is featured in blue and white on a mostly white background. In the top left and bottom right corner, there are blue reticular structures with visible junctions.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New #OpenAccess book by Postdoctoral Scholar Franziska M. Fröhlich: "Green Eating and Ecological Risk in #China: How the Authoritarian State Shapes Consumer Responsibility" 🌱 🔗 tinyurl.com/3rm79k29 #STS #FoodPolitics

Book cover. The upper half shows an image of a raised garden bed. The lower half features the book title in white letters on a red and blue background. The top of the cover states the series title: "Environment and Society in Asia."

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#CfA: The MPIWG is offering First Research Article #Fellowships for 📑 doctoral students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions, to publish their first English article on 📚 history of science, technology, and medicine, or #STS 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3

Green and white text on a dark green background which features botanical or anatomical drawings. The text reads: "Become a fellow. First Research Article Fellowship Program. Deadline: January 15, 2027".

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Postdoctoral Scholar Zsuzsanna Ihar has been named by @tagesspiegel.de among Berlin’s top 100 researchers 2026! 👏 Based in Dept. KSCL, her research explores ecology, war, & the defence industry, which she also explores through her artistic practice. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6puav9 (GER, paywall)

Eine Person mit langem Haar steht lässig mit den Händen in den Hosentaschen; im Hintergrund ist ein grüner Bereich mit dem Wort „NEWS“ zu sehen.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Overburden" #FilmScreening followed by a Q&A with Gregg Mitman & Shadrach Kerwillain, moderated by Aadita Chaudhury. Organized by the MPIWG Dept. KSCL. 📍 Spore Initiative, Hermannstraße 86, 12051 Berlin 🗓️ October 7, 2026 18:30–20:30 👥 In English. All ages welcome. No entrance fee or registration

A poster announces a film screening and discussion on the topic of “Overburden”, with the words “Upcoming Event” highlighted in green.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're excited to welcome our new Journalist in Residence, Moira Donovan! @moiradonovan.bsky.social is a freelance journalist who will work on her project on #GeoEngineering, #ClimateModification, and #Society. 🌍📗 🔗 tinyurl.com/4pruvhk3

A person with curly hair styled in a bun smiles and wears a necklace, with the text “Journalist in Residence” displayed beside them.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Berlin History of Knowledge Course List (KVV) for winter semester 2026 is now available online! This list compiles all history of knowledge and sciences courses from @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ms9h5uyn #HistSci

Cover page of the KVV featuring logos of the MPIWG, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Technische Universität Berlin, with a historical illustration in the background.

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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

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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 · 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 · 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

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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

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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 · 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 · 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 · 21/05/2026

For the final roundtable, Co-Deputy Director Saidul Islam was joined by Laura Miotto, Jonathan Galka, Ahmad Syarifuddin, and Debbie Ding to discuss "Grounding the Biocultural: Place, Landscape, and Living Knowledge." /4

The five panelists are sitting in a semi-circle and smiling at each other while Saidul Islam is talking. He has a microphone raised to his mouth and is looking at a sheet of paper in his hand. 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 · 21/05/2026

Their conversation was followed by another #Interdisciplinary roundtable. Chaired by Co-Deputy Director @lisaonaga.bsky.social, it brought together Novi Asti Lalasati, Firdaus Sani, Veronica Renner, and Michael Stanley-Baker for an exchange on "Biocultural Methods for Future Pasts." /3

The five panelists are sitting in a semi-circle. Michael Stanley-Baker is talking to the audience. Veronica Renner is taking notes. 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 · 21/05/2026

Co-Directors Dagmar Schäfer and Ute Meta Bauer delivered welcome addresses. Afterwards they were joined by Marian Pastor Roces and Nilüfer Oral for two keynote conversations on question of #KnowledgeOwnership, addressing the rights of nature, place, and culture. /2

Ute Meta Bauer standing next to a lectern in front of a green wall with a screen. She is talking to the audience and has a microphone raised to her mouth. Photo by Alson Yong/Max Planck–NTU Centre for Biocultural Worlding.

People in the audience looking at a large screen with the video image of Marian Pastor Roces who joined the conversation virtually. Photo by Alson Yong/Max Planck–NTU Centre for Biocultural Worlding.

Dagmar Schäfer, Nilüfer Oral, and Uta Meta Bauer sitting on chairs in a semi-circle. Nilüfer has a microphone raised to her mouth, she and Dagmar are looking at the audience. 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 · 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 · 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 · 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 · 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 · 01/04/2026

We're excited to welcome our new Journalist in Residence, Adrija Roychowdhury. Adrija will work on her project "Encoding Ancient History. The Curious Case of Mathematics, #ArtificalIntelligence, and the #IndusScript" at the MPIWG. 🔍 📰 🔗 buff.ly/SBJYSPn #SciComm @indianexpress.com

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Researcher Meg Briers participates in Brewing Minds in Vagabund Brauerei Kesselhaus! "Women Who Chased The Sun" deals with hidden & forgotten figures of 19th-century astronomical expeditions. 🗓️ Mar 18 (18:30–21:30) 📍 Oudenarder Str. 16–20 (Berlin) 🔗 bit.ly/4u3ASd 🎫 10.90–45.00€ #HistSci #Astronomy

Annie Maunder at the telescope ahead of the 1900 Total Solar Eclipse, Source: Maunder 1901 p.61 (full title of the book: The Total Solar Eclipse, 1900: Report of the Expeditions Organized by the British Astronomical Association to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 1900, May 28)

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The Max Planck NTU Singapore Center for #Biocultural Worlding is hiring a Scientific Coordinator. 🤝 coordinate research programs 🚀 facilitate collaboration with cultural and research institutions 🛰️ amplify #SciComm 🗓️ Deadline: open until filled 📍 Workplace: MPIWG Berlin 🔗 bit.ly/4k5DWSs #HistSci

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 · 02/03/2026

🎉 We congratulate Sayori Ghoshal, who has received the Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize by the History of Science Society (HSS) for an "outstanding" article on #Racism, #Anthropology, and #Colonialism in 20th century India. Published in @isisjournal.bsky.social Vol. 115 (1). 🔗 bit.ly/4rETTlj #HistSci

Cover image of Isis Volume 115 (1) by History of Science Society (HSS) from March 2024. It depicts a painting of a bug sitting on a tree.

Picture of Sayori Ghoshal sitting at a table, holding a coffee

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📚 New #OpenAccess book “Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective” edited by Maria Avxentevskaya and Glenn W. Most It examines premodern theories of signs across cultures and reveals universal concerns and unique cultural features that shaped semiotics. 🔗 bit.ly/4rj6d #HistPhil

The cover of the book shows a drawing of a swan holding a tobacco pipe in its beak.

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