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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 12h

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

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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

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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 (2026), directed by Sarita West, follows rangers, scientists, & community leaders protecting endangered wildlife & sustaining local livelihoods in the Nimba Mountains. Amid renewed mining pressures, it explores conservation, industry, communities, & ecosystem resilience. 📸 Overburden

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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 · 02/10/2026

For our Research Reels series, we invited scholars across the institute to pitch their recent publications! ⚡️ To find more of our Research Reels or to learn more about our scholars and the MPIWG, visit our Mediathek: 🔗 buff.ly/S0JS6t2

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

#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes🏅 Daniela Trinks introduces “The Association between Go Experience and Sustained Attention in Young Adults,” co-authored with Theresa Martinez Garcia. It examines the cognitive effects of “Go” experience. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4d49ds54 #Education #BoardGame

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MPIWG Research Reels: The Association between Go Experience and Sustained Attention in Young Adults

Researcher Daniela Trinks presents “The Association between Go Expe...

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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

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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 · 25/09/2026

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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

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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 · 21/05/2026

‪The CBCW is a joint research initiative between the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art in Singapore, running from 2026 to 2031. For more information, please see 👉 tinyurl.com/525utnuc #CBCW #PoliticalEcology #STS #CulturalStudies #SciComm /5

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Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding (CBCW) | MPIWG

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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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