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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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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
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#BookLaunch: Join Huiyi Wu & @mackenziecooley.bsky.social in discussion with Shih-Pei Chen (MPIWG), Lasse Hölck @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, & Henning Klöter @humboldtuni.bsky.social 🎤

🗓️ Nov 25, 2025 (18:00 CET)
📍Lateinamerika-Institut (FUB) & Online

🔗 bit.ly/3LFUtz4

#HistSci #Sinology
Poster for the book launch event. In the background it features a drawn map with Chines inscriptions.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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New #OpenAccess volume by Huiyi Wu and Mackenzie Cooley: "Knowing an Empire: Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue" 🗺️

The book unveils how both empires developed comparable systems to gather, order, and wield knowledge about their local worlds.

🔗 bit.ly/3XqwYN

#HistSci #Sinology
Cover of the volume. On an orange and olive background, it features excerpts of two drawn maps, one with Spanish, one with Chinese inscriptions.
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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New book by He Bian and Mårten Söderblom Saarela:
"The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing #China" 📙

The volume examines how the Qing court sought to codify Manchu and Chinese words for animals and plants throughout the eighteenth century.

🔗 bit.ly/4qpE

#EnvHum
The book cover is a painting depicting a landscape of mountains, sky, and fields in an abstract manner. The fields and mountains consist of colorful square fields lined up next to each other, which become lighter in color from bottom to top. The sky consists of two wide stripes in blue and green and blue and pink. At the bottom of the image are the names of the authors written: He Bian and Marten Söderblom Saarela. At the top of the image, it is written: "The Manchu Mirror and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China."
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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📗 New #OpenAccess volume edited by Elizabeth Hughes & Alfred Freeborn:

"Biomedical Visions" brings together epistemology, medicine, and art to understand what biomedicine looks like and how we might view it differently in the past and future.

🔗 bit.ly/4nHBZ

#HistSci #HistArt
The image shows an X-ray of a skull against a black background. Inside the image of the skull is an image of an open hand, facing the viewer with slightly shaded palms. The word "You" outlines the skull and forms a border around the suggested eye sockets. To the left of the skull is written: "Edited by Elizabeth W. Hughes and Alfred Freeborn." In the centre of the lower part of the image is the name of the publisher, "HATJE CANTZ".
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"Cosmic Games: Real Gods Play Dice" ✨🎲

Visit us at #Berlin Science Week's CAMPUS to play traditional board games associated with cosmological representations from cultures and societies across the world.

🗓️ Nov. 1–2, 2025
📍@mfnberlin.bsky.social
🔗bit.ly/3LtFpV6

#HistSci @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social
A red and white cube with Berlin Science Week and 1–10 Nov 2025 written on the sides.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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#CallForApplications
Offering up to three positions in our “First Research Article” Fellowship Program!

🌐 For PhD students at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions
🚀 Research in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, or #STS

🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4oygRbJ

#HistSci
The image consists of a collage of three images. The first one displays a graphic with the description: “Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We’re hiring.“ The image on the top right shows a group of people at the Institute’s courtyard. Several flowers are depicted in the foreground. Photography by MPIWG, 2021. The image on the bottom left shows two women sitting on a bench in the library. Photography by Setform, 2017.
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Three new funded #DoctoralPositions in the International Max Planck School "Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities!"

🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4peeKez

#HistSci #DH #STS #HistSTM #EnvHum #PolSci #SocSci
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).
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Razieh S. Mousavi has been awarded the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize for her dissertation "Al-Farghānī’s Elements of Astronomy (c. 860 CE): An Interplay of Meaning & Form at the Intersection of Astronomical & Medical Tradition."

Congratulations!

🔗 bit.ly/3Lbfotv

#HistSci
Photo of Razieh Mousavi.
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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The first talk of our Institute's Colloquium series 2025/26 "Rethinking #Time in the History of Science": @helgejojo.bsky.social and François Hartog on "Unsettling the Historiographic Operation." 🗃

🗓️ Nov 18, 2025 (14:00 CET)
📍 MPIWG

🔗 bit.ly/3IApzqX

#HistSci #CulturalHistory @ehess.fr
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.
October 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Our Institute’s Colloquium Program 2025–26 is now available online! This year we will be "Rethinking Time in the History of Science" 🕰️⌚️

📍 MPIWG & Harnack-Haus

🔗 For the full program and 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.
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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New edited volume 📘
"Technology, Power & #Society: Critical Perspectives on the Global Digital Transformation," eds Dennis Nguyen, Jing Zeng, & Bruce Mutsvairo.
The book explores digital transformation & society with a focus on underrepresented & understudied contexts.

🔗 bit.ly/3K6HS7m

#HistTech
Graphic book cover in teal and yellow featuring the title "Technology, Power & Society," six tech-related icons, editors’ names (Nguyen, Zeng, Mutsvairo), Brill logo bottom right, and vertical series title on the left.
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is excited to announce the launch of its new "Laboratory for #Multimodal History," an inclusive space for audiovisual experimentation and collaborative research headed by Jesse Olszynko-Gryn 🎙

🔗 bit.ly/4pB7tKl

#OralHistory #HistSci #HistMed
Researchers during a workshop organized by the Lab. A research partner shares private documents during an oral history interview. Source: Eddie Bolger (2025). Photograph of a hand holding the English and German versions of the current Feature Story, captured in the MPIWG's "Laboratory for Multimodal History." Source: Niclas Look (2025).
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes🏅
Researcher Cameron Brinitzer presents his article "Historicizing the Liberal #Antiracism of Cultural Evolution," published in "History and #Philosophy of the #LifeSciences" 🗺️

🔗 bit.ly/Br-RR3

#HistSci #Anthrosky #ResearchMethods #Racism
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September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🦸 New #StudentJob!
Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" seeks a #StudentAssistant with classical #Chinese language skills.
The role focuses on #YuanDynasty textile archeology and involves research and #DigitalHumanities support.

🗓 Deadline: Oct 30, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4

#HistSci #Archeology #DH
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows the glass façade of the institute at dawn (setform 2017). The third shows people reading in the institute's library (setform 2017).
September 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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The Berlin History of Knowledge Course List (KVV) for winter semester 2025/26 is now available online! This list conveniently compiles all history of knowledge and science courses
@humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

🔗 bit.ly/438eouS

#HistSci
Front cover of the winter semester 2025/26 History of Knowledge course list (KVV)
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes 🏅
Researcher Jonathan Haid on "Raw Materials of Celluloid Film: #WartimeEconomy, Educational Animation, & Film’s Plasticity" 🎥
Jonathan explores how celluloid facilitated #Propaganda film production in interwar Germany.

🔗 bit.ly/Ha-RR2

#HistSci #FilmStudies
September 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Our Construction and Technical Services Division is looking for a new team member. 🤝

📋 assist with the coordination of construction meetings
🌐 help develop the team's intranet page
🧯 co-organize fire safety and first aid trainings

🗓️ Open deadline
🔗 bit.ly/4peeKez

#BerlinJobs #TechnicalJobs
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows two people reviewing a document. The third image shows people on the institute's courtyard. Second photo by kamboompics.com/Pexels (Canva). Third image by setform 2017.
September 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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📽️ Public movie screening: "The Land Beneath Our Feet," followed by Q&A with director Gregg Mitman & Brittany Meché 💡
Hosted by the Living Knowledge Working Group & Spore Initiative.

🗓️ Sep 25 (18:30–20:30)
📍 Spore Initiative (Hermannstraße 86, 12051 Berlin)
📜 No registration required
🔗 bit.ly/41te76
Promotional poster for the film The Land Beneath Our Feet, featuring three people looking at a smartphone against a faded map background. Includes event details for a screening and discussion with Gregg Mitman and Britanny Meché on 25 September 2025 in Berlin, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and Spore Initiative.
September 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We're excited to welcome our new Journalist in Residence, Dyna Rochmyaningsih!

🌿🌏🗞️ @rochmyaningsih.bsky.social is a freelance journalist based in Indonesia. She will work on her project "Navigating the Truth in The Age of Science Suppression" at the MPIWG.

🔗 bit.ly/41yXarv

#SciComm #EnvHum
Portrait of Dyna Rochmyaningsih.
September 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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New student job opportunity in our International Max Planck Research School "Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities"!

🎤 help organize events
📚 create bibliographies
📢 support public communication
📋 assist with administration

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 5, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4mCwxu0

#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 group of people at the institute's courtyard. Photography by MPIWG, 20121. The third shows people reading on the institute's library. Photography by MPIWG, 2012.
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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We seek to hire a Postdoctoral Scholar for the "Uncovering Traces of Ming Occupations with Sociological Theory" (UTMOST) project.

📚 pursue an independent project
📋 support workshop and conference organization
🤝 engage in Institute life

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/45V4tev

#HistSci #Sinology
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the history of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows researchers looking for books in the institute's library. The third shows people on the institute’s patio. Copyright of the second image: Setform 2017. Copyright of the third image: MPIWG 2021.
August 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Our department "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is hiring a Postdoc for the "Common Knowledge and Its Sources in the Sinosphere" working group! This research role will also involve #DigiHum, #Coordination, #Publishing, and #SciComm.

🗓️ Deadline: Sep 30, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/41oY89

#AcademicJobs #HistSci
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 at the Publications Slam at the institute's library (2024). Photo: Marvin Müller. The third image (bottom right) shows the stylized anatomy of a male human body (left arm and torso) with its proportions. Copyright: DangrafArt (pixabay).
August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Department "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" seeks a Collaborative Research Coordinator!

🤝 Help expand its community-based, publicly engaged research
🎤 Advise researchers on cooperative methods
📋 Coordinate cooperation agreements

🗓️ Deadline: Sep 28, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/45FXu8R

#HistSci #EnvHist
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.
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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New book by alumna Postdoctoral Fellow Edna Bonhomme: "A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to #COVID19" 🦠

Through case studies, it explores intersections between contagions and systemic inequities.

🔗 bit.ly/45zHqpe

#HistSci #HistMed
Cover of the book. It shows the title in black letters on the background of a historical map of the world with the Atlantic Ocean at its center. Most of the beige map is covered by six large transparent triangular shapes in red.
August 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Working Group “Heavens in your Hand” seeks a Student Assistant with a focus on historical #Arabic and #Persian manuscripts!

🌌 work with manuscripts connected to the history of astral science
🌐 support development of the "Visualization of the Heavens" database

🔗 bit.ly/39R2z

#HistSci #DigiHum #DH
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the history of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image is a screenshot of the "Visualization and material cultures of the heavens image database." The third shows people on the institute’s patio. Copyright for image three: Setform 2017.
August 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM