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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 🔗 https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/data-protection-social-media

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 7h ago

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

“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 · 2w ago

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).

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 2w ago

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).

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3w ago

#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).

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3w ago

📸 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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3w ago

#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

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 4w ago

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

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · last mo.

#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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · last mo.

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · last mo.

#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)

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · last mo.

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

Technische Universität Berlin@tuberlin.bsky.social · last mo.

👏 Exzellente Wissenschaftsgeschichte: Juniorprof. Caterina Schürch erhält den Nachwuchspreis des Berliner Wissenschaftspreises. 💡Sie erforscht, wie die Zusammenarbeit unterschiedlicher Disziplinen neue Erkenntnisse & Innovationen ermöglicht & was wir daraus für die Forschung von heute lernen können.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · last mo.

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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

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 · 2mo ago

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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

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 · 3mo ago

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

Tanz den Sozialismus: Musik und Politik im Kalten Krieg | Theater-Soirée (21. März 2026)

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

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 · 3mo ago

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

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"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

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 · 3mo ago

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

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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).

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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.

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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.

Population Europe@populationeu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Technological and demographic change create needs for #education systems to adapt. @maxplanck.de launches the project "EduTrack" for science-based policy. We are thrilled to be working with @mpidr.bsky.social, @mpiwg.bsky.social and @mpips.bsky.social. population-europe.eu/network/news...

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

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 · 4mo ago

🍇 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.