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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. ๐Ÿ“ Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ”— https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/data-protection-social-media

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Research Reels: 1 publicationโ€”3 minutes๐Ÿ… Postdoc Scholar Stefanie Rudolf presents her forthcoming article โ€œUnder the Sole: Rethinking Shoe Symbolism in Arabic and the Ancient Near East,โ€ exploring how shoes have symbolized authority and social hierarchy across cultures. ๐Ÿ‘ž ๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/3WmnNjs

youtu.beMPIWG Research Reels: Under the Soleโ€œIf the shoe were inherently a symbol of impurity, why would placin...
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#ResearchReels: 1 publicationโ€”3 minutes๐Ÿ… Head of #DigitalHumanities Sarah Lang presents her article โ€œ(Doing) Computational History,โ€ exploring #ComputationalMethods gaining traction among historians. She highlights the often-overlooked labor behind these approaches. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/4e0wFl5

youtu.beMPIWG Research Reels: (Doing) Computational History"Our digital infrastructure depends on the labor of book scanners, ...
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โ€œHistorical Momentsโ€ brings together scientists, historians, & voices from culture, politics, & the arts. Developed by MPIWG with scientific & cultural institutions in Berlin, the series explores science as a collaborative, contested practice shaped by people, institutions, technologies, & society.

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New publication: "Gongchengshi Jialilรผe ๅทฅ็จ‹ๅธˆไผฝๅˆฉ็•ฅ," a #Chinese translation of Principal Investigator Matteo Valleriani's "Galileo Engineer." ๐Ÿ”ญ Translated by Yu Yueyuan ไฟžๆœˆๅœ†, the book seeks to reassemble the many faces of #Galilei in his identity as an engineer. ๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/4zkTubg #HistSci #STS

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#ResearchReels: 1 publicationโ€”3 minutes๐Ÿ… Research Scholar Jeffrey Kotyk presents his chapter โ€œZoroastrianism in the Chinese Imagination.โ€ It explores how Chinese sources documented this Persian #Religion, its customs, and its place in Chinaโ€™s cultural landscape. ๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/47L7Eqc

bit.lyMPIWG Research Reels: Zoroastrianism in the Chinese ImaginationResearch scholar Jeffrey Kotyk presents his latest book chapter on ...
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"Overburden" #FilmScreening followed by a Q&A with Gregg Mitman & Shadrach Kerwillain, moderated by Aadita Chaudhury. Organized by the MPIWG Dept. KSCL. ๐Ÿ“ Spore Initiative, HermannstraรŸe 86, 12051 Berlin ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ October 7, 2026 18:30โ€“20:30 ๐Ÿ‘ฅ In English. All ages welcome. No entrance fee or registration

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๐ŸŽฌ 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. ๐Ÿ“ธ Overburden

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#ResearchReels: 1 publicationโ€”3 minutes๐Ÿ… Daniela Trinks introduces โ€œThe Association between Go Experience and Sustained Attention in Young Adults,โ€ co-authored with Theresa Martinez Garcia. It examines the cognitive effects of โ€œGoโ€ experience. ๐Ÿ”— https://tinyurl.com/4d49ds54 #Education #BoardGame

youtu.beMPIWG Research Reels: The Association between Go Experience and Sustained Attention in Young AdultsResearcher Daniela Trinks presents โ€œThe Association between Go Expe...
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#ResearchReels: 1 publicationโ€”3 minutes๐Ÿ… Elizabeth Hughes introduces "Biomedical Visions: #Epistemology, #Medicine, and Art Practice." The book explores artist-scientist collaborations in #Biomedicine's past and future. ๐Ÿฉป ๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/4yjaPBd #HistSci #HistMed

youtu.beMPIWG Research Reels: Biomedical Visions: Epistemology, Medicine, and Art PracticeFormer Publication Manager Elizabeth Hughes presents her recent pub...
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Predoctoral alumna Jelena GroรŸe-Bley interviewed by Lea Sahay for Sรผddeutsche Zeitung. They discuss China's approach to climate change and its increasing impact on agriculture and food security. ๐ŸŒพ ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/5n7k27ee (GER) #China #EnvHum #STSโ€‹

tinyurl.comKlimawandel: China versucht, der Klimakrise pragmatisch zu begegnenPeking bestreitet den menschengemachten Klimawandel nicht. Die Bevรถlkerung betrachtet ihn bereits als Gefahr fรผr Ernรคhrung, Eigentum und Leben โ€“ und als Bewรคhrungsprobe fรผr den Staat.
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#ResearchReels: 1 publicationโ€”3 minutes๐Ÿ… What can photographs reveal that written records leave out?๐Ÿ“ธ 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. ๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/TBGmUeU

buff.lyMPIWG 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 60โ€ฆ
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For our #ResearchReels series, we invited scholars across the institute to pitch their recent publications! โšก To find more of our #ResearchReels or to learn more about our scholars and the MPIWG, visit our Mediathek: ๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/S0JS6t2 #HistSci #SciComm

buff.lyMediathek | MPIWGFounded in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is one of the more than 80 research institutes administered by the Max Planck Society. It is dedicated to theโ€ฆ
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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. ๐ŸŽฒ ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/ydrh6nz3 #HistSci #AstralSciences

tinyurl.comSnakes and Ladders began as a spiritual game in India. How the British transformed itFrom 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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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" ๐Ÿ” The article is based on the project she pursued at the MPIWG Aprilโ€“May 2026. ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/3szx2u8s #HistSci #Epigraphy

indianexpress.comThe 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 โ€” a new generation of enthusiasts is in the race with veteran epigraphers to unlock a secret code: what does the Indus script tellโ€ฆ
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The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public ๐ŸŒŒ The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE. ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j #HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum

tinyurl.comโ€œVisualization of the Heavensโ€ Database Launches to the Public | MPIWGโ€œVisualization of the Heavensโ€ database becomes accessible to the public