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The Idea of the University: The Humboldtian Tradition in Twentieth-Century Germany
The purpose of this project was a historical analysis of the ideas of the university that circulated in twentieth-century Germany. The key issue explo
Funding Institutions, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
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MEHRVisual Cultures of Anatomy in Vienna, Global Networks, and Medico Anatomical Artefacts as Media of Exchange
Anatomists, social policymakers, and artists produced in early twentieth-century Vienna a variety of images of the human body, which had different fun
Publications, Nemec, B. (2015, in press). Anatomical modernity in Red Vienna. Julius Tandler’s textbook for systematic anatomy and the politics of visual milieus. Sudhoffs Archiv.
I. Global Perspectives of Knowledge
Globalization can be traced back to the beginnings of human history. Its processes typically involve several layers, such as the migration of populati
Mathematical Practices in Early Modern India
While the origin of technological and mechanical knowledge in important societal practices appears obvious, it is less so in the case of mathematics.
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The project, launched by the French Institute of Pondicherry, the ETH Zurich, and the MPIWG, aims at a social history of mathematical practices situat
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An important aspect of the project is the identification and preservation of the huge corpus of relevant extant vernacular sources spread all over Ind
Social Science for a New World: Paul F. Lazarsfeld and the Bureau of Applied Social Research
Between the 1920s and the 1950s, empirical social research developed into a large-scale, institutionalized, and systematized endeavor with a wide rang
V. Cosmological Knowledge from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century
The transmission of knowledge can be understood as taking place within an epistemic network in which the nodes (or vertices) constitute possessors or
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The creation and development of epistemic networks from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period has become a central concern of research in th
The Transmission of Cosmological Conceptions in the Paduan Sacrobosco Tradition from the Fifteenth to the Sixteenth Century
A specific case of the diffusion of knowledge innovation is investigated, namely the cosmological conceptions of the intellectual circle in Padua evid
The Energies of Modernism: Art, Science, and Occultism in the Early Twentieth Century
"The idea of an all-pervading medium is not a wild dream or mere speculation. If we study observed facts we are forced to admit the reality of the aet