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Agents of Violence: Naval Technology and Late Qing China, 1875–1911
My dissertation investigates Qing China’s engagement with European naval technology and the transnational arms trade in the late nineteenth and early
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Practicing Knowledge in Islamic Societies and their Neighbors
My research stay is related to the project Practicing Knowledge in Islamic Societies and their Neighbors funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundati
The Uses and Abuses of Things: Reconceptualizing Technology-in-use within the History of Technology
This project’s interconnected aim is conceptual and empirical: to develop artifact-focused conceptual tools to understand technological use and t
Women and Birth in Transition: The Politics of Childbirth Medicalization in Reform Era China
In the second half of the twentieth century, childbirth practices in China were increasingly subject to biomedical technologies, due to the
Studentische/Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (Öffentlichkeitsarbeit)
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (MPIWG), Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, sucht zum 1. März 2021 eine studentische Hilfskr
Studentische/Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (Öffentlichkeitsarbeit)
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (MPIWG), Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, sucht zum 1. März 2021 eine studentische Hilfskr
Studentische/Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (GMPG)
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (MPIWG) sucht für das Forschungsprogramm zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zum
Constructing a Prospering World: History and Technology of Jade in the Qianlong Era
Archive materials from the Construction Department of the Imperial Household Department (内务府造办处) show the production of jade objects to have been of v
Machines That Can Talk? Looking for a New Way to Understand Animals in the Historic Discourse
This project postulates the question: is it possible to trace the origins of some methods of current ethology back to the debate around the Carte
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Making the Qing Palace Machine Work
Imperial palaces are complex structures with many functions that require planning on many levels: from ensuring financial soundness to the petty busin