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The Waste of the Body
It is not the couch, bed, or car seat, but rather the toilet on which our comfort and privacy are practiced and confirmed. Having a designated place t
On Intelligence Tests: Psychological Objects and Their Subjects
On Intelligence Tests employs multi-disciplinary tools and artistic research methods to critically examine the aesthetic, material, and affective powe
Epistemologies of Craft: The Role of Material Innovation in Making Color Expertise
This project aims at reconstructing color-making practices in India and Europe and hereby pursues a double goal: it will massively enrich our knowledg
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Out of Place, Out of Time
Animals tend to participate in knowledge production through disruption: as anomalies, they challenge the limits of that which is known. Taking this pe
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Local Gazetteers
Local gazetteers (difangzhi 地方志) have been major primary sources for the study of China’s local history. About 8,000 titles of local gazetteers dating
Adrian Pirtea
Adrian C. Pirtea (PhD, 2017) is a historian of late antique and medieval Western Asia, specializ...
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Serafina Cuomo
Serafina Cuomo studied Philosophy at the Università Federico II in Naples and went on to complet...
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Archaeology of the Astral: Mingling of Astrological and Cosmological Ideas between Early Historic India and Roman Egypt
During his fellowship period at the MPIWG, Dr. Gupta is working on a project in conjunction with the "Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heave
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative Project (CDLI)
The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), a cooperation with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of the University of Ca
The Sociology of Occupations as a Way to Study Yuan-Ming Working Lives
Most people in premodern China spent most of their lives working. Scholarship on work in Yuan and Ming times has addressed large formations and change