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Konferenz: Alexander von Humboldt: Circulation of State-Knowledge in Europe and Latin America
Follow the Thread: Entangled Human Tissues and Animal Fiber
Catgut is a natural fiber of great elasticity and tenacity prepared from the intestines of animals, usually cattle, goats, pigs, or sheep. Commonly us
New Max Planck Research Group to Focus on Practices of Validation in the Biomedical Sciences
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Neue Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe legt den Fokus auf Praktiken der Validierung in der biomedizinischen Forschung
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Apex Predators: Encounters with Sharks since 1900
This book project addresses the global environmental, technological, and cultural history of human interactions with sharks. Tentatively titled Apex P
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger in FAZ on traveler, naturalist, and writer Adelbert von Chamisso
Go to Article (German)Sarah Lowengard
Sarah Lowengard is a New York City-based historian of technology and science whose research inte...
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Making Animal Materialities in Time
The work of recreating the stickiness of a gecko’s toes or mimicking a biological morphology through mineralization exemplify how materials science en
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The research carried out by the Working Group culminated in a special issue published in HSNS 53 (3) in July 2023.
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Working Group, Kjell Ericson, Particpants, Astrid Schrader
Hermeneutics of the Field: The Doctrine of Signatures in Early Modern Agriculture
This project seeks to identify a heuristic epistemology that lies between practical knowledge and theoretical explanation in early modern European agr
Anthropocene Curriculum
The Anthropocene as a contemporary challenge demands a new form of engagement, also for the history of science. The profession cannot stop at mere his
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Since 2012 the Department has maintained a close working relationship with the HKW in its two-year “Anthropocene Project” as well as its follow-up pro