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The “Cosmic Board” and the Visuality of Early and Medieval Chinese Cosmology
By focusing on reinterpreting the astronomical and divinatory device often known as the “cosmic board” or shi pan, this project aims to shed new light
Heaven in your Hand: Astral Knowledge on Ancient and Medieval Coins
The project examines celestial bodies depicted on coins, focusing on the global late antique and medieval world. When considering twenty-first-century
Heaven, Earth, and Meteorology in Chinese Art
This project examines the long history of meteorological knowledge in Chinese art. Alongside the exploration of mythological and religious imagery, th
The Invention of the Normal Child: The Developmental Norms and the Visual Technologies of Arnold Gesell’s Laboratory (1911-1948)
This book project hopes to bring some insight into the modern quest for the normal. The question of "What is normal?" – or rather how do we come to th
Communities of Reproductive Knowledge
Reproduction is rarely out of the news. Despite fierce competition for public attention from pandemic, war, climate change, social unrest, and economi
Donatella Germanese
Donatella Germanese studies the interface between literature, the arts, technology and science. ...
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Vera V. Dorofeeva-Lichtmann
Vera V. Dorofeeva-Lichtmann is Chargé de Recherche Hors Classe at the UMR 8173 Chine-Corée-Japon...
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Carola Ossmer
Carola Oßmer is a historian of science, knowledge and culture. Before joining the Max Planck Ins...
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Hanna Lucia Worliczek
Hanna Lucia Worliczek is a historian of the life sciences and biomedicine, and a microbiologist....
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Stamatina Mastorakou
Stamatina Mastorakou is the leader of the Working Group “Visualization and Material Cultures of ...
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