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December 2015

18
13:00 to 14:30

Colloquium

Teaching Sciences in Islamicate Societies

Dept. III

Sonja Brentjes
Organizer(s)
Department III (Martina Siebert & Emily Brock)

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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16
15:30

Exhibition

The ReDistribution of Curiosity

Christa Donner
Organizer(s)
Christa Donner

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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15
15:00

Institute's Colloquium

A Cluster of Excellence? The Museion in Alexandria and the Development of Ancient Science

Klaus Geus
Organizer(s)
Giulia Giannini
Matthias Schemmel
Pietro Daniel Omodeo

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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11-12
09:00 to 13:00

Conference

Animal Bodies in Science, Art and Commerce in Early Modern Europe
Organizer(s)
Rafael Mandressi
Alan Ross
Silvia Sebastiani

Address

Humboldt University, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany

Room

2249a

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9
18:00 to 20:00

Lecture

Zur akustischen Vermessung des Raumes: Eine Kulturgeschichte

Viktoria Tkaczyk
Organizer(s)
Holger Brohm
Iris Därmann

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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9-11
08:30 to 17:00

External/Cooperation Event

Prehistoric Networks in the longue durée: Palaeolithic Innovations enabling the Neolithic Revolution
Organizer(s)
Svend Hansen (German Archaeological Institute)
Florian Klimscha (TOPOI)
Jürgen Renn

Address

Freie Universität, Topoi Haus, Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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8
14:30 to 16:00

Colloquium

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: On the Simultaneous Visualization of Horizontal and Vertical Transmission in Historical Linguistics

Dept. III

Judith Kaplan
Organizer(s)
Martina Siebert
Emily Brock

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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8
11:30

Lecture

Academic Publishing from Cambridge University Press's Perspective

Several Speakers
Lucy Rhymer
Jim Secord
Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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7
20:00

Lecture

Sonic Thought—A Media History

Jonathan Sterne
Organizer(s)
Elektronische Studios der TU Berlin
Sound Studies der UdK Berlin

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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7
19:30

Lecture

Die Entstehung und Renaissance der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

Jürgen Renn
Address

Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany

Room

Raum H1058 (Konrad-Mellerowicz-Saal)

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7
18:00

Lecture

Alles ist relativ? 100 Jahre Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie

Several Speakers
Hermann Nicolai
Martin Grötschel
Jürgen Renn
Organizer(s)
Technologiestiftung Berlin

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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7
16:00 to 17:30

Colloquium

Technè as a Mindset: Artists' Primers in Early Modern Germany

Art and Knowledge in Pre–Modern Europe

Jaya Remond
Organizer(s)
Sven Dupré
Ohad Parnes

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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4-5
09:00 to 18:00

Conference

Testing Hearing: Science, Art, Industry

Epistemes of Modern Acoustics
Organizer(s)
Mara Mills
Viktoria Tkaczyk
Alexandra E. Hui

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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2-5
09:00 to 18:30

Conference

Centenary Conference on the History of General Relativity

Dept. I
Organizer(s)
Alexander Blum
Roberto Lalli
Jürgen Renn

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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1
20:00

Discussion

Reden: Im Zentrum des Übels. Leben mit Anthropozän

Several Speakers
Guillaume Paoli
Jürgen Renn
Bernd Scherer
Address

Roter Salon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin, Germany

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1
14:30 to 16:00

Colloquium

The European Invention of the Manchu Alphabet

Dept. III

Marten Söderblom Saarela
Organizer(s)
Martina Siebert
Emily Brock

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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November 2015

30
10:00 to 17:00

Workshop

Creating a Knowledge Society in a Globalizing World, 1450–1800
Organizer(s)
Sven Dupré and Wijnand Mijnhardt (Utrecht University)
Angela Fischel and Jörg Völlnagel (SMB)
Ohad Parnes

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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30-Dec 2
00:00

Conference

A Century of General Relativity. The 100th Anniversary of Einstein’s Field Equations

Dept. I
Organizer(s)
Bruce Allen
Alessandra Buonanno
Karsten Danzmann
Hermann Nicolai (Chair)
Bernard Schutz
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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25-30
20:00 to 00:00

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Transcendence: Einstein, Kafka and Planck vs. Time, Space and Conventions
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25
18:00

Lecture

A Century of Einstein’s Relativity: From the Big Bang to Black Holes and “Interstellar” (in English)

Kip S. Thorne (Caltech)
Address

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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