Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board is a permanently established body that evaluates the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and critically assesses its standing to ensure that research is performed at the highest possible international level. The Institute is advised and evaluated every two to three years.

 

Board Members

Christina Brandt (Chair)

Geschichte und Philosophie der Naturwissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

On Barak

Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Isabelle Draelants

Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes, Aubervilliers, France

Kim Fortun

Department of Anthropology, University of California Irvine, USA

Dennis Lehmkuhl

Lichtenberg Group for History and Philosphy of Physics, Bonn, Germany

Ruth Mostern

World History Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Heba M. Saad AbdelNaby

Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau, Embassy of Egypt, USA

Sverker Sörlin

History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Roel Sterckx

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

Julia Adeney Thomas

Department of History, University of Notre Dame, USA

Keith A. Wailoo

Department of History, Princeton University, USA