One of 80+ institutes of the Max Planck Society.
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is dedicated to the study of the history of science and aims to understand scientific thinking and practice as historical phenomena. Since its inception in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science has approached the fundamental questions of the history of knowledge from the Neolithic era to the present day. Rese
07/08/2026
Call for applications: Summer Academies "Science Imagines Its Future" (Berlin, June 2027 and 2028) for early career researchers. Organized by Lorraine Daston, Erika Milam, and David Kaiser.
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 1, 2026
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05/08/2026
The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public 🌌
The platform provides around 3000 objects related to hastronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE.
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“Visualization of the Heavens” Database Launches to the Public | MPIWG “Visualization of the Heavens” database becomes accessible to the public
23/07/2026
Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is looking to hire a Graduate Assistant to support:
🖍️ copy-editing English-language academic texts
🗂️ maintaining reference databases
📚 researching and summarizing literature
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 21, 2026
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20/07/2026
Our Digital Humanities team is looking to hire a Student Assistant with a focus on machine learning or data science 👩🏾💻👨🏻💻🧑🏼💻
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 23, 2026
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17/07/2026
Call for Applications: Dept. “Knowledge Systems and Collective Life” is looking to hire a new Student Assistant to support
• the department’s research activities
• the management and annotation of research materials
• the organization of scholarly events
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 21, 2026
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16/07/2026
📸 What did it take to make a photograph in the 19th century?
The IMPRS Predocs Jonathan Haid, Megan Briers, and Lena Kasten organized a workshop to recreate historic photography. The result: new insights into the fragility, skill, and experimentation behind early photographic practices.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2j9kz5d4
15/07/2026
Call for Applications: Research Group "China in the Global System of Science" is hiring a Predoctoral Scholar for the project "Scientific Empire: Infrastructure Control and Ideational Binding in China’s International Big Science Projects," funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) unit FOR 5913/1.
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10/07/2026
Join us at this year’s ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting: “Shifting Perspectives: Plural Worlds, Contested Sciences.”
We will be hosting an exhibition stand, and several scholars are organizing panels, chairing sessions, and presenting their research.
We look forward to engaging conversations and new connections!
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland
📆 Jul 12-16, 2026
🔗 https://buff.ly/2GvcFc9
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06/07/2026
CfA: The Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding is appointing two Postdoctoral Scholars with a PhD in
🖼️ museum studies,
🏛️ legal history,
🔬 science studies,
🦉 history of science,
.. or another related humanities field.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 10, 2026
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06/07/2026
Postdoctoral Scholar Chanelle Adams is a participating artist at Biennale Gherdëina 10, (Future) Paradise Gardens 🗻
Her installation "Test Pit" bridges Chanelle's established artistic practice with her current research at the MPIWG.
🗓️ May 31–Sept. 13, 2026
📍 Val Gardena
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