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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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The project “China’s Science Silk Road & the New Geopolitics of Knowledge Production” has launched.
The @volkswagenstiftung.de funded project examines how #China’s international cooperation in science, technology, & innovation is reshaping knowledge production. 🌐
🔗 sciencesilkroad.org
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
The CBCW is a joint research initiative between the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art in Singapore, running from 2026 to 2031.
For more information, please see 👉 tinyurl.com/525utnuc
#CBCW #PoliticalEcology #STS #CulturalStudies #SciComm
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Co-Directors Dagmar Schäfer and Ute Meta Bauer delivered welcome addresses. Afterwards they were joined by Marian Pastor Roces and Nilüfer Oral for two keynote conversations on question of #KnowledgeOwnership, addressing the rights of nature, place, and culture. /2
On April 20th, the Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding (CBCW) was launched with an opening symposium in Singapore. The event assembled scholars and practitioners of various disciplines, engaging them in conversations on entanglements of biological diversity and cultural life. /1
Theatre soirée: "Tanz den Sozialismus"
Predoctoral Scholar Christopher Klauke in a panel discussion by @berlincoldwar.bsky.social on early #MusicResearch in the #GDR.
🎞️ buff.ly/tzoH0bC (GER)
#HistSci
@leibniz-ifz.bsky.social
Their conversation was followed by another #Interdisciplinary roundtable. Chaired by Co-Deputy Director @lisaonaga.bsky.social, it brought together Novi Asti Lalasati, Firdaus Sani, Veronica Renner, and Michael Stanley-Baker for an exchange on "Biocultural Methods for Future Pasts." /3
For the final roundtable, Co-Deputy Director Saidul Islam was joined by Laura Miotto, Jonathan Galka, Ahmad Syarifuddin, and Debbie Ding to discuss "Grounding the Biocultural: Place, Landscape, and Living Knowledge." /4
In his research, Postdoctoral Scholar Jean Arzoumanov discovered that #Persian served as the language of #Colonial India's religious surveys. Adrija Roychowdhury reports for @indianexpress.com on his work. 📖
🔗 tinyurl.com/3aunbcsv (paywall)
#HistSci @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social
Next up: the final lecture in our Institute's Colloquium 2025/26 series "Rethinking Time in the History of Science."
Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan on "Writing History beyond the Timeline: Traditions & Innovations" ⌛
🗓️ Jun 9, 2026 (14:00 CET)
📍 MPIWG
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#HistSci #Historiography #DigiHum #DH
How can we rethink humanity’s relationship with nature? And how can we foster resilient knowledge practices to support planetary futures?🪴
@scienmag.bsky.social reports on the recent launch of the Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding (CBCW).
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#HistSci #EnvHist
Historian Jean Arzoumanov’s discovery of an 18th-century Jain text in Persian reveals a forgotten era where Hindu scholars used the ‘Islamic’ lingua franca to help British officers survey India’s…
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore has embarked on a pioneering scientific journey by establishing the first two Max Planck Centres in Southeast Asia. These centers—the Max P
