The International Max Planck Research School - Burgin, KY, United States - Matrix Dynamics

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Burgin, KY, United States

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Description

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is one of over 80 institutes of the Max Planck Society e.

V. and a leading research center for the history of science.

The International Max Planck Research School "Knowledge and

Its Resources:
Historical Reciprocities" (IMPRS-KIR) is now accepting applications for the term.

Each position will have a duration of 3.5 years, with the possibility of a sixmonth extension.
The IMPRS-KIR is a new PhD program focused on the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine (HPSTM).

It is a collaboration between the MPIWG and three universities in Berlin:
Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin. The program aims to explore the complex relationships between knowledge and its resources from a global and long-term perspective.

A key aspect of the program is the "historical-political epistemology" approach, which examines how knowledge is shaped by various resources such as political systems, technology, social interactions, material objects, and media technologies.

Knowledge is also seen as a resource in itself, playing a crucial role in defining and accessing other resources within human culture.

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The IMPRS-KIR offers training in historical-political epistemology, combining HPSTM with regional and global studies, science and technology studies (STS), and various fields of