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Die Probevorträge mit anschließender Lehrprobe finden am 15. und 16. Dezember 2022 statt. Die Probevorträge sowie die Lehrprobe sind universitätsöffentlich.

Acht Wissenschaftler:innen der Rhein-Main-Universitäten aus geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Fächern gründen Italienforum. Die TU ist in dem Italienforum durch Prof. Gerrit Jasper Schenk und Prof. Marcus Müller vertreten.

Strategies, Practices, and Ambivalences of a Key Concept since the 1980s

|| Update: The keynote by Richard Sennett was rescheduled to Saturday afternoon. For more information, please see the updated program. || At the conference “'Flexibility' and 'Agility' – Strategies, Practices, and Ambivalences of a Key Concept since the 1980s” in Darmstadt, Germany, prominent speakers like Richard Sennett will explore the concept of flexibility along with the strategies, processes, practices, and ambivalences of flexibilization. The focus of the conference will be on work environments in broader social and technological contexts. It will take place from 17-19 November 2022.

Mitherausgeber Dieter Schott

Appointment of an associate professor in historic-epistemological technology studies

On November 10 2pm, we cordially invite you to the trial lecture with teaching sample by Dr. Kevin Liggieri at the Institute of History. Dr. Kevin Liggieri, who recently secured an Emmy Noether Research Group, will talk on “Current Challenges in the History of Technology” followed by a teaching sample.

Ausgewiesene Redner aus Wissenschaft und Praxis werden zu verschiedene Kritische Infrastrukturen und deren Sicherheitsherausforderungen sprechen. Die Ringvorlesung geht am 19.10.2022 an den Start.

12.-13.09.2022, Darmstadt

Thinking and knowledge production do not arise in a vacuum, in a purely abstract space, but have local and quite pragmatic and practical roots. How we deal with things, persons, texts, or problems determines how we think and categorize about them. Human beings are not “brains in a vat” (Hilary Putnam), but social and psycho-physical beings who understand themselves and others through practices. In the process of negotiation with the other, practices shape our reality and are the basis of our thinking, feeling, and acting. They form an inescapable and often unreflective starting point for individual as well as collective world discovery. Our knowledge of the world and of ourselves is thus dependent on historical, regional, and disciplinary practices and their interconnectedness. Who we are is not only revealed to us through theorizing, but always also through concrete doing. In this conference, we will examine how the situatedness of thinking and knowledge production is mirrored in the practices (and history) of philosophy.

Forschungsprojekt unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Nicolai Hannig untersucht Reaktion auf Naturkatastrophen im 20. Jahrhundert

Katastrophen wie Erdbeben, Hochwasser oder Stürme führen vor Augen, welche Gewalt in der Natur stecken kann. Ganze Gemeinschaften und Existenzen werden zerstört. Doch wenn der Staub sich gelegt hat, wie macht man dann weiter? Können die Trümmer wiederaufgebaut werden? Und lässt sich der Wiederaufbau vielleicht nutzen, um zerstörte Orte besser und widerstandsfähiger als zuvor zu machen? Diesen Fragen geht das geschichtswissenschaftliche Forschungsprojekt „Build Back Better!“ nach.

Zum Gedenken an unsere verstorbene Kollegin Professorin Dr. Elke Hartmann richtete das Institut für Geschichte am 01. Juli 2022 eine Akademische Feier aus.

Why it is useful to study history at TU Darmstadt

Finally back: The career orientation fair Hobit took place in presence again. The Institute of History of the TU Darmstadt presented itself in Karo5 together with the Department 02. Pupils could ask why it is worthwhile to study history.

Strategies, Practices, and Ambivalences of a Key Concept since the 1980s

We will host a conference on „Flexibility“ and „Agility“: Strategies, Practices, and Ambivalences of a Key Concept since the 1980s (together with Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF), Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU), SPP 2267 “The Digitalization of Working Worlds. Conceptualising and Capturing a Systemic Transformation.“). Keynote speaker is Richard Sennett.

Neues Buch erschienen von Nicolai Hannig und Benjamin Städter

Historic analysis of computer use in German savings banks, 1957-1991

How did the historical process of digitalization shape the economy in East and West Germany in the second half of the 20th Century? This huge question is adressed by Martin Schmitt in his now published dissertation through the example of savings banks. (German only)

“Co-constructions of Learning and Technology. On the transformation of ”learning subjects“ in the 20th century” by Dr. Kevin Liggieri

We are pleased to announce that the Emmy Noether Research Group on “Co-constructions of Learning and Technology. On the Transformation of ”Learning Subjects“ in the 20th Century” has been approved by the DFG.

The TU Historian Julia Erdogan interviewed was interviewed by the Podcast Science S*Hereos about hackers, haeksen and her way into science.

Joint teaching project by TU Darmstadt and the Museum for Communication, Frankfurt

In the summer semester of 2021, students of TU Darmstadt had the opportunity to gain insights into curatorial work. Under the guidance of Nora Thorade (TU Darmstadt) and Tina Kubot (Museum for Communication, Frankfurt), they designed a virtual exhibition on the history of digital storage media. The objects come from the collection of the Museum für Kommunikation in Frankfurt and were arranged especially for this exhibition:

Book „Kalkulierte Gefahren. Naturkatastrophen und Vorsorge" wins Award

The 2021 Turku Book Award 2021 —a joint award of the Rachel Carson Center and the European Society for Envrionmental History—goes to Nicolai Hannig (TU Darmstadt) for his monograph Kalkulierte Gefahren. Naturkatastrophen und Vorsorge seit 1800 (Wallstein, 2019).

Das Institut für Geschichte trauert um Prof. Dr. Elke Hartmann-Puls. Sie verstarb am Mittwoch, dem 21.07.2021, im Kreise ihrer Familie.