Vortrag von Sabrina Schmatz (Autorin der Comicreihe „München 1945“) und Podiumsgespräch mit Prof. Dr. Nicolai Hannig (TU Darmstadt)

“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.

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:

Martin Schmitt received the award of the Forum InformatikerInnen für den Frieden und gesellschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (FIfF), 3rd place. He received the award for his dissertation on the digitalisation of banking in Germany.

The new edited volume on Organism and Technology by our staff member Kevin Liggieri together with Marco Tamborini from the Institute of Philosophy is just published! You can access the book “ Organismus und Technik ” (German) on the website of the publisher.

The interdisciplinary Research Training Group KRITIS invites researchers and practitioners to its second international conference in November 2021.

At first glance, infrastructures appear to be solid, stable and immovable. But is that really the case? Research in recent years has shown the opposite: Infrastructures are dynamic and malleable, characterized by continuous development, interruptions, breakdowns as well as reconstruction, and repair.

https://www.steiner-verlag.de/Der-Umwelt-begegnen/9783515130981

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.

Essay by Darmstadt Aretin Prize winner David Blischke in the Middle Ages Blog

The history of crisis management of the Magdalen flood of 1342 in selected examples

DFG approves funding worth millions

On 29 March 2021, the German Research Foundation announced that of 47 initiatives submitted for a priority programme, a total of 13 will receive funding. One of the approved initiatives is the proposal “Auf dem Weg zur fluvialen Anthroposphäre/ On the way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere”. It has been developed together with the section “History of the Middle Ages”, Institute of History of the Technical University of Darmstadt (Prof. Dr Gerrit Jasper Schenk) in a team led by Prof. Dr Christoph Zielhofer (University of Leipzig, Geoarchaeology and Fluvial Geomorphology) and Prof. Dr Natascha Mehler and PD Dr Lukas Werther (both University of Tübingen, Archaeology of the Middle Ages and Post-Medieval Period).

From Book to Field – from Field to Book. Entangled Theory and Practice in Dietetics and Agriculture (c. 1300–1600 CE)

Man-made climate change has recently led to intense debates on agriculture, food production and consumption. Industrial agriculture and livestock farming are criticised for contributing to global warming. Alternative approaches are developing and new forms of interaction between humans and nature are emerging. Simultaneously, modern technologies and media are substantially changing ways of accessing dietetic information and methods of acquiring food. This is not an unprecedented issue in human history. In the past, times of change have triggered profound transformation processes in economic practices and consumer behaviour.