Research Groups

Late medieval and early modern science were witness to two exciting developments: first, new means of communicating observations became available, largely as a result of the printing press, and second, new instruments and techniques for observing the world emerged. In other words, the scientific practitioners of these times not only peered into previously unexplored corners of the cosmos, both far away and close at hand; they also had at their disposal new media with which to represent and report back to the world on what they had seen. This research group examines how these developments interacted with each other and thereby created a new culture of visualizing science. more

The Lise Meitner Group’s Research Initiatives consider the practical and theoretical repercussions that a specific form of loss poses for the discipline. They bring together scholars, conservators, curators, and artists to explore what those repercussions mean not only for objects but also for our approach to them. more