History of Astronomy

History of Science: Research and graduate institutes and departments

Individual institutes and departments

• Aachen, Germany
  • Lehrstuhl für Geschichte der Technik, RWTH Aachen (in German)
• Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Department of History of Science, Medicine and Technology, Johns Hopkins University
• Berlin, Germany
  • Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
  • Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    • Alexander-von-Humboldt-Forschungsstelle (in German)
    • Wissenschaftshistorische Studien (in German)
    • Wissenschaftsgeschichte / Akademiegeschichte (19 Mar 1999: deleted; this group does not longer exist.)
    • Leibniz-Edition (in German)
    • History of the Berlin Academy in the 19th and 20th Centuries
• Bielefeld,
  • Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung, Universität Bielefeld (in German)
• Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Science and Technology Studies Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Including history of science studies
• Bochum, Germany
  • Wirtschafts- und Technikgeschichte, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (in German)
• Bologna, Italy
  • International Centre for the History of Universities and Science, University of Bologna
• Brussels (Bruxelles, Brüssel), Belgium
  • Centre for History of Science and Technology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Or see here.)
• Budapest, Hungary
  • Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Loránd Eötvös University
• Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Case Western Reserve University
    • Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences
• College Park, Maryland, USA
  • Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics
  • Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science
    An interdisciplinary unit of the Departments of Philosophy and History
• Enschede, The Netherlands
  • Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Twente
    Including history of science.
• Erlangen, Germany
  • Interdisziplinäres Institut für Wissenschaftstheorie und Wissenschaftsgeschichte (in German)
• Florence, Italy
  • Institute and Museum of History of Science
    (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze)
• Geneva (Genève, Genf), Switzerland
  • History and Philosophy of Science group, University of Geneva
• Göttingen, Germany
  • Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (in German)
  • Forschungsberichte des FB Historisch-Philologische Wissenschaften (in German)
    See 28. Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
• Götteborg, Sweden
  • Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria vid Göteborgs universitet (in Swedish)
    History of Science and Ideas
• Great Britain
  • BSHS Guide to History of Science Courses in Britain
• Hamburg, Germany
  • Professur für neuere Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Technikgeschichte und des technologischen Wandels im industriellen Zeitalter, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg (in German)
• Lund, Sweden
  • History of Science and Ideas unit, Lund University
• Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  • University of Wisconsin: College of Letters and Science: History of Science
    From the Undergraduate Catalog
• Manchester, UK
  • Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester
• Melbourne, Australia
  • Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne
• MinneapolisMinnesota, USA
  • Program in the History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
• Mumbai, India
  • Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
    • History of Science
• Munich, Germany
  • Lehrstuhl für Bildungs- und Universitätsgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (in German)
• New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University
• New Haven, CT, USA
  • History of Physics, Physics Department, Yale University
• Norman, Oklahoma, USA
  • Department of the History of Science, University of Oklahoma
• Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
  • History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame
• Pavia, Italy
  • History of Physics and Physics Education Groups, University of Pavia
• Prague (Praha, Prag), Czech Republic
  • Institute of the History of Charles University
• Princeton, NJ, USA
  • History of Science at Princeton University
• Regensburg, Germany
  • Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Universität Regensburg (in German)
• Rochester, New York, USA
  • Department of History, University of Rochester
    Including history of science and technology.
• Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington
    Including history of science.
• Stockholm, Sweden
  • Center for the History of Science, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Avd. för teknik- och vetenskapshistoria (in Swedish)
    History of Technology and Science, KTH
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (Or see here.)
• Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
  • Program in the History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
• Umeå, Sweden
  • Institutionen för idéhistoria, Umeå universitet (in Swedish; English in preparation?)
    History of Ideas
• Uppsala, Sweden
  • Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University
• Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Department of History and Foundations of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University
• Waterville, ME, USA
  • Science and Technology Studies Program, Colby College
    • History of Science and Technology

See also:

• History of Astronomy: Research institutes and departments
  General history of science institutions carrying out also research in history of astronomy are to be found only there.

Other lists

• Academic Programs in the History of Science
• Virtual Library: Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte
• Wissenschaftshistorische Institutionen
• WWWVL History of Science: Conferences and Organisations/Departments

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 17 July 1996. Latest update: 6 Jan 2000