Prof. Dr. Marcus Popplow
- Head of Department
- Professor for History of Techno-Scientific Civilisation
- office hours: Please write a short e-mail with your request, thank you!
- room: Neuer Zirkel 3, 3rd floor, room 202
- phone: +49 721 608-43496 / 43491
- marcus popplow ∂ kit edu
Neuer Zirkel 3
D-76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
Science and Research
Field of Activity and Membership
Membership in the Gesellschaft für Agrargeschichte, of the T2M – International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility and in the Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte
Co-editor for the fields of engineering and land transport in the Encyclopedia of the Modern Era (Metzler Verlag / Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen) (2002-2012)
Member of the Scientific Board of the journal Technikgeschichte (published by the VDI and the Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte) (since 2010)
Academic Distinctions
1992 Awarded the Rudolf Kellermann Prize for the History of Technology for his master's thesis on the medieval concept of machines.
2013 Award for the monograph "Technology in the Middle Ages" of the "Conrad-Matschoß-Prize" given by the Verein deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) - Association of German Engineers
Academic Career
1987-1992 Studies in History and German at the Universities of Heidelberg and Bremen
1993-1995 Short-term scholarships by the Research Institute at the German Museum, Munich, the DAAD (Università di Milano) and the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, Venice
1997 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) University of Bremen
1997-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
2001-2002 Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
2002-2005 Research associate (DFG) at the BTU Cottbus
2005-2010 independent work in university research and teaching as well as history education
2009 (summer term) substitute in the academic council at the Chair for the History of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Stuttgart
2011 (summer semester) Substitute in the Chair for History of Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart
2011-2012 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project assistant at the Chair for Economic, Social and Environmental History, University of Salzburg
2012-2013 (winter semester) Visiting professor at the Department of History, University of Salzburg
2013-2014 (winter semester) Substitute in the Chair for Early Modern History, University of Augsburg
2014-2016 Head of the History of Technology Department at the Institute for Philosophy, History of Literature, History of Science and History of Technology, TU Berlin
Science
- Studies director in the modules "History of Ideas in Europe I", "History of Ideas in Europe II"
and "Cultural History of Technology I" in the study program EUKLID B.A.
title | type | semester |
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Einführung in die Kulturgeschichte der Technik für WMK | Hauptseminar (HS) | SS 2024 |
Forschungskolloquium | Kolloquium (KOL) | SS 2024 |
Technik- und umwelthistorische Perspektiven auf aktuelle Innovationsprozesse (Seminar für Studierende im Maschinenbau) | Seminar (S) | SS 2024 |