HANS RHEINBERGER
June 2022
Professor Dr. Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Director emeritus
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstr. 22
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
Curriculum Vitae
12. 1. 1946 Born in Grabs (Switzerland)
Citizen of Liechtenstein
Married to Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger, one child
Education, Academic Degrees
1953 - 1958 Primary School in Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
1958 - 1966 Secondary School in Vaduz
1966 Final Examination (Abitur)
1966 - 1968 Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen:
Biochemistry, Philosophy
1968 - 1973 Free University and Technical University,
Berlin:
Philosophy, Linguistics, Sociology
1973 Magister Artium (Philosophy)
1973 - 1978 Free University, Berlin:
Biology, Chemistry
1978 - 1979 Diploma Thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for
Molecular Genetics, Dept. Wittmann, Berlin-
Dahlem
1979 Diploma (Biology)
1979 - 1982 Doctoral Thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute
for Molecular Genetics, Dept. Wittmann,
Berlin-Dahlem
1982 PhD (Dr. rer. nat., Biology)
1987 Habilitation (Molecular Biology) at the Free
University of Berlin
Academic Employment
1982 - 1990 Scientific Coworker at the Max-Planck-
Institute for Molecular Genetics, Dept.
Wittmann, Berlin-Dahlem
1990 - 1994 Assistant Professor at the Institute for the
History of Medicine and Science at the Medical
University of Lübeck
1994 - 1996 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science,
University of Salzburg
1997 - 2014 Director, Max Planck Institute for the
History of Science, Berlin
Since 2014 Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for
the History of Science, Berlin
Fellowships, Visiting Professorships etc.
1987 - 1990 Visiting Professor (History of Science) at the
University of Innsbruck, Austria
1989 Honorary Professor for the History of Science
at the University of Salzburg, Austria
1989 - 1990 Sabbatical at Stanford University, Program
in the History of Science
1992 & 1993 Research Associate, Committee on the History
and Philosophy of Science, University of
Maryland, College Park
1992 - 1993 Visiting Full Professor for the History of
Science, University of Göttingen, Germany
1993 - 1994 Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg/Institute
for Advanced Study Berlin
4-6/2000 Scientific Guest at the Collegium Helveticum,
Zurich
4-5/2002 Guest at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme &
Université Paris 7, Maison Suger, Paris
4/2004. Guest at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme,
Maison Suger, Paris
3-4/2007 Visiting Professor, German Department, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore
4-9/2010 Fellow at the IKKM Weimar (Internationales
Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medien-
Philosophie)
4-5/2011 Visiting Professor at the Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
6-7/2011 Fellow at Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg,
University of Konstanz
9/2011 Visiting Professor at the Department of
History of Science and Ideas, University of
Uppsala
11/2011 Visting Professor at the Department of
Anthropology, University of Chicago
4-7/2012 Fellow at FRIAS (Freiburg Institute for
Advanced Study), University of Freiburg
10/2012 - Guest Professor, Catholic University of
3/2013 Eichstätt
4/2013 Guest Professor, Competence Center History of
Knowledge, ETH and University of Zurich
5/2013 Guest Professor, PhD Program „The Sciences in
Historical, Philosophcal and Cultural
Contexts,” University of Vienna
11/2013 - Guest Professor, Catholic University of
3/2014 Eichstätt
4-5/2014 Visiting Professor, The Graduate University
for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Japan
10/2014 - Fellow, Research Group „Media Cultures of
3/2015 Computer Simulation,” University of Lüneburg
3-6/2015 Senior Fellow, Insitute for Cultural Research
(IKF) Vienna
9/2015 Visiting Professor at the Department of
History of Science and Ideas, University of
Uppsala
4-6/2016 Distinguised Visiting Max Kade Professor,
Northwestern University, Chicago, Department
of German
10/2016 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Institute for Philosophical Research, Mexico
City
3/2017 Vossius Center, Univerity of Amsterdam
4-6/2017 Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies (SCAS)
Uppsala, Guest of the Principal
10/2017 Whitney J. Oates Visiting Fellow, Humanities
Council, Princeton University
9-10/2018 Fellow, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution
and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg,
Austria
1-3/2022 Fellow, Research Group „Media Cultures of
Computer Simulation,” University of Lüneburg
Memberships etc.
Since 1994 Member of the PEN Club Liechtenstein
Since 1996 Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society,
Germany
Since 1998 Ordinary Member of the Berlin Brandenburg
Academy of Science, Berlin
Since 1998 Honorary Professor for History of Science at
the Technical University of Berlin
Since 2002 Ordinary Member of the National Academy of
Sciences Leopoldina, Halle
Since 2004 Ordinary Member of the Académie Internationale
de Philosophie des Sciences, Brussels
Since 2019 Founding Member of the Academy of Sciences in
Liechtenstein
Prizes and Distinctions
1993 Binding Foundation Prize
1997 Karl-Sudhoff Memorial Lecture, German Society
for the History of Science, Medicine, and
Technology
2006 Dr. h. c. Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich (ETH)
2006 Cogito Foundation Prize, University of Zurich
2010 Vaduzer Predigt
2011 Kulturpreis Vaduz
2012 Distinguished Lecture, History of Science
Society, USA
2014 Marsilius Lecture and Medal, University of
Heidelberg
2017 Zeeman Lecture, Vossius Center,
University of Amsterdam
2017 First Cassirer Lecture, German Department,
Yale University
2019 “Featured Thinker” Lecture, Center for Theory
and Methods in the Cultural Sciences,
University of Göttingen
2022 Dr. h. c. University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz