Welcome to the IZWT

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT) conducts and supports research projects in the fields of history of science, philosophy of science and sociology of science. Cooperation between the three core disciplines of history, philosophy and sociology, as well as physics and mathematics, is focussed on the development and structure of science and technology. The centre cultivates interdisciplinary work between the humanities, natural sciences and technical sciences. By organizing colloquia, lecture series, workshops and project-related cooperation, the IZWT promotes dialogue between the different cultures of knowledge.

Focus on History

Focus on Philosophy

Focus on Sociology

Research Training Group

DFG Research Unit "Epistemology of the LHC"

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Exibition „El hilo de la memoria“

opening reception on June 3, 2026, 2:15 p.m. in BZ.07

Exhibition: “The Thread of Memory: Spanish Women Workers and Working Culture in the North Rhine-Westphalian Textile Industry”

The exhibition will be on display at the Wuppertal University Library from June 3 to July 14, 2026, and is dedicated to a hitherto largely overlooked chapter of post-war European history: the migration of Spanish workers to Western Europe in the 1960s. At its center lies the story of the first female textile workers from the province of Salamanca—who arrived in Remscheid in 1960—exploring their daily lives and working realities, their contribution to the industrial and cultural development of their new home, and the various forms of remembering these experiences.

The exhibition was curated by students from the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of Wuppertal, under the direction of Dr. Carmen Pérez González. It is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and by the Friends and Alumni of the University of Wuppertal.

We cordially invite you to the opening reception:

Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 2:15 p.m.

Wuppertal University Library (Building BZ, Level 7)

We Are Hiring: Student Assistant at IZWT

- starting at 01/09/2026 (for a year)

- SHK with 8 hours per week

You will assist in

- designing posters for IZWT events (using templates or creating your own design)

- hanging up posters for IZWT events on campus

- supporting events on campus (e.g. by handling IT equipment or managing catering) – especially in the afternoon

You may also help research assistants of the GRK 2696 (if additional support is needed)

Applications until 19/06/2026 to Prof Dr Anna Leuschner

Weitere Informationen

We Are Hiring: Student Assistant

- as soon as possible (until max. 30/09/2027)

- SHK or WHF with up to 10 hours per week

- Collaboration in the third-party funded project "EUCLIDES - Euclid in modern times: History of transcultural transfers, translations and remodelling of the elements"

- Applications until 31.05.2026 to Dr Angela Axworthy

Further information (German)