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Last updated February 2026.

Basics

Name Megan Briers
Label Historian of Science
Email mrbriers@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Summary PhD candidate in History of Science, focusing on women in nineteenth-century astronomy.

Education

  • 2023.10 - Present

    Berlin, Germany

    PhD
    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Technsche Universität Berlin
    History of Science
  • 2022.10 - 2023.06

    Cambridge, England

    MPhil
    University of Cambridge
    History and Philosophy of Science
  • 2018.09 - 2022.05

    St Andrews, Scotland

    BSc (Hons)
    University of St Andrews
    Computer Science and Mathematics

Awards

  • 2025.10
    Procope Mobilität Scholarship
    Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in Germany
    Awarded 1700 euros to conduct a one month research stay at a French institution (Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche).
  • 2024.11
    ICHM Grants for International Research-Related Activity
    International Commission for the History of Mathematics
    Awarded 300 euros to cover travel expenses for the Eclipse Reckoning conference in Edinburgh, November 2024.

Publications

Volunteer

  • 2025.12 - Present
    IMPRS Colloquium Organiser
    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
    Co-organising the colloquium with Po-Yuan Cheng, fellow graduate student, putting together a program and creating graphics to advertise the events.
  • 2024.04 - Present
    Web Administrator
    British Society for the History of Mathematics
    Oversee the web infrastructure for the BSHM, including the website, emails and file storage. Editor of the BSHM blog and occasional graphic designer.
    • Managed the creation of a new website
    • Relaunched the blog to keep society members updated of our activites
  • 2023.10 - 2024.03
    Teaching Assistant
    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
    Managed the registrations, Moodle and administrative tasks for the Knowledge and its Resources: Concepts, Methods, Historiographies class.

Languages

English
Native speaker
German
B1

Interests

Women in Science
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Gender
Digital Humanities
Archive Practices
Science Communication