PD Dr. Georgy S. Levit

Gastwissenschaftler

Levit

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Levit, Georgy, PD Dr.
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter AG Biologiedidaktik

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georg.levit@uni-jena.de

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Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-2850

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Georgy-Levit

Scopus Author ID: 12240723100

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Curriculum Vitae

Lebenslauf
01.07.08. - 30.06.2011   Assistant Professor, History of Science and Technology Program & Contemporary Studies Program, University of King's College, Halifax, NS, Canada

2008 -   Research fellow, AG Biodidactics & the Institute of Special Zoology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany);
DFG Project "Ontogeny and Phylogeny revisited: The Road from Ernst Haeckel to EvoDevo from the International Perspective"

2007-2008    Research fellow, AG Biodidactics & Ernst-Haeckel-Haus, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany);
DFG Project "Mendelism and Genetics in Bohemia and Moravia",
Mentor of the biology teacher's practical training.

2002 - 2006 Research scientist at the Institute fort the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (Ernst-Haeckel-House), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany).

01.04.02 - 31.05.2002 Research fellowship at the Research Institute Senckenberg (Frankfurt a.M., Germany).

1995 - 2002 Research scientist at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany).
Forschungsschwerpunkte
History and Philosophy of Biology

History of Biogeochemistry and Geophysiology

Alternative (non- and anti- Darwinian) evolutionary theories in the 20th century

Russian Evolutionary Biology

German Evolutionary Biology

History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Evolutionary approaches in social sciences (evolutionary economics, biopolitics)

History of Veterinary Science

History of Food Science

History of totalitarian regimes

Laufendes Drittmittelprojekt: Karl Ernst von Baer: Selected Writings. Commitee on Research and Travel Funding at the University of King's College Halifax (Leiter: G. Levit, Halifax/Jena; U. Hoßfeld, Jena; B. Hall, Halifax/Tempe; E. Tammiksaar, Tartu)

Publikationen

PhD Thesis
Levit G.S. (2001) Biogeochemistry, Biosphere, Noosphere: The Growth of the Theoretical System of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945). Buchreihe: "Studien zur Theorie der Biologie" (Hrsg. von Olaf Breidbach & Michael Weingarten). Berlin : VWB, Verl. für Wiss. und Bildung, 116 S.
Books
Levit G.S. (2001) Biogeochemistry, Biosphere, Noosphere: The Growth of the Theoretical System of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945). Buchreihe: "Studien zur Theorie der Biologie" (Hrsg. von Olaf Breidbach & Michael Weingarten). Berlin : VWB, Verl. für Wiss. und Bildung, 116 p.

Levit I., Levit G.S. (2019) Das Bild der Deutschen im Nachkriegsrussland. Erfurt: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen (in press).
Edited volumes
Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Reinhold P. (2016) Meilensteine aus 200 Jahren Thierarzneykunst in Jena (1816-2016). Gießen: DVG Verlag. 256p.

Steps M, Hossfeld U., Olsson L., Levit GS, Simunek M (2011) W. Roux’s Archives of Developmental Biology: 1894-2004. Springer & Business Media: Prague, 366p.

Hossfeld U., Levit G.S., Olsson L., Breidbach O. (eds.) (2010) Ivan Schmalhausen: Evolutionsfaktoren. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 437p.

Levit G.S. & Gilbert S.F. (eds.) (2007) National traditions in Evolutionary Developmental BiologyI. Theory in Biosciences (Special Issue), 4:115-175.

Editor of the Book: Junker T., Hoßfeld U., (2006) Istorija evoliutzionnykh teorij. Sankt-Petersburg: Unipress. [Russian version of "Die Entdeckung der Evolution", WBG, Darmstadt, 2001], 218 p.

Levit G.S. (2006) Revisiting 'Peripheries' and 'Alternatives' in Evolutionary Biology. Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur (Special Issue) Vol. 2, 246 p.

Hossfeld U., Olsson L., Breidbach O., Levit G.S. (2004) Evolutionary Morphology from C. Gegenbaur to Present Time, St.-Petersburg: Fineday-Press & Elsevier [in Russian with Engl. Abstracts], 319 p.

Levit G.S., Popov I.Yu., Hossfeld U., Olsson L., Breidbach O. (Hrsg.) (2003) In the Shadow of Darwinism: Alternative Evolutionary Theories in the 20th Century. St-Petersburg: Fineday-Press. [in Russian with Engl. Abstr.] 248 S.

Gorbushina A.A., Brehm U., Gerdes G., Levit G. S., Palinska K. A., Petersen K., Riel E. (Eds.) (2003) Geomorphogenetic Potential of Microbial Biofilms. Journal of Geomicrobiology (20)5, Special Issue.
Refereed journal articles
Levit, G. S.; U. Hoßfeld (2021): Теории эволюции и философия науки. Vestnik - Вестник СПбГУ. Философия и конфликтология 37 (2): 229-246. Artikelpdf, 2 mb

Levit, G. S., U. Hoßfeld, B. Naumann, P. Lukas & L. Olsson (2021): The biogenetic law and the Gastraea theory: From Ernst Haeckel's discoveries to contemporary views. JEZ-B: 1-15. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23039 Artikelpdf, 6 mb

Levit, G. S. & U. Hoßfeld (2020): Biology and panpsychism: German evolutionists and a philosopher, Theodor Ziehen (1862–1950). Vestnik of Saint-Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies (Вестник СПбГУ. Философия и конфликтология) 36 (2): 240-253. Artikel

Watts, E., U. Hoßfeld & G. S. Levit (2019): Ernst Haeckel’s “Genetica” (1922) – Reprint and a short commentary. Folia Mendeliana 55/2: 5-22. Artikelpdf, 1 mb

Levit, G. S. & U. Hoßfeld (2020): Ernst Haeckel, Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay and the racial controversy on Papuans. Frontiers in Zoology 17:16, pp. 1-20 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00358-) Artikelpdf, 6 mb

Porges, K., I. G. Stewart, U. Hoßfeld & G. S. Levit (2019): From Idea to Law: theory, concept and terminological formation in Ernst Haeckel’s works. In: Russian Journal of Developmental Biology, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 290-302. Artikelpdf, 4 mb

Levit, G. S. & U. Hoßfeld (2019): Ernst Haeckel in the history of biology. Current Biology 29 (24): R1269-R1300. download [pdf 5MB]Externer Link

Watts, E., U. Hoßfeld & G. S. Levit (2019): Ecology and Evolution - Haeckel’s Darwinian paradigm. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34 (8): 681-683. downloadExterner Link

Simunek M., Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2017) ‘Rediscovery’ of Mendel’s Laws Reconsidered. The Relevance of Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg (1870-1952) — a keynote address. Studies in the History of Biology (Russian Academy of Sciences), 9(3): 81-86

Kolchinsky E.I., Hossfeld U., Kutschera U., Levit G.S. (2017) The revival of Lysenkoism in Russia and epigenetics. Current Biology (CellPress), 27: R1042-R1047

Kolchinsky E.I., Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2017) Russian Scientists and the Royal Society of London: 350 Years of Scientific Collaboration. Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Published ahead of print: doi:10.1098/rsnr.2017.0001

Hossfeld U., Olsson L., Levit GS (2017) The 150^th Anniversary of Ernst Haeckel’s "Biogenetic Law". Proceedings of the Russian State Hydrometeorological University: A Theoretical Research Journal. 47: 167-177

Olsson L, Levit GS, Hossfeld U (2017) The "Biogenetic Law" in zoology: From Ernst Haeckel´s formulation to current approaches. Theory in Biosciences. 136:19-29

Hossfeld U., Watts E., Levit G.S. (2017) Valentin Haecker (1864-1927) as a pioneer of phenogenetics: Building bridge between genotype and phenotype. Epigenetics 12(4): 247-253

Simunek M.V., Mielewczik M., Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2017) Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg (1870-1952): Physiologist and Co-‘Rediscoverer’ of Mendel’s laws. Theory in Biosciences, 136:59-67

Watts E., Hossfeld U., Tolstikova I., Levit G.S. (2017) Beyond borders: On the influence of creationist movement on the educational landscape in the USA and Russia. Theory in Biosciences, 136:31-48

Hossfeld U., Watts E., Levit G.S. (2017) The first Darwinian tree of plants. Trends in Plant Science (CellPress) 22: 100-102

Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2016) "Tree of life" took root 150 years ago (letter). Nature 540 (7631): 38.

Watts E., Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2016) Science Standards: The Foundation of Evolution Education in the USA. Perspectives in Science, 10:59-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pisc.2016.08.004Externer Link

Hossfeld U., Levit G.S., Reinhold P. (2016) Von der "comparirten Anatomie" zur Veterinärmedizin: Neues vom Biologen Goethe, Biologie in unserer Zeit, 4(46): 217-218.

Hossfeld U., Levit G.S., Olsson L. (2016) 150 "Biogenetisches Grundgesetz". Biologie in unserer Zeit, 3(46): 190-195.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2016) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Theobald Renner as Organizers of Veterinary Medicine in Thuringia (Germany). Studies in the History of Biology (Russian Academy of Sciences), 8(2): 55-67.

Levit G.S., Reinhold P., Hossfeld U. (2015) Goethe's "comparirte anatomy" as a foundation for the growth of theoretical and applied biomedical sciences in Jena. Theory in Biosciences, 134: 9-15.

Hossfeld U., Simunek M., Levit G.S. (2015) Ein Mönch und sein Werk: 150 Jahre Mendel. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 45(5): 396-400.

Levit G.S. (2015) Sergei Chetverikov (1880-1959). eLS: Citable Reviews in the Life Sciences (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd). DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0025066.

Levit GS., Hossfeld U., Olsson L. (2015) Adolf Naef and Alexei Sewertzoff: Revising Haeckel’s biogenetic law. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 36(3): 357-370.

Levit GS, Hossfeld U., Olsson L. (2014) The Darwinian Revolution in Germany: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis. Endeavour 38(3-4): 268-278.

Levit GS (2014) Can a Hypothetical 'Innate Proclivity to Hierarchically Structured Political Systems' Explain Real Authoritarian/Totalitarian Regimes? Journal of Bioeconomics, 17:71-81.

Levit GS, Hossfeld U, Olsson L (2013) Russia Embraced Wallace’s Works (letter). Nature, 503(7474):39.

Levit GS, Polatayko SV (2013) At home among strangers: Alfred Russel Wallace in Russia. Theory in Biosciences, 132:289-297.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2013) A bridge-builder: Wolf-Ernst Reif’s historical studies and the difficult fortune of Darwinism in German paleontology. Historical Biology, 25(2):297-306.

Hossfeld U., Levit GS (2012) Alexej Nikolajevich Sewertzoff: Darwinist und Evolutionsmorphologe aus Leidenschaft. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 2(42): 133-134.

Hossfeld. U, Levit GS (2012) Bernhard Rensch - biologischer Universalist im 20. Jahrhundert. Biologie in unserer Zeit 4(42): 3-4.

Hossfeld. U, Levit GS (2012) Hans Böker - Biomorphologe, Amazonaforscher und Holist. Biologie in unserer Zeit 3(42): 197-198.

Hossfeld U, Levit G.S. (2011) Ludwig Plate: Haeckel-Nachfolger mit vielen Facetten. Biologie in unserer Zeit 6(41): 412-413.

Hossfeld U, Levit G.S. (2011) Nikolai Vladimirovic Timoféeff-Ressovsky: Eine Biographie in fünf Gesellschaftsepochen. Biologie in unserer Zeit 5(41): 345-346.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2011) Darwin without borders? Looking at "generalised Darwinism" through the prism of the "hourglass model". Theory in Biosciences 130:299-312.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Witt U. (2011) Can Darwinism Be "Generalized" and of What Use Would This Be? Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 21:545-562.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2011) Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky: new documents -old accusations. Studies in the History of Biology (Journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences), 3(1): 39-44. [in Russian]

Olsson L., Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2010) Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Its Concepts and History with a Focus on Russian and German Contributions. Naturwissenschaften, 97: 951-969.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2009) From Molecules to the Biosphere: Nikolai V. Timoféeff-Ressovsky’s (1900-1981) Research Program within a totalitarian landscapes. Theory in Biosciences, 128: 237-248.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Robin N. (2008) Le darwinisme en cause. Essai de synthèse des théries alternative. Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur, 4: 243-266.

Levit G.S., Simunek M., Hoßfeld U. (2008) Psychoontogeny and Psychophylogeny: The Selectionist Turn of Bernhard Rensch (1900-1990) through the Prism of PanpsychisticIdentism. Theory in Biosciences, 127:297-322.

Reiß Chr., Hoßfeld U., Olsson L, Levit G.S., Lemuth O. (2008) Das autobiographische Manuskript des Entwicklungsbiologen Julius Schaxel (1887-1943) vom 24. Juli 1938 - Versuch einer Kontextualisierung, Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology, 13: 3-51

Levit G.S., Meister K., Hoßfeld U. (2008) Alternative Evolutionary Theories from the Historical Perspective.Journal of Bioeconomics, 10(1): 71-96.

Levit G.S. (2007) The roots of Evo-Devo in Russia: is there a characteristic "Russian tradition"? Theory in Biosciences, 4:131-148.

Gilbert S.F., Levit G.S. (2007) The National Roots of EvoDevo. Theory in Biosciences, 4:115-116

Reiß Chr., Springer S., Hoßfeld U., Olsson U., Levit G.S. (2007) Julius Schaxel: Autobiography (publication and introduction). Theory in Biosciences, 126: 165-175.

Olsson L., Hoßfeld U., Levit G.S. (2006) German-Swedish Networks in Race Biology: Hans F. K. Günther and the Swedish Race Biology Institute. Uppsala Newsletter: History of Science38: 6-7.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Olsson L. (2006) Creationists Attack Secular Education in Russia. Nature, 7117(444): 265 (letter).

Levit G.S., Olsson L. (2006) "Evolution on Rails": Mechanisms and Levels of Orthogenesis. Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology Vol. 11, pp. 97-136.

Levit G.S. (2006) Editorial: Revisiting ‘Alternatives’ and ‘Peripheries’ in evolutionary biology. Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur, Vol. 2, pp. 7-10.

Levit G.S., Meister K. (2006) "Methodological Ideologies" in the German-language morphology. Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur, Vol. 2, pp. 35-62.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Olsson L. (2006) From the "Modern Synthesis" to Cybernetics: Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen (1884-1963) and his Research Program for a Synthesis of Evolutionary and Developmental Biology, Journal of Experimental Zoology (MOL DEV EVOL) 306B: 89-106.

Levit G.S., Meister K. (2006) The History of Essentialism vs. Ernst Mayr's "Essentialism Story": A Case Study of German Idealistic Morphology. Theory in Biosciences, 124(3-4): 281-307.

Junker Th., Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2006) Ernst Mayr: In Memoriam. Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii/Journal of General Biology, 67(2): 122-127 [in Russian]

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2006) The Forgotten "Old Darwinian" Synthesis: The Evolutionary Theory of Ludwig H. Plate (1862-1937) NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine, 14:9-25.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Olsson L. (2004) The Integration of Darwinism and Evolutionary Morphology: Alexej Nikolajevich Sewertzoff (1866-1936) and the Developmental Basisof Evolutionary Change. Journal of Experimental Zoology (MOL DEV EVOL) 302B (4): 343-354.

Gorbushina A.A., Levit G.S. (2003) Editorial: Geomorphogenetic Potential of Microbial Biofilms, Journal of Geomicrobiology (20)5, Special Issue, pp. 425-426.

Kaselowsky J., Scholz J., Levit G.S. (2002) The Biological Potential of Encrusting Bryozoans, in: Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82(1): 181-195.

Levit G.S., Scholz J. (2002) The Biosphere as a Morphoprocess: a New Look at the Concept of Individuality, Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 82(1): 367-372.

Levit G.S. (2000) The Biosphere and the Noosphere Theories of V. I. Vernadsky and P. Teilhard de Chardin: A Methodological Essay, Archives Internationales D'Histoire des Sciences, 50(144): 160-176.

Levit G.S., Krumbein W., Grübel R. (2000) Space and Time in the Work of V.I. Vernadsky, Environmental Ethics, 22 (4): 377-396.

Levit G.S. (2000) A Critical View of V. I. Vernadsky's Noosphere, Priroda, (5): 71-77, [in Russian].

Levit G.S., Krumbein W. (2000) The Biosphere Theory of V. I. Vernadsky and the Gaia Theory of J. Lovelock: a Comparative Analysis of the Two Theories and Two Traditions. Journal of General Biology (RUS), 61(2): 133-144.
Book chapters
Levit, G. S. & U. Hoßfeld (2021): A Russian Biologist in Nazi Germany. Nikolai V. Timoféeff-Ressovsky. In: Simunek, M. (Hg.), Science, Occupation, War: 1939-1945. A Collective Monograph. Academia USD AV CR, Praha, S. 419-436. Artikelpdf, 4 mb

Levit G. S., Hoßfeld U., Junker T. (2020): ТЕОРИИ ЭВОЛЮЦИИ И ИХ ИСТОРИЯ В ПЕРСПЕКТИВЕ ФИЛОСОФИИ НАУКИ (THEORIES OF EVOLUTION AND THEIR HISTORY FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE). In: И. Д. Осипов, С. Н. Погодин / I.D. Osipov, S.N. Pogodin (eds.): Философия науки: история и современность. Коллективная монография / СПб.: Изд-во Политехн. ун-та, S. 294-328. Artikelpdf, 1 mb

Levit, G. S.; U. Hoßfeld & A. A. Lvov (2020): Shaping German Evolutionary Biology: A Case Study of the Metaparadigm Hypothesis. In: Философия истории философии (Filosofia istorii filosofii); hg. Von S. I. Dudnik et al., St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University Press, S. 241-257. Artikelpdf, 758 kb

Prokudin, D.; G. Levit & U. Hoßfeld (2019): Selection Methods for Geodata Visualization of Extracted from Unstructured Digital Data for Scientific Heritage Studies. In: D. A. Alexandrov et al. (eds.): Digital Transformation and Global Society, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 542-553. Artikelpdf, 1 mb

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2017) Major Research Traditions in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Biology: The Relations of Germany’s Darwinism with Them. In: Delisle R. (Ed.) The Darwinian Tradition in Context. Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 169-193

Prokudin D., Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2017) Selection methods of digital information resources for scientific heritage studies: A case study of Georgy F. Gause. Proceedings of the International Conference IMS-2017, New York: ACM, pp. 69-74. (doi: 10.1145/3143699.3143739Externer Link)

Levit I, Levit GS, Hossfeld U., Olsson L (2014) Creationism in Russia and its neighbors. In: Blancke S. et al. (eds.) The History of Creationism in Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 162-179.

Hossfeld U., Olsson. L, Levit G.S. (2011) Evolutionäre Entwicklungsbiologie. In: Dreesmann et al (eds), Evolutionsbiologie - Moderne Themen für den Unterricht. Springer: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, pp. 43-118.

Levit G.S. (2011) Looking at Russian Ecology through the Biosphere Theory. In: Schwarz, A.E. & K. Jax (Eds.) Revisiting ecology: Reflecting concepts, advancing science. Berlin: Springer, pp. 196-210.

Levit G.S. Hossfeld U. (2011) Grenzüberschreitungen im Leben des russischen Biologen Nikolaj Vladimirovic Timoféeff-Ressovsky. In: Hoffmann D., Walker M. (eds.) Ausländische Wissenschaftler im Dritten Reich. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, pp. 182-199.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2010) Nikolaj Vladimirovic Timoféeff-Ressovsky (1900-1981) zwischen Deutschland und der UdSSR: Hat er ein einheitliches Forschungsprogramm entwickelt oder war er ein Spielzeug der totalitären Supermächte? Verh. zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie, 16:143-168.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Olsson L., Breidbach O. (2010) Von der "Modernen Synthese" zur Kybernetik: Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen (1884-1963) und sein Forschungsprogramm zur Synthese der Evolutions und Entwicklungsbiologie. In: Hossfeld U. et al. (eds), Ivan Schmalhausen: Evolutionsfaktoren. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. XIII-LIX.

Levit G.S., Scholz J, Kahle J., Liebezeit G. (2007) Vor den offenen Grenzen lebender Systeme: Individualität in biologischer Sicht. Evolution - Phänomen Leben, Denisia 20, pp. 49-58.

Levit G.S., Krumbein W. (2007), Zur Diskussion der Symbiogenesetheorie unter sowjetischen Zoologen und Biologietheoretikern der ersten Hälfte des 20 Jh. In: Geus A. & Höxtermann E. (Eds), Evolution durch Kooperation - Zur Entstehung der Endosymbiose-Theorie in der Zellbiologie. Reprints und Kommentare. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn. S. 477-503.

Levit G.S. (2006) Ot nauchnogo redaktora (Editorial). In: Levit G.S. (ed.): Junker T., Hoßfeld U., Istorija evoliutzionnykh teorij. Sankt-Petersburg: Unipress. [Russian translation of "Die Entdeckung der Evolution", WBG, Darmstadt, 2001] [In Russian]

Levit G.S., Meister K. (2006) Goethes langer Atem: Die "methodologischen Ideologien" in der Deutschen Morphologie des 20. Jh. Verh. zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie, Bd. 12, VWB-Berlin S. 209-232.

Levit G.S., Meister K., Hoßfeld U. (2005) Alternative Evolutionstheorien. In: Krohs U. & Toepfer G. (Eds.). Philosophie der Biologie - eine Einführung. Frankfurt am Main: Surkamp, S. 267-286.

Levit G.S., Hoßfeld U. (2005) Die Nomogenese: Eine Evolutionstheorie jenseits des Darwinismus und Lamarckismus, Verhandlungen zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie, VWB Berlin, Bd. 11, S. 367-388.

Levit G.S., Meister K. (2004) Methodological paradoxes in the German idealistic and evolutionary morphology. In: Hossfeld U., Olsson L., Breidbach O., Levit G.S. (2004) Evolutionary Morphology from C. Gegenbaur to Present Time, St.-Petersburg, Fineday-Press [in Russ. with Engl. Abstracts], pp. 93-111.

Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2003) Alternative theories in the evolutionary biology of the 20^th century on an example of the University of Jena. In: Levit G.S., Popov I.Yu., Hossfeld U., Breidbach O. (Hrsg.) In the Shadow of Darwinism: Alternative Evolutionary Theories in the 20th Century. St-Petersburg: Fineday-Press & Elsevier, pp. 71-81. [In Russian]

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2003) Methodological Controversies in German morphology in the first half of the 20^th century. In: Levit G.S., Popov I.Yu., Hossfeld U., Breidbach O. (Hrsg.) In the Shadow of Darwinism: Alternative Evolutionary Theories in the 20th Century. St.-Petersburg: Fineday-Press. 2003, pp. 111-125. [In Russian]

Scholz J., Levit G.S. (2003) Bryozoan Morphoprocesses. In: Krumbein WE, Paterson DM, Zavarzin GA (eds.) Fossil and Recent Biofilms, Dordrecht: Kluwer Acad. Publischers, pp. 333-341.

Levit G.S., Krumbein W.E. (2003) "Is there an Adequate Terminology of Biofilms and Microbial Mats?". In: Krumbein WE, Paterson DM, Zavarzin GA (eds) Fossil and Recent Biofilms, Dordrecht: Kluwer Acad. Publischers, pp. 181-195.

Levit G.S., Gudo M., Krumbein W.E. (2002) Mechanizismus im 21. Jahrhundert. Verhandlungen zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie Bd. 9, VWB Berlin, S. 97-125.

Levit G.S., Krumbein W. (2001) Eine vergessene Seite der Ökologiegeschichte: die Biosphäre als Morphoprozess in der Theorie von V. N. Beklemishev (1890-1962), Verhandlungen zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie, Band 7 (2001), Berlin: VWB, S. 199-214.

Levit G.S.,Krumbein W., Grübel R. (2000) Пространство-Время в работах В.И. Вернадского (Vernadsky about the space and time), in: A.V. Lapo (ed.), V.I. Vernadsky: Pro et Contra, RHGU, St-Petersburg, pp. 746-755. [In Russian]

Levit G.S., Krumbein W., Gorbushina A., (1999) Geophysiology of cyanobacterial biofilms and the dyssymmetry principle, Marine Cyanobacteria, Charpy L. & Larkum A.W.D. (eds.), Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique, Monaco, Special Issue, 19:175-196.

Levit G. S. (1990) "Interdisciplinary approach to the pedagogical problems". Scholarly Proceedings of Alexander Herzen Pedagogical University, Herzen University Press, St-Petersburg, p. 4-11 [in Russian].
Publications in popular scholarly journals, entries for encyclopedias and online publications
Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2020) Ernst Haeckel. In: Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers.
DOI: 10.5040/9781350994997.0006

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Olias G., Grune T. (2017) 25 Jahre Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE). Biologie in unserer Zeit, 4(47): 225

Hossfeld U., Levit GS (2016) Nikolai Timofeeff-Ressovsky. BAdW: Neue Deutsche Biographie. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, S. 291-292.

Levit, G. S. & U. Hoßfeld (2016): Kabinett der Tiere. Ausstellungskatalog "Die Ernestiner. Eine Dynastie prägt Europa", Sandstein Verlag, Dresden, S. 322-323.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2016) Victor Goerttler und die dritte Periode der Institutionalisierung der Veterinärmedizin in Thüringen. Deutsches Tierärzteblatt, 6: 850-853.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Reinhold P. (2016) Karl Hobstetter: Ein Visionäre, der das Veterinärwesen in Thüringen reformierte. Deutsches Tierärzteblatt, 4: 521-526.

Hossfeld U., Simunek M., Levit G.S. (2015) Gregor Johann Mendels langer Schatten, 1900-1930. Rudolstädter naturhistorische Schriften, 21: 147-156.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Reinhold P. (2015) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe und die Gründung der "Tierarnzneyschule" in Jena (Thüringen). Der Loeffler, 2: 8-9.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2015) Goethes "Comparirte Anatomie". Deutsches Tierärzteblatt 12: 1729-1733.

Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2015) Jacob Fidelis Ackermann (1765-1815): Eine kurze Schaffensperiode zwischen Anatomie und Veterinärmedizin an der Universität Jena. Deutsches Tierärzteblatt 10: 1420-1423.

Hossfeld U., Junker T., Levit G.S., Olsson L. (2014) August Weismann, Deszendenztheorie und die Ablehnung der Vererbung erworbener Eigenschaften (Neo-Darwinismus). Rudolstädter naturhistorische Schriften, 20:1-9.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Knoblich L. (2014) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe und die Entstehung der Veterinärmedizin in Thüringen. Rudolstädter naturhistorische Schriften, 20:31-44.

Hiltz J., Levit GS (2012) The Biosphere and Noosphere: Vladimir Vernadsky and Teilhard de Chardin. Forum SynergieWissen ZfL Berlin.

www.zflprojekte.de/synergie/doku.php?id=features:noosphaere.

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U., Witt U. (2010) Can Darwinism Be "Generalized" and of What Use Would This Be? Papers on Economics and Evolution (Max-Planck-Institute of Economics) № 1007: http://www.econ.mpg.de/deutsch/research/EVO/discuss.php#top

Nature Opinion Forum: Global Darwin. Levit, G.S., Hossfeld, U. & Olsson.L. (2009) Darwin in Russia. Reply to Todes, D. Global Darwin: Contempt for competition (Nature 462, 36-37).http://network.nature.com/groups/naturenewsandopinion/forum/topics/5954?page=1#reply-18529Externer Link

Hoßfeld U., Šimůnek M., Breidbach O., Levit GS (2008) Mendelismus und Genetik in Böhmen und Mähren von 1900-1930. Biospektrum 14: 321-322.

Meister K., Levit GS, Hossfeld U., Breidbach O. (2007) An Alternative Evolutionary Biology: How non-Darwinian theories of evolution explained the order of life. German Research (Journal of the German Research Counsil), 2/2007: 10-12.

Meister K., Levit GS, Hossfeld U., Breidbach O. (2006) Evolution ohne Genetik? Alternative Evolutionstheorien im 20. Jh., Forschung (Journal of the German Research Counsil), 4: 10-12.

Breidbach O., Hossfeld U., Levit G.S. (2004) Evolution ohne Genetik? Wie zwei Erklärungsmodelle zusammenfinden mussten. Jena Uni Journal (Sonderausgabe der Senatskommission). S. 14.

Krumbein W., Levit G.S. (1997), Die Erde Lebt, Einblicke, 25:4-7.
Book reviews
Kolchinsky E.I. The Unity of Evolutionary Theory in the 20^th Century Divided World. Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2017 (in press).

Germann P. Laboratorien der Vererbung. Rassenforschung und Humangenetik in der Schweiz 1900-1970. Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2017, 101(2): 240-242

Rieppel O. From Haeckel to Hennig. Acta Zoologica. (published ahead of print) DOI: 10.1111/azo.12221

Nick Nopwood Haeckel’s embryos: Images, Evolution, and Fraud. H/Soz/Kult: Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften, 2017: http://www.hsozkult.de/searching/id/rezbuecher-25574?title=n-hopwood-haeckel-s-embryos&q=Levit&sort=&fq=&total=102&recno=2&subType=reb

Guido J. Braem. Charles Darwin. Eine Biographie. Hist. Phil. Life Sci., 34 (2012):489-491

Kolchinsky E.I. Biology in St. Petersburg, 1703-2008, Hist. Phil. Life Sci., 34 (2012): 484

Gliboff Sander, H. G. Bronn, Ernst Haeckel, and the Origins of German Darwinism. Metascience (jointly with Uwe Hossfeld), 2011, 20:113-115.

Georgievsky A.B. Evolutionary anthropology: Historical-scientific study. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 32 (2010), 538-539. (jointly with Uwe Hossfeld)

Kolchinsky E.I. Ernst Mayr and the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis. Series: Outstanding evolutionary biologists.History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences2007, 29(1): 102-103 (jointly with Uwe Hossfeld)

Kolchnisky E.I. Biology in Germany and Russia-USSR. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 2007, 29(1): 120-123 (jointly with UweHossfeld)

Callebaut, Werner and Rasskin-Gutman, Diego (eds.) Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems. Acta Zoologica2007, 88: 275-276.

Di Gregorio, Mario A. From Here to Eternity: Ernst Haeckel and Scientific Faith. ISIS, 98: 2 (2007), pp. 400-401.

Junker, Tomas, Geschichte der Biologie. Die Wissenschaft vom Leben. Gesnerus, 62(2005): 144-145.

Rüting, Torsten. Pavlov und der Neue Mensch. Diskurse über Disziplinierung in Sowjetrussland. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 26/3-4 (2004), pp. 427-429.
Conferences//Invited talks
Levit GS (2017) Victor Goerttler (1897-1982) und die Veterinäranstalt Jena zwischen Nationalsozialismus und Sozialismus. DVG-Vet-Congress, Fachgruppe "Geschichte der Veterinärmedizin". 10-11 November, Berlin, Germany.

Levit GS (2017) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe und die Gründung der "Thierarzneyschule" in Thüringen. 26. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), 22-24.06.2017, Bonn (Germany)

Levit GS (2017) Abendvortrag: 200 Jahre Veterinärmedizin in Thüringen. Landestierärztekammer Thüringen, Referateabend Tuberkulose, 16.03.2017, Jena (Germany)

Levit GS (2016) Second centenary of the former Jena Veterinary School. 2^nd Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (10^th term). 13 Oct., Jena, Germany.

Levit GS (2016) Ludwig Plate and his "old-Darwinian" Genetics. 7^th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science in Prague, 21-24 Sept. 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.

Levit GS, Schalimov S. (2016) Panel Organizer: Forgotten Pages in the History of Genetics. 7^th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science in Prague, 21-24 Sept. 2016.

Levit GS (2016) Abendvortrag: 200 Jahre Veterinärmedizin in Thüringen. Bundeskonferenz der Tierseuchenkassen, Apolda (Germany). 08.06.2016.

Levit GS (2016) Wo endet Darwinismus? 22. Tage des mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts. Universität Erfurt (Germany). 10.03.2016.

Levit GS (2015) The Establishment of a Veterinary School in Jena with the special concentration on the Role of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. DVG-Vet-Congress, 18th Annual conference on veterinary history. 12. - 15. November, Estrel Convention Center Berlin (Germany).

Levit GS (2015) 1816: Die Gründung der Tierarzneischule in Jena. Colloquium des Friedrich-Loeffler-Instituts für Tiergesundheit in Jena. 23.06. (Jena, Germany).

Levit GS (2014) Co-Organizer of the International Workshop "Science & Religion", ITMO University, 29.05.2014. St. Petersburg (Russia)

Levit GS (2013) Critics of Biopolitics: Can a Hypothetical ‘Innate Proclivity to Hierarchically Structured Political Systems’ Explain Real Authoritarian/Totalitarian Regimes?" International Workshop "Liberalism and the Evolutionary Agenda", Max Planck Institute of Economics and Walter Eucken Institute, 12.12.13-15-12.13, Freiburg (Germany).

Levit GS (2013) Die Globalisierung des Wissens (Fallbeispiel): Darwin, Wallace und der Liberalismus im zaristischen Russland. International Workshop: Weltansichten. Vom Globus zur Globalisierung (6.-8.10.2013). Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Halle (Saale), Germany.

Levit GS (2013) Co-Organizer of the International Workshop "Information, Biopolitics, Social Physics". 23.05.2013. ITMO University, St. Petersburg (Russia)

Levit G.S. (2011) Creationism in Russia. Workshop "Creationism in Europe". 16-18 November, Ghent (Belgium)

Levit G.S. (2011) The Biosphere and the Noosphere Theories of Vladimir Vernadsky and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Synergie: Konzepte - Techniken - Perspektiven Internationaler Workshop vom 29. Juni bis 1. Juli 2011. Berlin (Germany).

Witt U., Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2010) Can Darwinism Be "Generalized" and of What Use Would This Be? EAEPE Conference, 28-30 October 2010. Bordeaux (France).

Levit G.S. (2010) Warum ist der "generalisierter Darwinismus" weder darwinistisch noch nutzbar?XIXJahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), Lübeck, 24.-27.06.10(Germany).

Levit G.S.&Hossfeld U. (2010) Ludwig Plate and Evolutionary Biology.Conference: "100^th Anniversary of K.M. Zavadsky". 13.05.10. St. Petersburg Branch of S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science (Russia).

Levit G.S., Kutschera U. (2009) "Expanded Synthesis" and "Generalized Darwinism": What in a name? (Plenary talk).Charles Darwin and Modern Biology.International Conference. 21-23 September 2009, St. Petersburg (Russia)

Levit GS (2009) Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky (1900-1981) zwischen Deutschland und der UdSSR:

Hat er einheitliches Forschungprogram enwtickelt oder war ein Spielzeug der totalitaeren Supermaechte? XVIIIJahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), Halle/Saale, 18.-21.06. (Germany).

Levit GS (2009) Bernhard Rensch’s (1900-1990)panpsychisticidentism: An essentialist fallacy within the Synthesis?Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science, Carleton University 26-28 May, 2009(Ottawa, Canada).

Levit GS, Hossfeld U (2008) The Knight of Science on the Planet Totalitarianism: The Case of N.W. Timofeeff-Ressovsky (1900-1981), Symposium Foreign Scientists under Hitler, March 27^th to 29^th, Göttingen University, Institute for the History of Science (Göttingen, Germany).

Levit GS (2007)Global microbiology: One More Step to a "New Synthesis"?Biannual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), Exeter (UK), 25-29 Juli.

Levit GS (2007) German Idealistic Morphology Revisited. Form of Space and its Visualization in the Sciences and Culture, 1750 to 2000.International workshop in Tartu (Estonia), Karl Ernst von Baer House, July 31, 2007.

Levit G.S. (2006) The roots of evo-devo in Russia: Is there a characteristic Russian tradition (symposia talk). First and founding meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EDD), 16-19 August (Prague, Czech Republic).

Levit G.S. (2006)Der Schöpfer und die Proteine: Die Argumentationsstruktur des "wissenschaftlichen" Kreationismus anhand einiger Beispiele. Die Vortragsreihe "Darwin am Ende? - Kehren die Schöpfungsmythen zurück?" Förderverein Humanistenstätte Engelsburg e.V., 22.05.06, Erfurt (Germany).

Popov I.Y., Levit G.S. (2005)Evolution on rails: Arguments for Orthogenesis from the Historical Perspective.Biannual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).13-18, July, Guelph (Canada).

Landa J., Levit G.S. (2005) "Evolution and Bioeconomics".Session organizers.Biannual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).13-18, July, Guelph (Canada).

Levit G.S. (2005) Kann man von einer nationalgefärbten "Evolutionären Synthese" sprechen? Fallbeispiel Russland. 14.Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), Göttingen, 23.-26.06.2005 (Germany).

Levit G.S. (2005) Einige Bemerkungen zur Russischen Wissenschaftskultur in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jh. Workshop im Bereich Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -geschichte Wissenschaftskultur im Europa des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Centro Italo-Tedesco "Villa Vigoni". 13-16 Febr. (Italy).

Levit G.S. (2004) Alternative Evolutionary Theories in the First Part of the 20^th Century. Workshop 'Evolutionary Concepts in Economics and Biology'.Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems.December 2-4, Jena (Germany).

Levit G.S. (2004) Auf dem Weg vom "morphologischen Neutralismus" zur Synthetischen Theorie der Evolution: A. N. Sewertzoff (1866-1936) als Schlüsselfigur in der Geschichte der Evolutionsmorphologie. Workshop 'Streitfall Evolution' , Ernst-Haeckel- Haus, 09. Juli, Jena (Germany).

Levit G.S. (2004) "Goethes Krieger": Die romantischen Wurzeln der Deutschen Morphologie

im 20. Jahrhundert, Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), 24-27 Juni, Neuburg a. D. (Germany).

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2004) Evolutionary Theory and the Third Reich.Third International Conference "Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations",Juni 18-21, Moscow (Russia).

Levit G.S. (2004) "Science of Everything": Search for Ultimate Explanations in German Morphology of the first half of the 20th century (exemplified by Wilhelm Troll)Workshop: Alternative Evolutionary Theories in the 20th and 21st Centuries in the International and Interdisciplinary Perspective, 3-4 Juni, St. Petersburg (Russia).

Hoßfeld U., Levit G.S. (2003) Im Schatten Darwins: Alternativtheorien in der Evolutionsbiologie im 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Darwinismus-Streit: Naturwissenschaft, Philosophie und Weltanschauung im 19. Jahrhundert (II). Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), 27.-29. Nov. 2003, Bielefeld (Germany).

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2003) Ludwig Plate never dreamed of it: The nomogenesis theory of Leo S. Berg. Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), 2-5 Okt. 2003, Napoli (Italy); S. 46-47.

Scholz J., Levit G.S. (2003) Bryozoan Individuals and Bryozoan Individualization, Biannual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), 16-20 Juli, Vienna (Austria).

Levit G.S. (2003) "The Nomogenesis."Biennial Meeting of the International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), 16-20 Juli, Wien (Austria).

Levit G.S., Hossfeld U. (2003) "Alternative Evolutionary Theories", Session organizers.Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), 16-20 Juli, Vienna (Austria).

Levit G.S., Scholz J. (2003) "Biological Individuality, Species Concepts, and Evolutionary Theory: A View from the Back of the Life Sciences." Kolloquium am Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 10. Juni, Berlin (Germany).

Scholz, J., Gorbushina, A. A., Levit, G. S.& W. E. Krumbein (2002) Lamination as a tool for distinguishing microbial and metazoan biosystems from inert structures. Abstract, 3 p. September 13, Lecture Hall, LPI (Lunar and Planetary institute, NASA) Seminar Series 2002. Houston, Texas (USA) (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/scholz.pdf).

Levit G.S, Krumbein W. (2001) "Redundante (Überschüssige) Theorien in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte am Beispiel des Begriffs "Dissymmetrie". Konjunkturen und Perspektiven von Medizin-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte: 100 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik. 28. September bis 1. Oktober, Hamburg (Germany).

Levit G.S. (2001) Trends in the Modern Philosophy of Biology.International Conference "Systemic Approach in the Science Studies", Institute for Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 19-21 September (Russia).

Levit G.S. (2001) Remarks on Contemporary Mechanicism. Biennial Meeting of the Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology.18-22 July, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut (USA).

Levit G.S., Krumbein W (2001) Mechanizismusim 21. Jh. Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), Berlin (Germany).

Levit G.S. (2001) Zwischen Biogeochemie und Utopie: Die Biosphäre Theorie von V.I. Vernadsky (1863-1945), Vortrag bei der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21 März, Frankfurt a. M. (Germany).

Levit G.S, Krumbein W. (2001) "Philosophy of Biofilms", Conference Fossil and Recent Biofilms, 17-21 February, HanseWissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst/University of Oldenburg (Germany).

Levit G.S, Krumbein W. (2000) "The Biosphere as a Morphoprocess", Workshop 'On Life', 3-8 September, Modena (Italy).

Levit G.S, Krumbein W. (2000) "Eine vergessene Seite der Ökologiegeschichte: die Biosphäre als Morphoprozess in der Theorie von V. N. Beklemishev (1890-1962)", Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie (DGGTB), Neuburg an der Donau, (Germany).

Levit G.S., Gorbushina A., Niesse A. (1999) "Fungal Colony as a Morphoprocess (sensuBeklemishev)", British Mycological Society, Annual International Meeting 1999, Hulme Hall, Manchester (England).

Gorbushina A., Krumbein W., Levit G.S. (1998) Ooides and oolites - stromatoids and stromatolits: A historical overview of the genesis of terms and structures. pp. 483-484. In: J. Canaveras, M. Garcia del Cura and J. Soria (eds.), 15th Int. Sedimentology Congress, Sedimentology at the Dawn of the Millenium, Alicante, p. 862. (Spain)

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