The issue Gender - Knowledge - History brings together perspectives on gender and knowledge, including the interrelation to and with social practices in different historical and geographical contexts. It contains contributions by Maximilian Schochow, Paola Ferruta, Tanja Paulitz, Karsten Uhl, Stefan Benedik, Béartice Ziegler/Silvia Bollinger, Franka Maubach und Angelika Böck (Forum). My contribution is a description of the work .