Hamburg Institute for Social Research

Hamburg Institute for Social Research
AbbreviationHIS
Formation1984
FounderJan Philipp Reemtsma
TypeResearch institute
PurposeSocial research
Location
Coordinates53°34′09″N 9°59′41″E / 53.56920°N 9.99472°E / 53.56920; 9.99472
Director
Wolfgang Knöbl
Websitewww.his-online.de

The Hamburg Institute for Social Research (German: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung; abbreviated HIS) is an independent private foundation whose scholarship is focused on both contemporary history and the social sciences.[1] Founded in 1984 by Jan Philipp Reemtsma,[2] it currently employs about 50 people with roughly 50% working in the research fields of sociology and history. The institute publishes a bimonthly journal called Mittelweg 36 [de] and has its own publishing house,[3] Hamburger Edition and an archive and a library.[4]

History

Beginnings

Jan Philipp Reemtsma founded the HIS in Hamburg in 1984 with funds from his inheritance and was a member of the executive board from its foundation until 2015.[5] In addition to Reemtsma, Helmut Dahmer, Ernest Mandel, Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Jakob Moneta, and Alice Schwarzer formed the first advisory board.[6] Initially, the HIS only funded individual projects and was theoretically oriented towards psychoanalytic sociology, which Reemtsma later said had been the wrong direction.[7] In the academic milieu, HIS was initially ridiculed, but established itself as an important contributor to social research over the years.[5][8]

Mittelweg 36

The institutes journal was first published in 1992 and allows readers to follow ongoing research projects at the institute. In its first decade the journal has garnered interest not only in the academic community but also has a number of non-academic readers.[9]

Wehrmachtsausstellung

In 1995 the institute began an exhibition titled Wehrmachtsausstellung which toured Germany until 1999.[10] The tour detailed the War crimes of the Wehrmacht and helped break the Myth of the clean Wehrmacht in Germany. It was designed by Hannes Heer.

Bibliography

  • Bartov, Omer (2003) Germany's war and the Holocaust: disputed histories Cornell University Press ISBN 978-0-8014-8681-4
  • Bankier, David. Mikhman, Dan. (2009) Holocaust Historiography in Context: Emergence, Challenges, Polemics and Achievements Berghahn Books ISBN 978-965-308-326-4

References

  1. ^ "Home". Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ "About Us". Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ Neumann, Volker Maria. "A Few New Questions: The Hamburg Institute for Social Research". Goethe-Institut.
  4. ^ "Hamburg Institute for Social Research". www.hamburg.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Reemtsma - Schließung des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung: Ende eines Bildungsauftrags". www.fr.de (in German). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Nur die Logik setzt die Regeln fest - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Von Marx bis Migrationsforschung – DW – 09.06.2009". dw.com (in German). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  8. ^ Wendler, Lutz (15 March 2012). "Reemtsma wird Sloweniens Honorarkonsul". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Mittelweg 36". Magazine List. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  10. ^ Bartov ppXI-XII


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