German Society for Sociology

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The German Society for Sociology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, DGS) has been founded January 3rd, 1909 at Berlin by its initiator Rudolf Goldscheid (1870-1931), Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, et al. First president was Tönnies, forced out of office by the Nazis, 1933.

The DGS is still flourishing, with about 1600 members (2007).

[edit] Presidents and chairpersons of the DGS

• Presidents
  • 1909-1933 Ferdinand Tönnies
  • 1933-[1946] Hans Freyer - keeping the Society dormant since 1934
• Chairpersons
  • 1946-1955 Leopold von Wiese
  • 1955-1959 Helmuth Plessner
  • 1959-1963 Otto Stammer
  • 1963-1967 Theodor W. Adorno
  • 1967-1970 Ralf Dahrendorf
  • 1970 Erwin K. Scheuch
  • 1971-1974 M. Rainer Lepsius
  • 1974-1978 Karl Martin Bolte
  • 1979-1982 Joachim Matthes
  • 1983-1986 Burkart Lutz
  • 1987-1990 Wolfgang Zapf
  • 1991-1992 Bernhard Schäfers
  • 1993-1994 Lars Clausen
  • 1995-1998 Stefan Hradil
  • 1999-2002 Jutta Allmendinger
  • 2003-2006 Karl-Siegbert Rehberg
  • 2007- Hans-Georg Soeffner