{"id":1759,"date":"2019-04-03T22:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulturwissenschaften.de\/person\/dr-hans-georg-soeffner\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:49:16","slug":"dr-hans-georg-soeffner","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.kulturwissenschaften.de\/en\/person\/dr-hans-georg-soeffner\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. em. Dr. Hans-Georg Soeffner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Academic Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Studium der Germanistik, Philosophie, Kommunikationswissenschaften, Kunstgeschichte und\u00a0Soziologie an den Universit\u00e4ten T\u00fcbingen, K\u00f6ln und Bonn.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Permanent Visiting Fellow, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2010<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Fellow at the K\u00e4te Hamburger Kolleg \u201cLaw as Culture\u201d, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2009-2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Professorship, University of Luzern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2008<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Board member and Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2007<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Fellow \u201cExzellenzcluster Religion und Politik\u201d, University of M\u00fcnster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2007, 2009<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Professorship, University of St. Gallen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1996, 2011-2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Professorship, University of Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1996<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Professorship, University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1994-2008<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professorship for Sociology, University of Konstanz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 1994<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head of the researchteam \u201esociology of knowledge\u201c and director of the archive of social sciences, University of Konstanz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1993<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professorship for Sociology, University of Potsdam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1993<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Professorship, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1992<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Professorship, Universidad Santiago de Chile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1986-1992<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest professorship, University of Zurich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1984, 1987, 1991<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest professorship, University of California, San Francisco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1984-1994<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of the research team of Anselm Strauss, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1980-1992<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professorship, FernUniversit\u00e4t in Hagen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1978-1980<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professorship, University of Duisburg-Essen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1976<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Habilitation, University of Duisburg-Essen; Venia Legendi: communication studies\/sociology of communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1972<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD, philosophy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1966<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First state examination, philosophy and german studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Memberships and cooperations <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2011-2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of \u201cStrukturkommission zur Evaluierung\u201d, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2008-2018<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Together with Prof. Dr. Dieter Gutzen, head of education seminars for DAAD lectorssince 2008<br \/>\nCooperation, Stiftung Mercator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2007-2011<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairman, German Sociological Society (DGS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2004<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expert for VolkswagenStiftung<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2002-2008<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairman of the advisory council \u201cWissenschaft und Zeitgeschehen\u201d, Goethe-Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2002<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Haifa: Member of the Board Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES); Hebrew University Jerusalem: Member of the Board Center for German Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2000<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooperation, Hamburger Institute for Social Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 2000<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooperation, Academy for Social Sciences, Beijing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 1996<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expert for German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1996-2010<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooperation, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Saitama University, Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 1994<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooperation, Justizakademie NRW Recklinghausen and Justizakademie Trier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>since 1986<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expert for German Research Foundation (DFG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Theory in sociology, everyday culture, sociology of knowledge, culture, media and religion, methodology and methods of hermeneutics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Publications (Selection)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soeffner, Hans-Georg (1989): Auslegung des Alltags &#8211; Der Alltag der Auslegung. Zur wissenssoziologischen Konzeption einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Hermeneutik. Frankfurt\/M.: Suhrkamp.<\/li>\n<li>Soeffner, Hans-Georg (1992): Die Ordnung der Rituale &#8211; Die Auslegung des Alltags II. Frankfurt\/M.: Suhrkamp.<\/li>\n<li>Soeffner, Hans-Georg (2000): Gesellschaft ohne Baldachin. \u00dcber die Labilit\u00e4t von Ordnungskonstruktionen. Frankfurt\/M.: Velbr\u00fcck Wissenschaft.<\/li>\n<li>Soeffner, Hans-Georg (2010): Symbolische Formung. Eine Soziologie des Symbols und des Rituals. Frankfurt\/M.: Velbr\u00fcck Wissenschaft.<\/li>\n<li>Soeffner, Hans-Georg (2019): Bedrohliche Attraktivit\u00e4t. Charisma der Gewalt. In: Ecarius, Jutta; Bilstein, Johannes (eds.): Gewalt \u2013 Vernunft \u2013 Angst. 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