Hamburg Institute for Social Research

Hamburg Institute for Social Research
Formation 1984
Type Social Research
Purpose/focus Educational
Location Hamburg, Germany
Website www.his-online.de

The Hamburg Institute for Social Research is an independent private foundation whose scholarship is focused on both contemporary history and the social sciences.[1] Founded in 1984, it currently employ's around 50% people with roughly 50% working in the research fields of sociology and history. The institute publishes a bimonthly journal called Mittelweg 36 and has its own publishing house.[2]

Contents

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.[3]

Controversy

In the late 1990`s the institute began a controversial[4] exhibition titled "War of Extermination: Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941-1944" which toured Germany until 1999.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Home". Hamburg Institute for Social Research. http://www.his-online.de/en.html. 
  2. ^ Neumann, Volker Maria. "A Few New Questions: The Hamburg Institute for Social Research". Goethe-Institut. http://www.goethe.de/wis/fut/fuw/ins/en3150943.htm. 
  3. ^ "Mittelweg 36". Magazine List. http://www.magazinelist.net/detail/798/mittelweg-36.html. 
  4. ^ Bankier pp332
  5. ^ Bartov ppXI-XII

Bibliography

  • Bartov, Omer (2003) Germany's war and the Holocaust: disputed histories Cornell University Press ISBN 978-0801486814
  • Bankier, David. Mikhman, Dan. (2009) Holocaust Historiography in Context: Emergence, Challenges, Polemics and Achievements Berghahn Books ISBN 978-9653083264

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