Hans Joas - Biography#

Born 1948; 1981 Habilitation in Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin; 1979-1983 Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin; 1984-1987 Heisenberg Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education; 1987-1990 Full Professor in Sociology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; 1990-2002 Full Professor in Sociology and North American Studies, Free University of Berlin; 1998-present Ordinary Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences; 2000-present Visiting Professor/ University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought; 2002-2011 Max Weber Professor and Director of the Max Weber Center, University of Erfurt; 2006-2010 Vice President, International Sociological Association; 2011-2014 Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies; 2014-present Ernst Troeltsch Professor, Humboldt University, Berlin; 2010 Niklas Luhmann Award (“Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis”), 2013 Hans-Kilian-Award, Honorary doctorates: University of Tübingen (2012) and Uppsala University (2013).

Fellow at the Berlin Wissenschaftskolleg (2005/06), at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (1992, 1999/2000, 2004/05, 2010), Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Duke University; New School for Social Research; University of Vienna, Uppsala University, Gothenburg University, etc.