The German Sociological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, DGS) is a professional organization of social scientists in Germany. Established in Berlin on January 3, 1909, its founding members included Rudolf Goldscheid, Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Weber, and Georg Simmel. Its first president was Tönnies, who was forced out of office by the Nazi regime in 1933; his successor, Hans Freyer, attempted to reform the DGS on Nazi lines but ultimately decided to suspend its activities the following year. The DGS was revived after World War II under the chairmanship of Leopold von Wiese in 1946, and has remained active since then, with about 3,200 members .
Presidents and chairpersons The following members have served as heads of the organization: 1909–1933: Ferdinand Tönnies as president () 1933: Werner Sombart, Leopold von Wiese, and Hans Freyer unconstitutionally as joint chairs () 1933–1934: Hans Freyer as chair; suspended the DGS in 1934 1946–1955: Leopold von Wiese; office titled president 1955–1959: Helmuth Plessner 1959–1963: Otto Stammer 1963–1967: Theodor W. Adorno 1967–1970: Ralf Dahrendorf; office titled chair 1970: Erwin K. Scheuch (interim chair) 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 2003–2007: Karl-Siegbert Rehberg 2007–2011: Hans-Georg Soeffner 2011–2013: Martina Löw 2013–2017: Stephan Lessenich 2017–2019: Nicole Burzan 2019–2021: Birgit Blättel-Mink 2021–2025: Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky
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External links DGS – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (in German; cf. the history in: Geschichte) 33rd Congress of the DGS, The Nature of Society, “Die Natur der Gesellschaft“), 2006