Migration and mobility have become central topics in the creation of social identity. The question of what distinguishes ‘migration’ from ‘flight’ or ‘mobility,’ and which people are categorized as ‘desirable’ or ‘undesirable’ or as ‘foreign’ or ‘belonging,’ has been (and still is) the subject of fierce debates.
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In der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde vieles, was später als „populäre Kultur“ oder „Massenkultur“ galt, noch als Devianz skandalisiert. Um 1956 wurden diese neuen Ausdrucksformen als Jugenddelinquenz skandalisiert und kriminalisiert.
BMBF joint project
ZZF, LMU München and FU Berlin
Project leader at ZZF: Prof. Dr. Frank Bösch, Dr. Jürgen Danyel (until 9/2024), Christoph Classen
Economic processes always involve the consumption or conversion of energy. Historically, the composition of primary energy sources has changed significantly. Since the emergence of the environmental movement and mounting concerns about global resource limits in the 1970s, the relation between economy and ecology has become a central social and political concern. Recently, its relevance has become even more pronounced due to the effects of climate change. How did national governments and international organizations try to ensure sufficient energy supplies?
What role did ideology and rule play in the everyday lives of GDR citizens? What social and cultural transformation processes can be observed? The topics examined here include, for example, the social history of the SED dictatorship, the transformation of the GDR state party, the history of the BND after 1968 and ideals of beauty.
The focus area examines political, economic and cultural changes, cultures of remembrance and the effects of communism and system change on the societies of Eastern Europe. Several international research projects are represented here: the interdisciplinary research network "Legacies of Communism?", the joint project "Europast" and the ERC project "Perestroika from Below". Individual projects are also being worked on
Prof. Dr. Frank Bösch is currently leading six projects at the ZZF that deal with the following topics: The Radical Right in Germany, 1945-2000 - Transformation in the World of Work – Media heritage of the GDR - East German universities - Book project about global interactions of the Federal Republic - History of Computerisation - Ministries of the Interior in West and East Germany - International Institutions in Crisis
Exhibitions supervised by staff members in Department III.
Online exhibition (since 30.6.2021) about the eventful history of the Bogensee site at:
www.bogensee-geschichte.de
Overview of completed research, exhibition, book and public history projects since 2011 by Director Frank Bösch, former Director Martin Sabrow (until 2021), Hanno Hochmuth and Hans-Hermann Hertle (Research Associate until 2019 and up to now Senior Fellow).
