Engineering Society. The Scientization of the Social in Comparative Perspective, 1880-1990

Programm

Public Keynote Lecture
Experts, Ideas and Institutions: Main Trends in embedding the Human Sciences in Western Societies since the 1880s
(Lutz Raphael, Trier)

Panel 1: Social and Penal Policy
Peter Becker (Linz): New Members of the Research Family? Neurosciences and their Presence in Criminological Debates / Bengt Sandin (Linköping): Abortion Crimes, Social Engineering of Sexuality and Welfare Policy in Sweden 1860-1960 / Julia Moses (Oxford): Compensation and Legal and Scientific Expertise about Workplace Accidents, 1880-1920 / Martin Lengwiler (Basel): From Standards to Co-ordination: Universalism, International Organisations and the Limited Convergence of Welfare States in the 20th Century / Ted Porter: How Society Became Statistical
(Commentator: Richard Wetzell, Washington DC)

Panel 2: Diagnosis and Therapy
Elizabeth Lunbeck: Narcissism as Social Critique / Greg Eghigian: Rehabilitation: Thoughts on the History of a Twentieth-Century Social Project / Mathew Thomson (Warwick): Psychology and the Engineering of Society in Twentieth-Century Britain / Harry Oosterhuis (Maastricht): Self-Development and Civic Virtue: Psychiatry, Mental Health, and Citizenship in the Netherlands (1870-2005)
(Commentator: Sabine Maasen, Basel)

Panel 3: Organizations, Polling and Marketing
Sarah Igo: Hearing the Masses. The Modern Science of Opinion / Anja Kruke (Bonn): Polls in Politics. Restructuring the Body Politic in West Germany, 1940s to 1980s / Kerstin Brückweh (London): How to Streamline a Diverse Society: Market Research, Opinion Polling and Social Classification in Britain / Emil Walter-Busch (St Gallen): Business Organizations, Foundations, and the State as Promoters of Applied Social Sciences. The Cases of the USA and Switzerland, 1900-1950 / Stefan Schwarzkopf (London): The „Consumer Jury“: Historical Origins, Theoretical Implications and Social Consequences of a Marketing Myth
(Commentator: Felix Keller, Zürich)

Thematic Wrap-Up and Final Discussion
(chaired by Dirk Schumann, Richard Wetzell)

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