Hans Joas

Life

• 1968–1971 studying sociology, philosophy, history, German literature at the University of Munich
• 1971–1972 studying the same disciplines at the Free University of Berlin
• 1972 "Diploma" in sociology
• 1973–1977 "Wissenschaftlicher Assistent", Department of Sociology, Free University of Berlin
• 1979 Dr. phil.
• 1979–1983 Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin
• 1981 Habilitation
• 1984–1987 Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Council
• 1985 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
• 1986 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
• 1987–1990 Professor of Sociology, University of Erlangen‐Nuremberg
• 1990–2002 Professor of Sociology, Free University of Berlin
• 1993–1995 Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Berlin
• 1992 Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and Visiting Professor, University of Uppsala
• 1994 Fellow, Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study, Bloomington, Indiana
• 1996 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• 1997 Theodor Heuss Professor, Department of Sociology, New School for Social Research, New York
• 1998 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• 1999–2000 Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
• since 2000 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, Member of the Committee on Social Thought
• 2002–2011 Director, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany
• 2002 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria
• 2004–2005 Ernst Cassirer Professor, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
• 2005–2006 Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
• 2007 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology and Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Vienna, Austria
• 2010 Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden
• 2011 Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa
• 2011–2014 Permanent Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2014 Fellow, Torgny Segerstedt Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• since 2014 Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin
• 2017 Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Research

Academic awards

• 2010: :de: Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis|Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis.
• 2012: Werner Heisenberg medal of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung.
• 2012: Doctor honoris causa, University of Tübingen.
• 2013: Doctor honoris causa, Uppsala University.
• 2013: Hans-Kilian-Award.
• 2015: Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award, American Sociological Association, Section History of Sociology.
• 2015: Max-Planck-Research-Award.
• 2017: Prix Paul Ricœur.

  Books in English

• George Herbert Mead. A Contemporary Re-examination of His Thought.
• Social Action and Human Nature .
• Pragmatism and Social Theory.
• The Creativity of Action.
• The Genesis of Values.
• War and Modernity.
• Social Theory .
• Do We Need Religion? On the Experience of Self-Transcendence.
• The Benefit of Broad Horizons: Intellectual and Institutional Preconditions for a Global Social Science
• War in Social Thought: Hobbes to the Present .
• The Sacredness of the Person: A New Genealogy of Human Rights.
• The Axial Age and Its Consequences .
• Faith as an Option: Possible Futures for Christianity.
• The Timeliness of George Herbert Mead .

  Books in German

• Was ist die Achsenzeit? Eine wissenschaftliche Debatte als Diskurs über Transzendenz.
• Die lange Nacht der Trauer. Erzählen als Weg aus der Gewalt?.
• Sind die Menschenrechte westlich?.
• Kirche als Moralagentur?.
• Die Macht des Heiligen. Eine Alternative zur Geschichte von der Entzauberung.