The History of the German Association of Historians and the German Historians Conference since 1948

除美国外，世界上没有一个国家拥有像德意志联邦共和国与其前身州那样具有持久连续性和高度政治和社会影响的历史学家协会。令人惊讶的是，这个成立于1895年的协会的历史至今还没有被研究过，而较小的全国性协会和其他历史机构的历史学家早就对它们进行了研究。Verband der Historikerund Historikerinnen Deutschlands的任务不仅包括定期组织欧洲最大的人文大会——历史大会（historikertag），该大会于1893年首次举办，2012年是第49届。协会还保护这一领域的利益，并在公共场合代表这一领域：它允许历史学家之间的内部交流，是该领域的纪律和制度化进程的一部分，建立国际联系，解决当今的问题，并在大学和学校的历史系争夺稀少的教育资源；因此，它也充当了与政治冲突的场所。最重要的是，协会从1948年至今的档案，对该领域的内部决策过程、联网过程以及历史学家会议的规划，包括关于允许和不允许部分和演讲的决定，提供了宝贵的见解。这些问题值得在一个以问题为导向的协会历史分析中加以解决。该项目与柏林和波茨坦的一个研究项目紧密合作，研究1893年至国家社会主义结束之间的时期，重点关注1945年至今的最新当代历史。

The History of the German Association of Historians and the GermanHistorians Conference since 1948 Except for the United States, nocountry in the world possesses an association of historians of suchlasting continuity and high political and social influence as that of theFederal Republic of Germany with her predecessor s states.Surprisingly, the history of this association, founded in 1895, has notbeen studied up to now, whereas smaller national associations andother historical institutions have long been explored by theirrespective historiographers. The task of the Verband der Historikerund Historikerinnen Deutschlands not only consists in routinelyorganising the biggest European humanities congress, theHistorikertag, which first took place in 1893 and for the 49th time in2012. The Association also protected the interests of the field andrepresented it in public: it allowed for internal communication amonghistorians, was part of the disciplination and institutionalisationprocess in the field, created international connections, addressedpresent-day questions, and competed for scanty educationalresources in the History department of universities and schools; thus,it also acted as a venue for conflicts with politics. Above all else, theAssociation s archive, which spans from 1948 to the present day,gives valuable insight into internal decision-making processes withregard to the field, into processes of networking as well as theplanning of the Historians Conference, including the decisions aboutadmission and non-admission of sections and talks. These questionsdeserve to be addressed in a problem-oriented historical analysis ofthe Association. The project narrowly cooperates with a researchproject in Berlin and Potsdam treating the period between 1893 andthe end of national socialism and focuses on latest contemporaryhistory spanning from 1945 to the present.