German Sociological Association

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.{{cite book|last=Pyyhtinen|first=Olli|year=2018|title=The Simmelian Legacy|place=London|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1137006646|page=30}} 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.{{cite book|last=Glatzer|first=Wolfgang|year=1995|chapter=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) – die akademische soziologische Vereinigung seit 1909|editor-last=Schäfers|editor-first=Bernhard|title=Soziologie in Deutschland. Entwicklung – Institutionalisierung und Berufsfelder – Theoretische Kontroversen|place=Opladen|publisher=Leske + Budrich|isbn=978-3322959997|pages=219–23}} 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 {{as of|2019|lc=y}}.{{cite web|last=Dörk|first=Uwe|last2=Schnitzler|first2=Sonja|last3=Wierzock|first3=Alexander|url=https://soziologie.de/dgs/geschichte/110-jahre-dgs|title=Die Gründung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie vor 100 Jahren|website=Das Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie|lang=de|access-date=June 3, 2021}}