Der Vortrag findet um 16.15 Uhr in Hörsaal IV statt. Abstract  How did the seemingly simple act of asking structured questions shape modernity? This project traces the social and epistemic history of questionnaires, surveys, and interrogations from seventeenth-century scientific societies to early twentieth-century statistical congresses. Focusing on five arenas—scientific inquiry, state governance, professional expertise, legal interrogation, and transnational standardisation—it explores how formalised questioning produced new forms of knowledge and authority. Through comparative archival case studies from Europe and North America, the project aims to explain the emergence of categories like “household”, “occupation”, and “truth”, linking their history to contemporary debates on data ethics, citizenship, and surveillance. The lecture will outline the research agenda and its relevance across the humanities and social sciences.

Die Religionsforscherin Dr. Ramona Jelinek-Menke verstärkt seit dem 1. März 2025 das Team der Abteilung für Religionsforschung.

Im Januar 2025 erhielt Vitor Barros ein Promotionsstipendium der Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung für sein Projekt  "Ethnic differentiation and subtle racial animosity: Brazil (1887-2022)". 

FIW-Forscher Vitor Barros erhielt den Preis für die beste Masterarbeit des Jahres 2023 im Fachbereich Soziologie der Universität von São Paulo.