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@article{ Monkkonen1994,
 title = {Lessons of social science history},
 author = {Monkkonen, Eric H.},
 journal = {Historical Social Research},
 number = {3},
 pages = {140-146},
 volume = {19},
 year = {1994},
 issn = {0172-6404},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.19.1994.3.140-146},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-32614},
 abstract = {Die vorliegende Ansprache des Präsidenten zum jährlichen (achtzehnten) Treffen der Social Science History Association (SSHA) rekapituliert die Geschichte dieser Vereinigung mit folgenden Schlußfolgerungen: (1) Auch Sozialhistoriker können ihre eigene Geschichte prinzipiell nicht voraussagen. Dies zeigt sich z.B. an den kühnen und optimistischen Prognosen in den 70er Jahren zur Entwicklung des eigenen Fachs. (2) Die Entwicklung der Disziplin ist von der Größe und den 'Zufälligkeiten' der jährlichen Treffen entscheidend mitgeprägt. (3) Die Wirkungen sozialgeschichtlicher Forschungen sind eher langfristig und kaum an den eher 'modischen' Schwankungen der Themenwahl und deren öffentlicher Diskussion abzulesen. (pmb)'This paper presents the presidential address to the eighteenth annual meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA). Three things we can learn from the characterization of the group's organizational and intellectual history. The first lesson we can learn that social science historians are completely unable to predict their own future. For example, it is now clear that the early optimism and aggressiveness as well as fears of mainstream exclusion of the 1970s were exessive if not unwarranted. Social science history quickly did become a highly respected mode of historical and social science research. The second lesson we can take from the group's history has to do with the erratic session sizes. These tiny sessions often turn out to have been intense, memorable, and significant learning experiences. The third lesson we can learn is that our narrow carefully structured interests and research have more weight and lasting ability than their immediate impact may index.' (author's abstract)},
 keywords = {scientific community; Geschichtswissenschaft; social science; Sozialwissenschaft; Forschungsstand; Sozialgeschichte; historical social research; historische Sozialforschung; science of history; Scientific Community; history of science; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; research status; social history}}