Dr. Michael Schüring

Michael Schüring received his PhD in 2004 from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In his dissertation he examined the treatment accorded by the Max Planck Society after 1945 to scientists who had been dismissed from its predecessor, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, during the years of National Socialism. In 2004 and 2005 he has worked as an author and advisor for the exhibition “Albert Einstein. Chief Engineer of the Universe,” in Berlin. In 2006 he was conducting research for the Society of German Chemists in Frankfurt, studying the history of its predecessor organizations under National Socialism. From 2006 to 2011 Michael Schüring has taught modern German history, history of science, and environmental history as a DAAD Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Research Project: The Startbahn: The Conflict Surrounding the Expansion of Frankfurt Airport 1962–1987

Selected Publications:

• The Predecessor: The Uneasy Rapprochement between Carl Neuberg and Adolf Butenandt after 1945, in: Carola Sachse / Susanne Heim / Mark Walker (eds.): The Kaiser Wilhelm Society under National Socialism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) pp. 400 - 419.
• Minervas verstossene Kinder. Vertriebene Wissenschaftler und die Vergangenheitspolitik der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. (Minerva’s Forsaken Children. The Expulsion of Scientists and the Politics of History in the Max Planck Society, Göttingen: Wallstein, 2006)

• Expulsion, Compensation, and the Legacy of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, Minerva (2006) 44: 307 - 342

• Albert Einstein und die vertriebenen Kollegen aus der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft (Albert Einstein and the Expelled Colleagues from the Kaiser Wilhelm Society), in: Jürgen Renn (ed.): Albert Einstein – Ingenieur des Universums: Hundert Autoren für Albert Einstein (Weinheim: Wiley, 2005) pp. 324-327

• Ein Dilemma der Kontinuität. Das Selbstverständnis der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und der Umgang mit Emigranten in den 50er Jahren (A Dilemma of Continuity. The Self Image of the Max Planck Society and the Treatment of Emigrants in the 1950s), in: Rüdiger vom Bruch and Brigitte Kaderas (ed.): Wissenschaften und Wissenschaftspolitik. Bestandsaufnahmen zu Formationen, Brüchen und Kontinuitäten im Deutschland des 20. Jahrhunderts (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2002) pp. 453-464

• with Bernd Gausemeier. Drama ohne Ende? Die Debatte um Heisenberg, Bohr und die Atombombe (Drama without End? The Debate on Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Atomic Bomb), in: Physik Journal (2002) 4: pp. 54-57