"Volkskunde" as Public Science. The History of Science of the Berlin Folklore Studies between 1860 and 1960.

The research project examines the history of the Berlin Folklore studies (Volkskunde) from 1860 until 1960. It focuses the institutionalisation of German Volkskunde as a scientific discipline in different political systems (from the Age of Empire to the first years of the socialist era in the GDR).