Sources
Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.
- Wiggershaus Frankfurt Governance Reconstruction Rolf Wiggershaus. 1995.
Complete existing research record
Governance role
Founding director and holder of the university chair connected to the Institute. His appointment joined a state act, Society agreement, and university professorship.
Evidence
Carl Grünberg, Festrede, 22 June 1924, pp. 8-12; Wiggershaus pp. 21-38; UBA Ffm Na 1, 748 archival description.
Limit
The inaugural address establishes his public research program, not the Society's private statute or endowment terms.
Full governance memo
Frankfurt founding-circle dossier
Directed the opened Institute and held the connected university chair. His historical-materialist program centered socialism, labor history, political economy, and social policy. It differs from Horkheimer's later interdisciplinary program.
Geography
Vienna to Frankfurt am Main. Locations are recorded only at the precision supported by the sources.
Evidence and locators
Grünberg, Festrede (1924); Wiggershaus pp.
Assessment boundary
Formal membership, employment, funding, collaboration, political affiliation, and intellectual influence remain separate relations. Open the full evidence memo
Why this person matters
First director of the Institute for Social Research and professor at Frankfurt University.
Verification boundary
Membership, employment, collaboration, and influence are recorded as different relationship types. Shared membership is preserved as evidence but is not treated as proof of agreement or influence by itself.
Verified relationship
directedInstitute: Institute for Social Research
Verified relationship
professorAt: Frankfurt University
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia