Eike Gebhardt - Kultursoziologe, Coach und Consultant

Eike Gebhardt

Born in Berlin, Eike Gebhardt received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. For 13 years he taught at various US-Universities, including Yale, the University of Chicago, and the City University of New York. In 1984 he moved to Germany. He has held various visiting professorships in both countries.

His speciality are interdisciplinary projects bridging seemingly remote areas: Science and Society, Culture and Economy, Politics and Lifestyles etc. A host to several regular talkshows, Eike Gebhadt invites guests from the frontiers of science, technology, the arts, and international politics.

1985-2001 Radio talkmaster ("SWR2-Forum", "Berlin-Mitte" at RadioKultur SFB)

In addition, Eike Gebhardt has been working as a coach and consultant for corporations and institutions, focusing on re-training personnel in the areas of creativity, motivation, and communication.  He also advises corporations and political institutions on cultural affairs and public relations. Eike Gebhardt co-organised, for instance, the EU-conference "A Working Culture II - Culture, Politics and Labour" in June 1999 and the Einstein-conference of the University of Tel Aviv in 2005.

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Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D., M.A. - Yale University, New Haven, Conn./USA
Freie Universität Berlin

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Senior Fellow at the City University of New York (Graduate School), Professor CUNY, University of Chicago, Rutgers University, Standford University (Berlin-Campus)
Various Visiting Professorships in the USA and Germany

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant to:
The National Science Foundation
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Institute of Mental Health
The Carnegie-Mellon-Sloane Foundation
The German Marshall Fund
University Reform Projects in Various Countries
Multi-Cultural Projects in the US and Germany

Member/Fellow of the "National Humanities Institute" (NEH) on University Reform
Director of Field Research in Social Anthropologie, Queens College, CUNY
Co-Director of the Program in Continuing Education. Ibid
Reviewer for the "National Endowment for the Humanities" (Division of Public Projects)
Reviewer for Qualitative Sociology
Guest Editor International Journal of Sociology (Repeat)
Editor & Co-Editor of various anthologies and journals

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Radio host (15 years) to roundtable discussions for several broadcasting networks in Germany
Regular author of scholarly radio essays, cultural features, and other media formats
Conference Organizer, Manager and Consultant, PR-Consultant

BOOKS

Mythos Kreativität (in progress)
Kreativität und Mündigkeit. Gesellschaftspolitische Implikationen kreativen Verhaltens. (Neuwied: Beltz/Deutscher Studien Verlag, 1992)
Abschied von der Autorität (Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, 1991)
Science as Behaviour, Ed. (Publication stopped at bound galleys as publisher was absorbed by McGraw Hill; Concept frequently presented at public lectures and in seminar form)
The Essential Frankfurt School, Ed., with A. Arato. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell und New York, Urizen Books, 1978)
Max Horkheimer: Dawn and Decline, Ed. (N.Y: Seabury Pr., 1974)

ARTICLES (Selection)

"Über Autonomie". In Moshe Zuckermann ed.: Theodor W. Adorno: Philosoph des beschädigten Lebens. (Wallstein: 2004)
"New Values in the Youth Cultures: Entrepreneurship Beyond Business." In B. Guggenberger ed.: Jugend und Soziale Dienste. (Stuttgart: R. Bosch-Stiftung, 1999)
"Naturwissenschaft vs Naturverantwortung - Gespräch mit Hans Jonas." In Dieter Böhler ed.: Ethik der Zukunft. (München: Beck, 1994)
"Über das allmähliche Verfertigen der Zwecke beim Verführen - Verführung als Umgangsform". Ästhetik und Kommunikation (Sommer 1992)
"Die Stadt als moralische Anstalt - Zum Mythos der kranken Stadt". In K. Scherpe ed.: Die Unwirklichkeit der Städte. (Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1988)
"Ästhetischer Unisex? - Über 'Weibliche Ästhetik'". Konkursbuch Nr. 24, 1988.
"Das ewig Weibliche - eine List der Vernunft?" In A. Schuller Hrsg.: Vermessene Sexualität. (New York/Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer, 1987)
"Die Tyrannei der Ziele" - Die Beat Generation als kulturelle Vorreiter. In Beat and Blues Survivors. (USIS: Berlin, 1985)
"Social Contingencies of Science and Scholarship". In Science as Behavior, above.
"What Is a 'Critical Methodology'?" In The Essential Frankfurt School, above.
"Residual Problems in the Sociology of Science - A Map for a New Field?". In International Journal of Sociology (Spring/Summer 1978)
"The Dawn and Decline of Critical Theory" zu Max Horkheimer: Dawn and Decline, above.
"Identity Is a Total Institution". International Journal of Sociology. (Spring 1975)
"Jack Kerouac". In M. Christadler Hrsg.: Amerikanische Literatur der Gegenwart. (Stuttgart: Kröner, 1973)
"Lawrence Ferlinghetti". In Ibid.
"Aesthetics and the Theory of Culture". (With A. Arato) In The Essential Frankfurt School, above.

Public lectures at various universities (Columbia, Yale, New School for Social Research, U. of Chicago, Stanford, Rutgers, NYU, Fraunhofer Institute et al.) and at corporate conferences.

Shorter articles, book reviews, etc. in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, Die Zeit, Theater Heute, et al.

Ca. 200 radio essays, features, reviews, commentaries etc.
Ca. 180 hourly roundtable discussions on radio

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Consulting and Coaching

Corporate Consulting


Cultural Management
Education

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Contact

Prof. Dr. Eike Gebhardt

Siegmunds Hof 21
10555 Berlin/Germany

Tel. +49-30-392 73 97
Mobile +49-176 4120 6546
eikegeb@aol.com

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