Dr. phil. Juliane Scholz

Juliane Scholz studied cultural studies, communication and media studies, and psychology at the University of Leipzig from 2003 to 2009. She completed her dissertation on the history of screenwriting in Germany in 2014, supported by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). She subsequently worked as a research associate and lecturer at the Chair of Comparative Cultural and Social History of Modern Europe at the Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Leipzig.

From 2018 to 2022, she led the research area Social History and Public Sphere within the research program on the history of the Max Planck Society (GMPG). Between December 2022 and June 2024, she served as graduate coordinator and research associate at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF).

Since June 2024, Juliane has been part of the Collaborative Research Center “Sexdiversity – Determinants, Meanings and Implications of Sex Diversity in Sociocultural, Medical and Biological Landscapes” (SFB 1665) at the University of Lübeck, where she is responsible for science communication and public outreach.

Her second book, The Social History of the Max Planck Society, 1948–2005, was published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in autumn 2024 and is available for order and download here.