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This paper presents results from a collaborative research project investigating European scholars from the social sciences and humanities (SSH) who acted as public intellectuals during the 2014 European Parliament (EP) election campaign. We analyze op-ed contributions published in 21 broadsheet newspapers and in 9 EU member states, written by 195 authors who contributed 262 articles. The result is a portrait of European SSH scholars acting as public intellectuals. It shows a clear overrepresentation of male authors of advanced age. Academic reputation and public prestige show an east-west divide, with prominent authors prevalently publishing in renowned “West European” newspapers. Disciplinary background offers the most noticeable differentiations. Political scientists are most active, however, predominantly publishing in domestic settings. By contrast, economists reach out to a wider international audience and write explicitly on EU matters, while intervening sociologists and philosophers, as the most senior intellectuals, examine Europe in its wider international and historical context. Correspondence analysis comprising the content of public interventions, and key characteristics of all contributors, suggests that even during the EU electoral campaign, scholars from the SSH do not necessarily contribute to the rise of a European public sphere, as their interventions are more domestic than European in focus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores elements of knowledge-making in translatorial practices in the social sciences and humanities. It approaches the relationship between translation and knowledge- making within the rules of the game of the academic field, with particular attention to mechanisms of symbolic recognition. Translations and translating are understood as forms of knowledge- making which take place both overtly and covertly. This article draws on quantitative material relating to the paratexts of translations from German into French and a corpus of paratexts surrounding translations of Weber’s Protestant Ethic into English in order to describe aspects of the relationship between translation and knowledge-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a discussion comparing English translations of German sociologist Max Weber's work "Die protestantische Ethik und der 'Geist' des Kapitalismus," including the first English translation by Talcott Parsons. Particular attention is paid to changes occurring in the historical translation of Weber's work between 1930 and 2012 in the terminology and efforts of the translators. Connections are drawn between Weber's increasing popularity during the 20th and early 21st centuries and the specific translation approaches used to share his work with English-speaking audiences. The author comments on related research by sociologist Heinz Steinert.