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Dr. Nils Lukacs

Research Fellow

Dr. Nils Lukacs

  • Short CV

    • Since 10/2024: Anniversary Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies
    • Since 03/2024: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies and Member of GIGA Research Programme 4
    • 01/2020 – 12/2021 Scientific Advisor at the Iraq Asylum Chamber at the Hamburg Administrative Court
    • 2017 – 2022 Associate to the Doctoral Program the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
    • 2016 – 2022 Doctoral Researcher at the Department of History at the University of Hamburg
    • Education: PhD in History at the University of Hamburg
      Master’s in History at the University of Heidelberg and the École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales in Paris (EHEES)
      Bachelor’s in History and British & American Studies at the University of Konstanz

    Current Research

    • The Idea of Iraq in the Testimonies of Iraqi Refugees in Europe
    • “Change” in US Foreign Policy Discourse
    • US Middle East Policy

    Countries and Regions

    • MENA Region
    • United States
    • Israel & Palestine
    • Iran
    • Iraq

    Dissertation

    • The Search for a New Beginning. Obama and the United States’ Legacy in the Middle East

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    [email protected]

    Publications

    GIGA Focus Middle East | 8/2024

    America’s 2024 Election and Europe’s Middle East Dilemma

    The 2024 US presidential election will redefine America’s role in the Middle East. With US priorities being revisited, Europe must recalibrate its foreign policy in the region to safeguard strategic interests such as regional stability, energy security, and the management of migration flows.

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    Corina Lozovan

    Catholic University of Portugal

    Monograph | 10/2023

    Obama's New Beginning in the Middle East

    In June 2009, US president Barack Obama travelled to Cairo to seek a ‘new beginning’ in the Middle East. Beyond people’s hopes and disappointments, Nils E. Lukacs takes the Obama’s historical idea under the magnifying glass. Asking what was ‘new’, what was ‘old’, and how the ‘new beginning’ fit into its contemporary discursive context.

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    GIGA Working Papers | 04/2019

    Obama's Road to Cairo: The President’s Rhetorical Journey, 2008–2009

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    Lectures

    Conference | 02/11/2023 - 05/11/2023

    The Idea of Iraq - Twenty Years of Iraqi History since the Fall of Saddam Hussein through the Lens of the Iraq Chamber of the Hamburg Administrative Court

    MESA Annual Meeting 2023, Palais des congrès in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Montreal Organisers: Middle East Studies Association Dr. Nils Lukacs (Speaker)

    Ambiguities of Sovereignty: The Crises of Humanitarianism, Climate Change, and Refugees. Panel VI-24, 2023 Annual Meeting. On Friday, November 3 at 4:00 pm

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    Conference | 21/09/2023 - 23/09/2023

    Turkologentag 2023: The Fourth European Convention onTurkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies

    Turkologentag 2023: The Fourth European Convention onTurkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies, Vienna Organisers: German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation, Gesellschaft für Turkologie, Osmanistik und Türkeiforschung Dr. Nils Lukacs (Chair, Speaker)

    The Idea of Iraq: Twenty Years of Iraqi History since the Fall of Saddam Hussein Through the Lens of the Iraq Chamber of the Hamburg Administrative Court

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    Conference | 21/09/2023 - 23/09/2023

    Turkologentag 2023: The Fourth European Convention onTurkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies

    Turkologentag 2023: The Fourth European Convention onTurkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies, Vienna Organisers: German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation, Gesellschaft für Turkologie, Osmanistik und Türkeiforschung Dr. Nils Lukacs (Chair, Speaker)

    The Search for a New Beginning: Obama and the United States’ Legacy in the Middle East

    Dr. Nils Lukacs

    Research Fellow

    Teaching

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2023

    Reading Conflict: Scientific Research on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

    Teaching | Leuphana University of Lüneburg | 2022

    Introduction to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg Lüneburg Germany

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