German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Nils Lukacs

Research Fellow

Short CV

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

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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

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

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

Dr. Nils Lukacs

Research Fellow

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

Dr. Nils Lukacs

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Dissertation

Dr. Nils Lukacs

Publications

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

Obama's New Beginning in the Middle East

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

Lectures

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

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

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

Teaching

Reading Conflict: Scientific Research on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Introduction to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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