Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM)


Rani Abi-Haidar

rani.abi-haidar@hu-berlin.de

  

  • Department Integration Research and Social Policy
  • Student Assistant

  

rani.abi-haidar@hu-berlin.de
  

PROFILE

   
Rani Abi-Haidar has been a student assistant to Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan since 2023. In this role, he assists with the organization, planning, and administration of courses and public events. He also helps with literature reviews and contributes to discussions regarding publications and research projects.

He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in political science and Islamic studies (BA). Previously, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science. His work to date has focused on critical research into migration and border regimes, as well as (diasporic) memory culture in Germany. His current research focuses on political alliances, memory culture in Lebanon, and the ongoing political and social transformation processes in the Middle East. In the coming semester, he will continue his studies at the American University of Beirut and the Orient Institute in Beirut, Lebanon, to expand his theoretically grounded work with a regional perspective.
   

PUBLICATIONS

   

  • Abi-Haidar, R./Foroutan N. (2025). Zur Beziehung von „Postmigration“ und Rassismuskritik. In: Amirpur, D./Ha, K./Mustafa, Imad (Hg.): RACISM / SOCIETY. Rassismus. Ein transdisziplinäres Kompendium  Wiesbaden: VS Springer (im Erscheinen)
  • Foroutan, N./Peretz, D./Abi-Haidar, R. (2025). Muslim-Jewish Relations in Germany – Between Racial Hierarchies and Postmigrant Alliances. (forthcoming)
  • Abi-Haidar, R. (2024). “Kontroverse Entanglements”, Historiker*innenstreit und Erinnerungskulturelle Konzepte.  https://doi.org/10.17169/REFUBIUM-47206 (Abschlussarbeit: Bachelor)

 

PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS

   

  • Panel Talk: „Palestine and the „New Middle East“: The Interconnection of Genocide, War and (Counter-)Revolution(s)“ an der Humbolt Universität Berlin, 14.07.2025. Mit Prof. Dr. Mohammed Bamyeh und Dr. Yasmeen Daher, organisiert von der Middle East Research Group (MERGE) des Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung, (Mitveranstalter). 
  • Workshop: Entangled Otherings, 16. - 17.06.2025 at Cambridge University.
Hosted by the Cambridge Interfaith Programme, the Centre for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University in Berlin, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (London), and the Department of German Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Speaker. 
  • Workshop: „Beyond Erinnerungskultur – Past, Present and Future of the Middle Eastern Conflict“, 15.05.2025 at Spore Initiative. Hosted by: Zeit zu reden. Kooperation des Zentrums für Antisemitismusforschung und des Berlienr Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung.
Unterstützung bei der Organisation des Workshops und Moderation eines Panels zum Thema „Narratives of Displacement - Palestinian Memory Culture in Germany“ mit Dr. Joseph Ben Prestel.

   


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