@HumboldtUni, Institute of Social Sciences. Seminars and thesis supervision on citizenship, immigration, anti-racism, religion, ethnicity, gender & sexuality.
Jasmine Kaur is visiting our department from Fiji! She will be in Berlin until mid-December and works on the politics of othering and belonging of queer Indo-Fijians. Welcome to Berlin, Jasmine!
Prof. Dr. Maisha Auma & Prof. Dr. Gökçe Yurdakul announce the Annual Conference of the Knowledge Network on Racism Research (WinRa) – Regional Network East: "Rassismus(kritik) in der DDR und in der postsozialistischen Nachwendegesellschaft Ostdeutschlands".
Happy to see the new open-access book on LGBTQ families in Germany by our colleagues Julia Teschlade, Mona Motakef & Christine Wimbauer. Congratulations on this important contribution! Read it here: https://t.co/Ds92u9kaKG
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Submissions are open for the panel “power, reflexivity, responsibility: Research ethics in practice” @IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026, taken place in Girona, 29 June – 2 July 2026
⏳Deadline: 8 Sept 2025
🔗All the details: https://t.co/yqTm3t2OTI
We’re proud to share that Prof. Gökçe Yurdakul has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for her project MENBELONG: Belonging for Single Migrant Men. Her research will explore how single migrant men navigate stigma and belonging across five countries. Congratulations! #ERCGrant
📢 We’re thrilled to open nominations (incl. self-noms) for the @CES_GSRN Best Article Prize! 🏆 Submit your nomination (incl. PDF) to [email protected] by March 14. The paper must be peer-reviewed, published in 2024, and authored/co-authored by a network member.
A big thank you to everyone who joined us at @HumboldtUni & @FU_Berlin to celebrate the launch of our book! Special thanks to Dina Wahba for making us feel at home at FU, and to @NaikaForoutan for chairing the HU event! The book is available online: https://t.co/mXfsmBSzQL
Join us for the launch of Resisting Far-Right Politics in the Middle East and Europe, published by @EdinburghUP! The event will feature a great lineup of speakers, including my co-editors, @NadjeAlAli and Katharina Galor. 📅 Thursday, January 16 at @HumboldtUni 👇
📢Resisting Far-Right Politics is available for pre-order @EdinburghUP! The volume presents case studies that highlight how far-right politics intersect with gender and sexuality in authoritarian, illiberal, and radical movements in the Middle East and Europe.
Took my students to the #AlteNationalgalerie for a deep dive into the history of European industrialization, class struggles, Marxist critique, and imperialism —all explored through art. There’s always a way to make intro classes more exciting—for the students and myself! 😄
Join us on October 24 at @HumboldtUni to discuss LGBTQI+ migration and displacement with @ORAMrefugee. We will have @mengiatschalaer, @GokceYurdakul, and other guests from refugee-supporting groups and organizations. See you there!
💡Excited to share the preview of Queer and Trans Life: Anthropological Futures, co-edited by @silviaposocco, @_EJGlez, Lars Aaberg, and myself, and published by @berghahnbooks! The volume explores queer investments for the future amidst crises, precarity, and critical events.
Flüchten und ankommen: Gemeinsam mit zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen und betroffenen Frauen untersucht @GokceYurdakul, Prof.'in für Sozialwissenschaft an der #HU & Leiterin des @BIM_HU_Berlin, die Situation geflüchteter Ukrainerinnen in Deutschland.
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Join us on October 24 at @HumboldtUni to discuss LGBTQI+ migration and displacement with @ORAMrefugee. We will have @mengiatschalaer, @GokceYurdakul, and other guests from refugee-supporting groups and organizations. See you there!
We are organising an ECR workshop on "Intersectional Migration Research" @IMISCOE 2025 - send us your application by 8 November! https://t.co/DyFIS1DoTB @L_Morosanu @SScuzzarello @TunayAltay1 @GokceYurdakul @z_yanasmayan
Here is the #CfP for the upcoming @CES_Europe conference at @TempleUniv! I am happy to step into the co-chair role for @CES_GSRN with Krista Bailie. I've learned so much from this network and look forward to contributing to its growth over the next three years. Stay tuned!
Had the pleasure of hosting Tugce Kaban (@sngfrthtrs), a first-year doctoral student from @sabanciun, to discuss her work on konsomatris culture in Ankara pavyons and emotions & exhaustion in the fieldwork. This wraps up all the guest speakers for this year! Thank you all ⭐️🤗