A Talk by Naika Foroutan
Dr. Naika Foroutan is a political scientist and professor of Social Sciences at Humboldt University Berlin, specializing in Integration Research and Social Policy. She is also Vice-Director of the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research.
Naika Foroutan has written her dissertation on inter-cultural dialogues between the West and the Islamic world. Her current work focuses on nation-states changing into countries of immigration and their migration and integration politics. Here she has a strong focus on people with a Muslim background as agents of change. She also works as a freelance analyst for radio and television on topics such as political Islam, politics in the Middle East, migration, integration, hybridity and anti-Muslim racism.
Prof. Foroutan is the recipient of many awards and honors. She has been named as one of “100 Women of Tomorrow” by the initiative
Germany - Land of Ideas under the auspices of former Federal President Christian Wulff. Born in Teheran, she is a primary example of an immigrant success story.
Her talk showcases the transformation of Germany into a country of immigration, presents figures and statistics on attitudes towards Muslims in Germany and demonstrates how the narrative exclusion of Muslims from the collective German identity can lead to antidemocratic attitudes.
This program was made possible by a generous grant through the European Recovery Program – Transatlantic Encounters.
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