Joachim Haeberlen

Joachim C. Häberlen is an Associate Professor of Modern Continental European History at the University of Warwick. He has published several books in English and German, most recently Wie aus Fremden Freunde werden, a collection of essays on the political significance of friendships between Germans and refugees.

The political blindness of anti-racist discourse

Joachim Haeberlen 11 April 2022

As millions of Ukrainians escape from Russian invasion and receive a warm welcome by the European Union and supporters of the “refugee cause,”

Here and there: On de-provincializing the Syrian Revolution

Joachim Haeberlen 19 March 2021

Ten years on from Syria’s revolution, it’s high time Europeans grasped that Syrians’ struggle is also their own, and that Europe’s future cannot be roped off from the Middle East’s, argues Prof. Joachim C. Häberlen.

Lessons in citizenship: What Syrians can teach Germans

Joachim Haeberlen 18 February 2020

Too rarely does it occur to Westerners, worried about the erosion of their democracies, that refugees from Syria and elsewhere have valuable experience striving for civic values against authoritarian forces.

The political blindness of anti-racist discourse

Here and there: On de-provincializing the Syrian Revolution

Lessons in citizenship: What Syrians can teach Germans

A platform for Syrians to own their discourse.

A platform for Syrians to own their discourse.