Müller-Rensch, Miriam M.
Miriam M. Müller-Rensch (Joint PhD) received her doctorate jointly from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and the University of Victoria, Canada, in Political Science and International Relations. With her interdisciplinary dissertation on East German Foreign Policy in Southern Yemen, she especially addressed the role of Marxism-Leninism with regard to “Socialist state- and nation-building” in the Global South during the Cold War. Specialized in the politics of the Middle East, she focuses on religious and political ideologies, statehood, international security and foreign policy. Her current research project is part of the research group on macro-violence at the Hamburg Institute of Social Research and is occupied with the role of religion, violence and identity in the manifestations of the »Islamic State«..”
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Current position(s), Institution
PostDoc-Researcher, Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Research Group on Macro-Violence; Interim Professor of Sociology and International Inequality, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
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Fields of expertise
Middle East (Arab Peninsula)
Foreign Policy
Cold War History
Nationalism
Political and Religious Ideologies
Jihadi-Salafism
Terrorism Systems
Foreign Policy
Cold War History
Nationalism
Political and Religious Ideologies
Jihadi-Salafism
Terrorism Systems
Publications related to European/EU Studies
Monographs:
A Spectre is haunting Arabia - How the Germans brought their Marxism to Yemen, Transcript, Verlag, Bielefeld, 2015.
Printed Articles:
Terror oder Terrorismus? Der "Islamische Staat" zwischen staatstypischer und nichtstaatlicher Gewalt. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 66(2016),24/25; S. 27-32
Eine Nacht im Schlafwagen von Wien nach Hamburg, In: Gerhardt, Katharina/Kirsten, Caterina/Novel, Ariane/Richter, Nikola/Rudkoffsky, Frank O./Siegmund,
Eva, Willkommen! Blogger schreiben für Flüchtlinge, Microtext, 2015.
“Soviet dilemma at the Gate of Tears”: Moscow’s involvement in South Yemen’s ‘January crisis’ of 1986 between influence, imposition and lack of control, in:
Jemen-Report, Jahrgang 46, Heft 1/2, 2015.
„Sultanspaläste in Volkes Hand“ - Das Engagement der DDR in Südjemen als sozialistisches State- und Nation-Building, in : Zeitschrift des Forschungsverbundes SED-Staat, Nr.37/2015.
Online Articles:
Das Kalifat des 21. Jahrhunderts. Zwei Monografien zum Aufstieg des "Islamischen Staats". [Sammelrezension], in : Soziopolis, 23. Mai 2016
In aller Freundschaft. Die DDR, Honecker und die Krise des Südjemen 1986. Bonn: CARPO - Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient, CARPO Studies Vol. 1, 2016
Noch nutzt die “Verorganisierung” dem Islamischen Staat. Eine Antwort auf Stefan Kühl und die „Verorganisierung“ des Islamismus, in: Sozialteoristen.de, 3.Dezember 2015.
A Spectre is haunting Arabia - How the Germans brought their Marxism to Yemen, Transcript, Verlag, Bielefeld, 2015.
Printed Articles:
Terror oder Terrorismus? Der "Islamische Staat" zwischen staatstypischer und nichtstaatlicher Gewalt. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 66(2016),24/25; S. 27-32
Eine Nacht im Schlafwagen von Wien nach Hamburg, In: Gerhardt, Katharina/Kirsten, Caterina/Novel, Ariane/Richter, Nikola/Rudkoffsky, Frank O./Siegmund,
Eva, Willkommen! Blogger schreiben für Flüchtlinge, Microtext, 2015.
“Soviet dilemma at the Gate of Tears”: Moscow’s involvement in South Yemen’s ‘January crisis’ of 1986 between influence, imposition and lack of control, in:
Jemen-Report, Jahrgang 46, Heft 1/2, 2015.
„Sultanspaläste in Volkes Hand“ - Das Engagement der DDR in Südjemen als sozialistisches State- und Nation-Building, in : Zeitschrift des Forschungsverbundes SED-Staat, Nr.37/2015.
Online Articles:
Das Kalifat des 21. Jahrhunderts. Zwei Monografien zum Aufstieg des "Islamischen Staats". [Sammelrezension], in : Soziopolis, 23. Mai 2016
In aller Freundschaft. Die DDR, Honecker und die Krise des Südjemen 1986. Bonn: CARPO - Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient, CARPO Studies Vol. 1, 2016
Noch nutzt die “Verorganisierung” dem Islamischen Staat. Eine Antwort auf Stefan Kühl und die „Verorganisierung“ des Islamismus, in: Sozialteoristen.de, 3.Dezember 2015.
Outreach Experience
Policy consultancy for the German Foreign Office (Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Muslim
minorities); Policy Consultancy for NGOs and non-profit, Public lectures; Expertise
and interviewee for media research and reporting.
minorities); Policy Consultancy for NGOs and non-profit, Public lectures; Expertise
and interviewee for media research and reporting.
Open to media contact
YES
Institution
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Germany
Department Phone Number
+49 361 6700-549
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Education and professional achievements
04-08/2017 Fellow at the Center for Global Studies, UVic
10/2016 – 03/2017 Sessional Lecturer Political Science, Leuphana University
Lueneburg, germany
Since 11/2015 PostDoc-Researcher Hamburg Institute for Social Research
12/2014 Joint PhD (Political Science and International Relations) Free University of
Berlin/University of Victoria
09-12/2014 Sessional Lecturer International relations, UVic
01-08/2013 Graduate Fellow at the Center for Global Studies, UVic
01/2013 – Fellow Center for Global Studies University of Victoria, Canada 07/2011 - PhD scholarship “German National Academic Foundation“ 09/2009 – Research Fellow Forschungsverbund SED-Staat
06/2009 - MA Political Science, minor Islamic Studies (magna cum laude)
11/06 – 04/07 – Intern German Foreign Office, Sana'a Yemen
08-11/2006 – Intern United Nations Radio, New York City
04/2006 - Study Scholarship “Friedrich – Naumann – Foundation”
04/2006 - BA Political Sicence, minor Islamic Science (magna cum laude); Arabicum (summa cum laude)
02/2006 - University Delegate for “Harvard Model United Nations” in NYC and Boston
06/2002 - Political Youth Award of the city of Hof
10/2016 – 03/2017 Sessional Lecturer Political Science, Leuphana University
Lueneburg, germany
Since 11/2015 PostDoc-Researcher Hamburg Institute for Social Research
12/2014 Joint PhD (Political Science and International Relations) Free University of
Berlin/University of Victoria
09-12/2014 Sessional Lecturer International relations, UVic
01-08/2013 Graduate Fellow at the Center for Global Studies, UVic
01/2013 – Fellow Center for Global Studies University of Victoria, Canada 07/2011 - PhD scholarship “German National Academic Foundation“ 09/2009 – Research Fellow Forschungsverbund SED-Staat
06/2009 - MA Political Science, minor Islamic Studies (magna cum laude)
11/06 – 04/07 – Intern German Foreign Office, Sana'a Yemen
08-11/2006 – Intern United Nations Radio, New York City
04/2006 - Study Scholarship “Friedrich – Naumann – Foundation”
04/2006 - BA Political Sicence, minor Islamic Science (magna cum laude); Arabicum (summa cum laude)
02/2006 - University Delegate for “Harvard Model United Nations” in NYC and Boston
06/2002 - Political Youth Award of the city of Hof
Fluent spoken languages
English, German, French, Arabic
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