Kai Hafez

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Kai Hafez (* 1964 in Bielefeld ) is a German political and media scientist . Since 2003 he has been Professor of Comparative Analysis of Media Systems and Communication Cultures at the University of Erfurt .

Life

From 1985 to 1994 Hafez studied political science, modern history, journalism and Islamic studies at the University of Hamburg and Georgetown University in Washington, DC From 1995 onwards, he worked as a research assistant at the German Orient Institute in Hamburg and received his doctorate . He completed his habilitation in 2001 and was qualified to teach political science. Parallel to his work in Erfurt, he held a visiting professorship at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Bern from 2002 to 2009 . Guest lectureships and research stays have also taken him to the University of Cambridge , the University of Oxford , the Hamburg Media School and the American University of Cairo . From 2006 to 2009 he was a member of the German Islam Conference , within which he participated in the working group “Economy and Media”.

Hafez's work at the University of Erfurt moves on the border between communication and political science. He conducts research on the one hand on the political relations between the West and the Islamic world, the comparison of these two political cultures and Muslims in the West, on the other hand on the theory of international reporting, cross- cultural media ethics , communication between the Islamic and Western world, media in the Middle East as well as media and Immigration.

He is a member of the Migration Council . Hafez was with Alexander Thumfart in February 2020 in the context of the government crisis in Thuringia coordinator of a declaration by 163 scientists from the University of Erfurt, who called for democratic cohesion, turned against the AfD Thuringia and spoke out in favor of new elections to the Thuringian state parliament .

Works (selection)

  • Oriental Studies in the GDR. Between Dogma and Adaptation, 1969–1989. Hamburg 1995. ISBN 3-89173-038-1 (= dissertation Hamburg 1995).
  • "Holy War" against the West. The violent image of Islam in the German press. Cologne 1996.
  • Islam and the West. Inciting dialogue. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1997.
  • Islam and the West in the Mass Media. Fragmented Images in a Globalizing World. Hampton Press, Cresskill NJ 2000.
  • Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East. Hampton Press, Cresskill NJ 2001.
  • The political dimension of international reporting , 2 volumes. Baden-Baden 2002. ISBN 3-7890-7737-2 , ISBN 3-7890-7738-0 (= habilitation )
  • The myth of globalization. Why the media aren't limitless. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2005, ISBN 978-3531146706 .
  • Holy war and democracy. Radicality and Political Change in an Islamic-Western Comparison. Bielefeld: Transcript 2009, ISBN 978-3-8376-1256-1 .
  • The Islamic World and the West. Brill, Leiden / New York / Cologne 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography at the University of Erfurt
  2. ↑ Introduction of Kai Hafez on The European .
  3. ↑ https://rat-fuer-migration.de/verbindungen/
  4. ↑ "Strengthening Democracy": Scientists from the University of Erfurt call for democratic cohesion , article on mdr.de from February 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Declaration by scientists and lecturers at the University of Erfurt on the election of the Prime Minister in Thuringia , on ungleich-magazin.de (declaration of February 13, 2020 in the wording and list of supporters; last accessed on February 24, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Hafez, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communication scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld