Jahne Nicolaisen 

Program Director, Political Scientist

 

Jahne Nicolaisen works as program director for the MFFB's ‘Bildungbaustein Israel’ project. He also works on the topics of antisemitism, Islamism, right-wing extremism and critical theory. Nicolaisen advises on local and university policy strategies against antisemitism. He wrote his master's thesis on the ‘Conflict between academic freedom and antisemitism at German universities’ at Freie Universität Berlin in 2023. He previously studied political science at Freie Universität Berlin and Marmara Üniversitesi Istanbul.

Contact: nicolaisen@mideastfreedomforum.org

 

Lectures

  • 11 July 2024: Speaker at the colloquium ‘Practical Philosophy’ by Prof. Dr Elif Özmen at JLU Giessen - lecture title: ‘A critical theory of academic freedom against academic antisemitism’.
     
  • 21 June 2024: Speaker at the conference ‘Grenzen der Aufklärung. Der 7. Oktober und die Gegenwart des Antisemitismus’ in Cologne, organised by the Gesellschaft für Kritische Bildung (GfKB) - workshop title (together with Michael Spaney): “Introduction to the Arab-Israeli Conflict”.
     
  • 2 May 2024: Speaker and co-organizer of the conference "Academic antisemitism - academic and practical perspectives" at the FU Berlin, organized by the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) and Chaverim@FU - Netzwerk für jüdische Themen - lecture title: "A critical theory of academic freedom against academic antisemitism".
     
  • 18 March 2024: Speaker at the panel discussion "The Effects of Israel-Hamas War on Academica in Europe and North America", organised by ICE (Israeli Community Europe) - lecture title: "Networks and Strategies against Antisemitism at German Universities".
     
  • October 13, 2022: Speaker at the Critical Orientation Weeks at the FU Berlin - lecture title: "Max Horkheimer's 'Concept of Education' (1952)"
     
  • July 21, 2022: Speaker in the context of the lecture series on right-wing extremism of the NaturFreunde Berlin - lecture title: "What does Adorno's 'Education after Auschwitz' (1966) mean today? Theses on the Categorical Imperative in University Education, Activism and Nation-State Politics".

 

Scientific publications

Master's thesis at Freie Universität Berlin: "The conflict between anti-Semitism and academic freedom at German universities", published on January 23, 2024. 
 

Media

"Always stay in dialogue with the Islamic Associations", with Jahne Nicolaisen, in: Jungle World v. 16.11.2023 (link)

"Suspicion of murder visit in Hanover," with Ulrike Becker, in: Jungle World v. Aug. 3, 2023 (link)