Research Associate and Junior Lecturer
Academic Background
Sarah Bassisseh is a Ph.D. student at the institute of political science, the University of Tübingen.
She is also a junior lecturer and research associate with the research group: Middle East and Comparative Political Science.
She received her BA and MA in “English Language and Literature” from Al-Baath University in Syria in 2015 and 2020 respectively. In 2022, she graduated with Honors from Eötvös loránd University with an MA in “International Relations”. She was also awarded the “Best Thesis Award” for her MA thesis.
Research Interests
Her research interests focus on state identity and identity politics of authoritarian regimes, speech acts and rhetoric, diaspora, state survival, and legitimacy, with a specific focus on Syria.
