Stöckliweg 11a CH-9410 Heiden

Tel.: +41 (0)78 881 8531

E-Mail: nils.e.lukacs@gmail.com

CURRICULUM VITAE

NILS E. LUKACS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth April 6,1988

Nationality Swiss

Marital Status single, no children

EDUCATION

since 09/2016 Ph.D. Program in History at the Hamburg University under the super- vision of Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig.

10/2012 to 09/2014 German-French Master’s Program in History at the University Heidel- berg and the École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales (EHEES) in Paris. (Honors: 1.25)

08/2010 to 06/2011 Academic Year of Foreign Exchange at San Francisco State University.

10/2008 to 10/2012 Bachelor‘s Study in History and Brit. & American Studies at the University of Konstanz (Honors: 1.7).

08/2003 to 07/2007 High School Diploma at the Kantonsschule Trogen.

08/1995 to 07/2003 Eight years of primary and secondary school in Heiden AR.

FURTHER EDUCATION

01/2015 to 04/2015 Travel and independent research in Morocco and Spain.

04/2008 to 06/2008 Independent foreign language study in the United States and Mexico.

02/2008 to 03/2008 Intensive Latin course at Bochum (D). Certification: Latinum.

07/2007 to 08/2008 Military Service: Basic Training and Officer's Training. Certification in: MDTS, „Group Leading“, „Personal Work Technique“.

WORK & INTERNSHIPS

since 10/2015 Part-time contract with Securitas AG to work in a refugee camp in Switzerland under the administration of the Secretary of Migration.

05/2015 Research in setting up sustainable tours for The Atlas Discovery in Morocco.

04/2014 to 05/2014 Research project in Tunisia on the 2011 Revolution including field research and conduction interviews among the civil society.

08/2014 to 10/2014 and Civil service as an intern in schooling and intercultural exchange at the 02/2012 to 07/2012 Stiftung Kinderdorf Pestalozzi (Pestalozzi Children’s Village Foundation).

10/2009 to 10/2011 Job as a security agent at the Securitas AG Switzerland.

02.12.16

09/2003 to 03/2010 Ice Hockey referee at SC Rheintal and EHC PIKES.

PUBLICATIONS

upcoming Review of: Achcar, Gilbert. Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising. Stanford, Standford University Press, 2016; for H-Soz-Kult.

05/2016 Online Contemporary Middle Eastern History Project The Past in Present (https://thepastinpresent.com/about/).

MEMBERSHIPS

since 2016 Swiss Society for the Middle East and Islamic Cultures (SFMOIK) and the integrated Contemporary MENA Research Network.

SCHOLARSHIPS

10/2008 to 09/2014 Scholarship of the Swiss Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden for lower class income households.

08/2013 to 08/2014 Mobility Support of the German-French University (DFA).

LANGUAGES

German Native Language

English fluent (CAE)

French good (B2)

Spanish good (B2)

Arabic basic

Latin basic (Latinum)

OTHER/ EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Driving License A1 (motorcycle), B (car), 921 (small military vehicles)

Hobbies Ice Hockey (since 1994), Traveling, Language & Cultures, Swimming, Chess, Diving, Photography, Snowboarding, Surfing, Yoga, Internet.