Núrel Bahí Reitz

Doctoral Researcher

Núrel Bahí Reitz is a doctoral researcher at PRIF and PhD candidate at the African Studies Centre Leiden. She is also PRIF Represen­tative of the Leibniz-PhD-Network and PRIF Student Assistants Officer. In her research, she is interested in forms of engage­ment with historical mass-violence. Her PhD project focuses on how the German colonial atrocities in Namibia and Tanzania are dealt with today. 

Núrel Bahí Reitz
reitz(at)prif.org
 Press photo

CV

| since 2022
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF

| 2018–2022
Peace and Conflict Studies (M.A.), Philipps University of Marburg

| 2018
Team Leader at Creative Change e.V.

| 2017
Internship at Gesell­schaft für inter­nationale Zusam­menarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

| 2014–2017
Inter­national Economics and Develop­ment (B.A.), University of Bayreuth

| 2013–2014
Cultural Anthro­pology (B.A.), Goethe University of Frankfurt

Projects

Highlights

Transformations in Genocide Discourse

The cover of the working paper shows a black and white photograph of a commemorative event in Namibia. Fourth TraCe Working Paper with Sabine Mannitz and Núrel Bahí Reitz examines paths and politics of recognizing colonial genocides

Publications

  • Between sorrow, celebration, and tourist attraction
    | 2024
    Reitz, Núrel Bahí (2024): Between sorrow, celebration, and tourist attraction, Lab 3.1 Streitwert der Vergangenheit: Hypotheses.
    Publication

  • Remembering Genocide in Namibia
    | 2021
    Reitz, Núrel Bahí; Mannitz, Sabine (2021): Remembering Genocide in Namibia, PRIF Working Paper, 53: 53, Frankfurt/M.

Further Activities

| since 2023
Represen­tative for student assistants

| since 2022
Represen­tative of the Leibniz-PhD-Network