German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Hadeel Abdelhameed

Associate

Short CV

Since May 2023 : Associate at the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies
Since September 2025: Research Fellow at global disconnect- Käte Hamburger Research Centre
2022-present: Senior Research Fellow at Monash University/ Australia
2021-2022: Research Fellow at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/ Lebanon
2021-2022: Non-Resident Research Fellow at Lancaster University/ UK
2015-2019: Philosophy of Doctorate from La Trobe University/ Australia
2014-2015: Post Graduate Diploma In Education from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology/ Australia

Current Research

Cultural Governance in Iraq
Development history of theatre in Iraq
Oil, modernity, and theatre in Arabic Gulf States

Countries and Regions

Middle East

Research Programmes

Accountability and Participation

Dr. Hadeel Abdelhameed

Associate

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Journal of Intercultural Studies | 04/2025

Neoliberal Policy and Iraqi Theatre Makers in Australia: The Tension of Homemaking and Playmaking

This article explores how Australia’s neoliberal multicultural policies of the 1990s curtailed the artistic self-worth of first-generation Iraqi theatre makers. Their creative journey reveals how art became a lens for negotiating home, belonging, and marginalized migrant identities.

Dr. Hadeel Abdelhameed

Associate

Chapter in Edited Volume | 04/2023

Mothering the Protest: Gender Performativity as a Communication Mechanism in the Iraqi Protest Movement

The chapter focuses on an unprecedented approach of protesting in Iraq which is mothering the protest. It argues that traditional gender performance, including mothering, has identified an original form of women’s activism post 2003.