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Rand El Zein

Research Officer (Feb 2022–Dez 2027)

Dr. Rand El Zein is the Research Officer for Department III, Artifacts Action Knowledge, and she is one of the gender equality officers and mental health first aiders at MPIWG. 

As Research Officer, Rand acts as an intermediary between scholars and cross-functional teams, fulfilling the role of representative for the director and core management team in day-to-day activities. Her responsibilities encompass devising and implementing standardized and agile procedures across different functional teams to ensure smooth and effective operations within the department, as well as overseeing the budget allocation and research management at the department.  

Additionally, Rand plays a crucial role in providing guidance, planning, and negotiation for international collaborative research initiatives. This involves coordinating partner group activities, arranging lecture series, and organising exchanges for fellows, scholars and guests. Moreover, she coordinates talent recruitment efforts, as well as supports working group leaders in securing external funding and communicating their latest scientific activities and advancements.

Before joining the MPIWG, Rand worked as the project coordinator for the two Leibniz-funded programs, HISDEMAB and REMOBOKO, at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. She completed her doctorate between 2017 and 2021 in Communication Studies from the University of Salzburg in Austria, where she published her monograph "Between Violence, Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance." Rand earned her Master’s degree in Media Studies from the American University of Beirut from 2013 to 2015, where she also worked as a research assistant from 2016 to 2017.

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Upcoming Events

Lecture

Reconsidering the Mamluk Village: Readings on al-Dimashqī’s Filaḥa Manual

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Past Events

Workshop

Historical Astronomy of China: A Practical Workshop

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Talk

The Ecology of the Political Landscape in Eleventh-Century Shaanxi: The Environmental and Spatial History of a Multiethnic Borderland

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