Heiko Beyer

Heiko Beyer is a Hannah Arendt Guest Professor at CERES and the Department of Sociology in the University of Toronto. In addition, he holds a Heisenberg Chair of Sociology at his home institution, the Institute for the Social Sciences at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. His previous research encompasses theoretical contributions to the early history of sociology, the concept of ideology, social movements, and the late Marx’ materialism, as well as empirical investigations into topics such as antisemitism, antifeminism, everyday racism, conspiracy theories among American evangelicals, anti-Americanism, and the impact of human rights on religious minority identities. Presently, Heiko works on a book about the subject(tivat)ion of human rights, and is also engaged in two projects that explore antisemitism within Germany.