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First Name
Paula
Last Name
Arana Barbier
Country
Germany
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Affiliation
Heidelberg Center for Ibero-Amerian Studies, Universität Heidelberg
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Keywords
Ethnic Minorities, Religion and Politics, Human Rights, Comparative Politics, and Migration
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PhD
PhD

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About Me

I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences in Governances from the University of Freiburg, a Master’s Degree in Political Sciences from the University of Salamanca, and a PhD from the same university in Rule of Law and Global Governance.

I’ve been particularly interested in ethnic minorities, secession movements in Western Europe and North America, and religious discrimination in Latin American countries. I’m currently working on the accommodation of minority religions in the European Union throughout the contemporary period.

Recent Publications
Becker, E., & Arana Barbier, P. M. (2025). The politics of death: Multiculturalism and the afterlives of Muslims in Europe. Ethnicities, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968251327292
Arana Barbier, P. M. (2025). Moros y Cristianos together?: The politics of death and Muslims in Spain. Ethnicities, 25(4), 558–577. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968251327163
Becker, E., Suárez-Collado, Á., & Arana Barbier, P. M. (2025). Towards multicultural memory: Struggles over a muslim cemetery in post-Civil War Asturias, Spain. Ethnicities, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968251327285
Arana Barbier, P. M., & Suárez Collado, Á. (2023). Religious Accommodation in a Post-secular Europe? Redefining the Secular Context. In Contemporary Challenges to the Regulation of Religions in Europe. University of Porto Press.
Media Coverage
Country Focus
Expertise by Geography
Latin America, Mediterranean, North America, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Government, Human Rights, Migration & Immigration, Politics, Religion