Hareim Hadi Hassan

Assistant Professor of Political Argumentation
Department of Social Sciences/ Department of English
  • Ph.D. in Argumentation Studies at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
    MA in Political Science at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
    MBA in International Management and Leadership at AUIS, Iraq & Hochschule Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Germany
    BA in Politics and International Relations. University of Kurdistan- Hewlêr, Erbil, Iraq
  • Email: [email protected] 
  • Office: B-F2-16

Profile

Dr. Hareim Hadi Hassan is a Kurdish-Canadian Assistant Professor of Political Argumentation at the American University of Iraq–Sulaimani (AUIS). He has several years of university teaching experience in Canada and the Kurdistan Region, including at the University of Windsor, Simon Fraser University, AUIS, Komar University of Science and Technology, and the University of Sulaimani. His research interests include critical thinking, argumentation theory, political argumentation, political extremism, argumentative civility, and political philosophy. His research focuses particularly on argumentative understandings of extremism and civility in political discourse and draws on both contemporary argumentation theory and Islamic traditions. His publications have appeared in Q1 journals including Informal Logic and Topoi. He is a recipient of the Qatar Debate Fellowship (2025–2027) for his project “Argumentative Civility in the Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process.” He has also translated books in moral philosophy and critical thinking into Kurdish and regularly contributes to Kurdish media and public scholarship on critical thinking, dialogue, and civic discourse.
Research interests: argumentation theory; political argumentation; political extremism; argumentative civility; civic education and political philosophy.
 

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Publications

Sole-Authored Publications

  • Hassan, H. (2025). Civility: One or many? Introducing “argumentative civility.” Informal Logic, 45(3), 362–393. https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v45i3.10211
  • Hassan, H. (2024). Argumentative use of slogans: The case of the Egypt uprising. In R. Boogaart, B. Garssen, H. Jansen, M. van Leeuwen, R. Pilgram, & A. Reuneker (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (pp. 346–354). Sciential International Centre for Scholarship in Argumentation Theory. https://hdl.handle.net/1887/4107803
  • Hassan, H. H. (2024). Political extremism: An argumentative approach [Doctoral dissertation, University of Windsor]. Scholarship at UWindsor. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/9483

     

Lead-Authored Collaborative Publications

  • Hassan, H., Farine, L., Kinnish, N., Mejía, D., & Tindale, C. W. (2027). Defining extremism. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 15–30). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-3
  • Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., Mejía, D., Tindale, C. W., & Wang, J. (2027). Argumentative use of slogans: The case of the Egypt uprising. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 88–99). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-8
  • Hassan, H., Farine, L., Kinnish, N., Mejía, D., & Tindale, C. W. (2023). What is extremism? Advancing definition in political argumentation. Topoi, 42(2), 573–581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09895-5

     

Authored and Translated Books

  • Hassan, H. (2019). Intellect versus God: A prelude to atheism. Xazalnus Publishing House.
  • Rachels, J. (2021). The elements of moral philosophy (H. Hassan, Trans.; 5th ed.). Jamal Erfan Publishing House. [Kurdish translation].
  • Ruggiero, V. R. (2015). Beyond feelings: A guide to critical thinking (H. Hassan, Trans.; 7th ed.). Andesha Publishing House. [Kurdish translation].
     

Other Book Chapters

  • Tindale, C. W., Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., Mejía, D., & Farine, L. (2027). Argumentation theories. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 31–52). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-4
  • Tindale, C. W., Wang, J., Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., & Mejía, D. (2027). The rhetorical perspective on argumentation. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 53–71). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-5
  • Tindale, C. W., Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., Mejía, D., & Wang, J. (2027). A modifying view: The case of Nellie McClung. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 75–87). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-7
  • Kinnish, N., Hassan, H., Mejía, D., Tindale, C. W., & Wang, J. (2027). Occupy Wall Street and accusation: Failed extremist argumentation. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-9
  • Wang, J., Tindale, C. W., Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., & Mejía, D. (2027). The rhetoric of election controversy. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 111–123). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-10
  • Mejía, D., Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., Tindale, C. W., & Wang, J. (2027). Changing consciousness on climate change. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 124–137). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-11
  • Wang, J., Kinnish, N., Hassan, H., Mejía, D., & Tindale, C. W. (2027). Ethos, collective ethos, and trust. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-13
  • Tindale, C. W., Mejía, D., Hassan, H., Kinnish, N., & Wang, J. (2027). Argumentative strategies of extremism. In C. W. Tindale (Ed.), Rhetorical argumentation and extremism (pp. 157–172). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003792680-14

      

Conference Presentations

  • Hassan, H. (2025, May 19–23). Civility one or many? Introducing argumentative civility. Paper presented at the Second International Conference for Debate and Dialogue, Doha, Qatar.
  • Hassan, H. (2024, May 21–24). How do masters of jihadism argue?. Paper presented at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference (OSSA 13), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14776/18930
  • Hansen, H. V., & Hassan, H. (2024). Perspectives on political arguments. In R. Boogaart, B. Garssen, H. Jansen, M. van Leeuwen, R. Pilgram, & A. Reuneker (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (pp. 323–332). Scientific International Centre for Scholarship in Argumentation Theory. https://hdl.handle.net/1887/4107797
  • Hansen, H., & Hassan, H. (2023, July 4–7). Conceptualization of political argument and argumentation. Paper presented at the 10th ISSA Conference, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Hassan, H. (2022, July 25–27). Argument from charismatic character: A case of Donald Trump. Paper presented at the Argumentation Network of the Americas Conference, Ontario, Canada.
  • Hassan, H., Farine, L., Kinnish, N., Saldarriage, D., & Tindale, C. (2022, July 25–27). Who is an extremist?. Paper presented at the Argumentation Network of the Americas Conference, Ontario, Canada.
  • Hassan, H., Farine, L., Kinnish, N., Saldarriage, D., & Tindale, C. (2022, April 27–29). What is extremism?. Paper presented at the Conference on Argumentation and Politics, Granada, Spain.
  • Hassan, H. (2021, August 5). Self-deliberation and the tripartite nature of Argumentation Theory. Paper presented at the inaugural “From Pole to Pole” event, Argumentation Network of the Americas, Ontario, Canada.