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Join us for a presentation of the
2013 Master's Theses in Middle Eastern Studies
1:00pm: “The Limits of International Human Rights Law: Ratification Politics in Selective Signatory States in MENA”
By Rachel George | Advisor: Jack Goldsmith
1:15pm: “How Terrorism Endures: Factors that Affected the Longevity of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)”
By Reina Saiki | Advisor: Lenore Martin
1:30pm: “The Gospel of Business Education”
By Salmaan Mirza | Advisor: Roger Owen
1:45–2:15pm: QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
2:15–2:30pm: BREAK
2:30pm: “Daughters of the Iranian Revolution: Women’s Experiences of Increased Access to Higher Education in the Islamic Republic, 1987-1997”
By Alexander Shams | Advisor: Afsaneh Najmabadi
2:45pm: “Building an Insurgent Consciousness: Political Posters of the Fada’I Khalq (1978-80)”
By Rustin Zarkar | Advisor: David Roxburgh
3:00pm: “Redefining Syrian Identity in the Diaspora: A Glimpse into the Lives of Syrian Refugees in Jordan June-July, 2012”
By Hassan Shiban | Advisor: Roger Owen
3:15pm: “Hasidic Geopolitics and the Greater Land of Israel: Israeli Hasidic Rebbes Encounter the West Bank, Gaza and Territorial Withdrawal, 1982-2013”
By Brett Levi | Advisor: Jay Harris
3:30-4pm: QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Contact: Sarah Stoll