#  2013 Master's Theses in Middle Eastern Studies 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 2, 2013** 

 01:00PM - 04:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

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](mailto:sstoll@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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