#  Congratulations, 2015-16 CMES Graduates! 

 





June 03, 2016

 

 

 CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating class of twelve students who earned a master's degree in Regional Studies—Middle East and its graduating PhD students.

 **AM graduates and thesis titles**

- Hind Al-Ansari
- Wadah Al Shugaa  
    *“*The Race for the Money: The Rivalry between Doha, Dubai, and Manama to Become the Region’s Financial Center” | *Thesis Advisor:* Roger Owen
- David Babaian  
    “Omar ibn Said, Son of Adam, and the People of Abraham” | *Thesis Advisor:* Marc Shell
- Federica du Pasquier  
    “Assessing the Impact of Gender on Frontline Humanitarian Negotiations” | *Thesis Advisor:* Claude Bruderlein
- John Hambley
- David Max Korzen
- Medhini Kumar
- Aya Majzoub
- Kevin Moss
- Finn Quigley
- Elad Vaida  
    “The Rise of Romanian National Consciousness and Identity” | *Thesis Advisor:* Cemal Kafadar

 **PhD graduates and dissertation titles**

- Kathryn Schwartz, PhD, History and Middle East Studies  “Meaningful Mediums: A Material and Intellectual History of Manuscript and Print Production in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Cairo” | *Advisor:* Roger Owen

   ![2016 CMES graduates](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/cmes/files/2016-cmes-grads.jpg?itok=1lv2OYep) 

 



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Student News ](/news-type/student-news)
- [ 2015-16 ](/academic-year/2015-16)
 
 

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