June 2, 2017
CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating class of thirteen students who earned a master's degree in Regional Studies—Middle East and its three graduating PhD students.
AM Graduates and Thesis Titles
- Zena Agha—Thesis: “The Judaization of Space: A Critical Analysis of Spatial Practices in Palestine–Israel.” | Thesis Advisor: Sara Roy
- Joseph Ataman—Thesis: “The War of Words: How Islamic State Tailors its Messaging to English and Turkish Readers.” | Thesis Advisor: Jocelyne Cesari
- Hamdullah Baycar—Thesis: “Sati al-Husri as an Ottoman Intellectual: The Idea of Homeland and Nation.” | Thesis Advisor: Himmet Taskomur
- Alice Duesdieker—Thesis: “Achieving Women’s Rights through Arab Nationalism: Thuraya al-Hafiz’s Vision for Arab Women and a United Arab Nation.” | Thesis Advisor: Khaled Fahmy
- Hajar Habbach
- David Max Korzen
- Benjamin Leibowitz
- Amir H. Mahdavi
- Ethan Mefford—Thesis: “ ‘A Berber Dahir in Reverse’: Muhammad V’s 1946 Campaign to Bureaucratize Charismatic Authority in Morocco.” | Thesis Advisor: Sahar Bazzaz, College of the Holy Cross
- Shawheen Rezaei (AB/AM)
- Hannah Rigg—Thesis: “The Issues of the Colonial Caretaker: Dual Loyalty, Palestinian Prisoners, and Israeli Medical Professionals.” | Thesis Advisor: Khaled Fahmy
- Nour Soubani
- Robert Whalen
PhD Graduates and Dissertation Titles
- Elise K. Burton, History and MES—Dissertation: “Genetic Nationalism: Scientific Communities and Ethnic Mythmaking in the Middle East.” | Advisor: Afsaneh Najmabadi
- Jesse C. Howell, History and MES—Dissertation: “The Ragusa Road: Mobility and Encounter in the Ottoman Balkans (1430–1700).” | Advisor: Cemal Kafadar
- Deniz Turker, History of Art and Architecture and MES—Dissertation: “Ottoman Victoriana: Nineteenth-Century Sultans and the Making of a Palace, 1836–1909.” | Advisor: Gülru Necipoğlu
