Friday, May 18, 2018
2:30–5:00 p.m.
Thomson Hall, Rm. 317
University of Washington-Seattle
Free and open to the public
Graduate students in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization; the Middle East Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; and the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies will present their research in this annual conference. 2018 Graduate Student Conference is organized by Pablo Jairo Tutillo (MA student, MEC), Roman Pomeshchikov (PhD, NMES) and Sean Namei (MA, NELC).
MICHAEL DEGERALD
Shifting Connotations of Turath in Ba’thist Iraq 1968-91
SAM GORDON
Blossoming of Relations? Israel, Africa and Asia
SEAN NAMEI
“Ideology & Interpretation: On the Definition of
‘H. Q. Q.’ in ‘Ali Sharī’atī’s Exegesis of Sūrah Ar-Rūm”
NICK POLIZZI
Changing Rules, Growing Casualties: Mitigating the Effects of Reduced Oversight in U.S. and Coalition Strikes in Iraq and Syria
Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization; Middle East Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; and the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near & Middle Eastern Studies. Contact: mecuw@uw.edu.
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