Collective identity, as is now well established, is a subjectively understood and socially constructed phenomenon that is subject to change; a single individual has multiple …
“Black and Balkan: A Comparison of Caribbean, African, African-American and Balkan History, Theory and Art” is a project on black and Balkan identities and an …
In this dissertation, I examine issues of ethnic engineering, interethnic tensions and social problems through a story of Meskhetian Turks, a group that was subjected …
Persistent residential segregation by race/ethnicity has raised many serious social problems in the U.S, and progress towards residential integration during the past decade has been …
Within a unitary state, why are some ethnic minorities more politically engaged and have peaceful or cooperative relationships with the state, while some others are …
Sweden has developed an international reputation as a progressive haven, promoting socioeconomic equality through its extensive welfare state. However, non-white and non-European migrants have disrupted …
What does it mean to “become” American? And, how do political and social context affect this process? This dissertation begins to answer these questions, with …
This thesis attempts to bridge together seemingly disparate scholarly thoughts—the legacies of U.S. interventions into Asia, past and present American immigration policy, the American family, …
This dissertation analyzes historical novels written in Spain and the Spanish peripheries (Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia) in the last fifteen years, focusing on how …
My dissertation challenges both the assertion and dismissal of identity politics in the humanities through a queer-diasporic overhaul of the concept of "narcissism." Both the …
This dissertation explores the ways in which individuals and groups create and recreate their personal and collective histories, the membership boundaries of their group, and …
This dissertation examines biblical and Mesopotamian texts that use caricatures of ethnic foreigners’ social practices to disparage them, with a special focus on how the …
Despite being thousands of miles from the Mediterranean Sea, the early United States was littered with the remains of classical antiquity. In creating their new …
This dissertation examines the politics of race and urban space in Boston’s Chinatown from 1943 to 1994. A diverse downtown neighborhood that survived multiple cycles …
Using official reports, academic studies, journalistic and literary sources, and original maps from census data, this study investigates Chicago's "riot zone" where most of the …
Although many scholars believe that institutions are key determinants of economic performance, there is limited evidence about how best to improve existing institutions. In less …
