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Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Subject "East European studies"
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The Aftermath of Jan Gross's Neighbors: Recasting Poland's Collective Memory
Discusses the impact of Jan Gross's book <italic>Neighbors</italic>, published in 2000, on Polish-Jewish relations with regards to the Jedwabne massacre of 1941. -
Building Gendered Human Security Inside and Out: A Case Study in Post-Conflict Kosovo
(2013-07-25)Set against the backdrop of war-torn Kosovo, my thesis focuses on civil society development in the area of gendered human security. In 1999, this small nation (then under the control of UNMIK) experienced the largest influx ... -
Citizenship in Latvia: Does it Pay?
(2013-07-25)Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, a significant portion of the Russian-speaking population in Latvia remain non-citizens, meaning they lack the right to vote or work in specific industries. This thesis ... -
The Competition for the Ukrainian Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Rosatom, Westinghouse, and Implications for Nuclear Energy in the Near Abroad
The Competition for the Ukrainian Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Rosatom, Westinghouse, and Implications for Nuclear Energy in the Near Abroad Abstract Sarah McPhee, MAIS Candidate University of Washington Contemporary Ukraine suffers ... -
A Death Transformed: The Political and Social Consequences of Romas Kalanta's Self-Immolation, Soviet Lithuania, May 1972
(2013-07-23)"A Death Transformed: The Political and Social Consequences of Romas Kalanta's Self-Immolation, Soviet Lithuania, 1972" explores Soviet and post-Soviet interpretive narratives and political practices in response to two ... -
Exploring the Impact of Exchange: A Study of Central Asian Experiences with U.S.-Sponsored Academic Exchange Programs
This thesis examines the trends and impact of U.S.-sponsored academic exchange programs available for Central Asian citizens. I analyze how these exchange programs have fared since their establishment to the present day ... -
Freedom to Fracture: Universal Human Rights as a Security Threat to a Multi-ethnic Russian Federation
This paper explores universal human rights as a security threat, as identified by the Russian Federation in security doctrines created during Putin’s third presidential term. Unlike other analyses of Russian security ... -
Legacies of Destruction: Architecture as a Nationalist Battleground in Kosovo
Architectural destruction is often perceived as inevitable collateral damage during modern conflict, but a major facet of the Kosovo War of 1998-9 and its aftermath was the deliberate targeting and demolition of architectural ... -
Living with Breast Cancer: Experiences and Perceptions of Women in Georgia
(2012-09-13)<italic>Aim</italic>: The purpose of this study is to improve understanding of the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of women in Georgia living with breast cancer so as to identify barriers and facilitators to breast health ... -
Modern Antiquities: Arthur Evans, the Balkans, and the Discovery of a Lost European Civilization
This dissertation employs the career of British archaeologist Arthur Evans as the fulcrum to examine the concept of “modern antiquities,” which Evans defined as the study of ancient customs and societies best represented ... -
Reconciliation without Forgiveness: The EU in Promoting Postwar Cooperation in Serbia and Kosovo
This paper examines the role and depth of interstate reconciliation in the postwar relationship between Serbia and Kosovo via their interactions with the European Union. Examined within this paper are models of interstate ... -
Ruining Dessert: On Chocolate Cake and White Supremacy in Poland
This thesis seeks to establish how deeply anti-Black racism has become ingrained in Polish culture through the everyday example of murzynek, a chocolate cake that became popular with home cooks in twentieth century Poland. ... -
Secularism in Slovenia: An Anthropological Perspective
Current analyses focusing on the relations between the government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Catholic Church cannot fully account for Slovenian citizens’ reporting of secular tendencies in social surveys. ... -
The Elephant, the Donkey, and Ukraine: The Partisanship of the Ukrainian Diaspora in America
The Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S. is a growing group whose American partisanship has scarcely been examined outside of diaspora-related media. This study makes use of interviews with Ukrainians in the Seattle metropolitan ... -
The Presidential Vlog: Trust and the Celebritization of Politics in Ukraine
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy, popular in Ukraine for playing the president on TV, shocked many commentators when he was elected president in reality. Of particular interest however, is the scope of his victory and style ... -
Ukraine’s Two Maidans: How Competition Between the Grassroots and the Political Opposition During the Euromaidan Revolution Paved the Way for a New Civic Culture
This project examines the growth of urban civic activity in Kyiv, Ukraine since the 2013-2014 Euromaidan revolution and analyzes changing dynamics of the country’s civic culture. It argues that the Euromaidan uprising was ...