Affiliated Scholars | Institute Fellows
Each semester the Institute offers space for GW undergraduate and graduate students to be residential Fellows at IERES. Students whose research concerns Europe and/or Eurasia are welcome to apply at the beginning of each semester. They should send a CV and a letter expressing their interest, describing their research project and explaining why they think their research could benefit from interaction with the faculty, visiting scholars and others at IERES. Applications should be sent to ieresgwu@gwu.edu.
Institute Fellows spring 2008
It is our pleasure to announce the IERES Fellows for Spring 2008. The Fellows receive office space at the Institute in order to conduct their independent research projects. Their work will culminate with a reception and a presentation of their research to peers and IERES Faculty members. The applicant pool for the fall semester was extremely competitive and we are very excited to have some of the George Washington University's most talented undergraduate and graduate students at IERES.
Undergraduates
Bayram Abbasov, senior in political science and international affairs. Project: understanding the failure of opposition parties in Azerbaijan and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union.
Justin R. Anderson, ESIA senior. Project: recent current developments of the European Security and Defense Policy and the changing relationship between the EU and NATO.
Mara Eckerson, ESIA senior. Project: EU-Baltic relations, especially Latvia.
Graduate Students
Peng Claire Bai, 2nd year ESIA MA. Project: a comparative study of post-World War II experiences of Germany and China dealing with their past.
Elizabeth Charles, ABD for Ph.D. in history. Dissertation project: the effects of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative on Gorbachev's policies.
Brian Karlsson, 3rd year in Ph.D. in political science. Project: analyzing elite/intellectual discourse, national identity/history, and immigration in the German-speaking countries of Europe.
Medlir Mema, 2nd year in Ph.D. in political science. Project: looking at the interaction between small and great powers and more specifically on the effect that EU-US disagreements have on the countries of South Eastern Europe. He holds an M.A. in European Studies and International Economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington and has served, among others, as the Editor-in-Chief of the Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs.
Angela Peura, 2nd year in MA in International Science and Technology Policy. Project: Russia's space policy in the Putin era.
Raabia Shafi, 2nd year MA in history. Project: master's thesis on Soviet and American handling of Islam in Afghanistan during the Soviet war there, 1979-1989.
Undergraduate and Graduate Fellows - Fall 2008
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