The Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies
Warm Congratulations to the Recipients of the Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies in 2024
Nazli Deniz
PhD student, Department of Political Science
Thesis Topic: Her doctoral project examines the complex dynamics of gender within the sphere of Islam, particularly in Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey. It aims to critically explore the impact of Islamic feminist movements among one another in the Middle East region, and how Muslim women negotiate their positions within the public domains in these societies.
Hajar Ghorbani
PhD student, Department of Anthropology
Thesis Topic: Her doctoral research examines the agency and power of dead bodies in politics of an Islamic context in postrevolutionary Iran. It shows how the political system uses religious discourse to govern and colonize the dead to legitimize itself. Part of her dissertation is a critical and comparative analysis of the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran's official discourses and approaches towards martyrdom.
The Recipients of the Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies in 2023
Shahab Nadimi
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
As part of his doctoral dissertation about Muslim refugees’ lives in Iran and Lebanon, entitled “Toward Theorizing Refugee Narratives in Contemporary World Literature,” he examines narrative depictions of contemporary refugee displacements in fiction and in life writing. This includes the works of Lebanese-Canadian Rawe Hage, among others.
Ph.D. student, Department of Political Science
Anas Fassih
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Thesis topic: As part of his doctoral dissertation about solar installations in the desert town of Quarzazate in Morocco, he also examines the quest for justice in energy transition in the Middle East including Lebanon.
Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science
Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.
The Recipients of the Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies in 2022
Shahab Nadimi
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
As part of his doctoral dissertation about Muslim refugees’ lives in Iran and Lebanon, entitled “Toward Theorizing Refugee Narratives in Contemporary World Literature,” he examines narrative depictions of contemporary refugee displacements in fiction and in life writing. This includes the works of Lebanese-Canadian Rawe Hage, among others.
Sarah Sharaf Al-Din
MA student, Department of Political Science
As part of her MA thesis about anti-racism dynamics of the Association of Arab- American Graduates, she examines tensions between the Arab-American non-profit organization and Arab governments, including Lebanon, over how to conduct anti- racist work in the United States and Canada.
Anas Fassih
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Thesis topic: As part of his doctoral dissertation about solar installations in the desert town of Quarzazate in Morocco, he also examines the quest for justice in energy transition in the Middle East including Lebanon.
Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science
Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.
The Recipients of the Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies in 2021
Anas Fassih
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Thesis topic: As part of his doctoral dissertation about solar installations in the desert town of Quarzazate in Morocco, he also examines the quest for justice in energy transition in the Middle East including Lebanon.
Noureddin Zaamout
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
As part of his doctoral dissertation about the post-Arab Spring Syria, he examines the colonial history, post-colonial politics and contemporary social activism in Lebanon in relations to the larger context of the Levant, and Syria’s post-Arab Spring.
Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science
Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.
Sarah Sharaf Al-Din
MA student, Department of Political Science
As part of her MA thesis about anti-racism dynamics of the Association of Arab- American Graduates, she examines tensions between the Arab-American non-profit organization and Arab governments, including Lebanon, over how to conduct anti- racist work in the United States and Canada.
The Recipients of the Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies in 2020
Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science
Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.
Noureddin Zaamout
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
As part of his doctoral dissertation about the post-Arab Spring Syria, he examines the colonial history, post-colonial politics and contemporary social activism in Lebanon in relations to the larger context of the Levant, and Syria’s post-Arab Spring.
