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Joel Veldkamp new

Joel VELDKAMP

PhD Researcher in International History and Politics
Spoken languages
English, Arabic, French, Armenian
Areas of expertise
  • Nationalism
  • Religion
  • Memory and historical consciousness
  • State-building
  • Refugees
Geographical Region of Expertise
  • Syria
  • Middle East

PhD Thesis

 

Title: The Politics of Aleppo's Christians and the Formation of the Syrian Nation-State, 1920-1936

PhD Supervisor & 2nd Reader: Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Cyrus Schayegh

Expected completion date: 2021

 

Profile

 

My dissertation is entitled, "The Politics of Aleppo's Christians and the Formation of the Syrian Nation-State, 1920-1936." I obtained my bachelor's degree in communications and political studies from Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA (US) in 2010, and spent the following year teaching English in Damascus, Syria. From 2011-2014, I worked in Washington, DC, for Christian Solidarity International (CSI). I received my master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago in 2016. English is my mother tongue, I am proficient in Arabic and French, and I have a working knowledge of Armenian.

 

Research Interests

 

  • Nationalism
  • Sectarianism
  • Secularism
  • Religious Freedom
  • Middle East Christianity
  • Refugees
  • Collective Memory

 

Fellowships, Grants and Awards

 

  • Foreign Languages Area Studies Fellowship (2015-2016)
  • Title VIII Fellowship (2017)
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation language learning fellowship (2018)
  • Graduate Institute Excellence Scholarship

 

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