# CMES Master's Thesis Presentations #### calendar\_today Date and Time **May 5, 2015** 02:00PM - 04:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA** *This event is open to the public; no registration required.* ## CMES Master's Thesis Presentations **The Center for Middle Eastern Studies** presents the CMES Master's Thesis presentations with: **Nora Lessersohn** *Armenian Self and Ottoman Society: Christopher Oscanyan's Oriental and Turkish Museum in London (1853-54)* Advisors: Cemal Kafadar, Gulru Necipoglu **Elsien Van Pinxteren** *Gender, Parody, and Activism: Rethinking Conceptual Tools through Drag Performances in Lebanon* Advisor: Soha Bayoumi **Jenny Quigley-Jones** *Syrian Refugee Adolescents and Parental Involvement in Livelihood Programmes in Lebanon* Advisors: Denis Sullivan, Rima Rassi **Jonathan Mautner** *Financing Jihad: ISIL, Al-Qaeda and the Money Behind Mass Casualty* Advisor: James A. Baker **Andrew Watkins** *To Coin a Phrase: Counterinsurgency, Innovation, and the US military's Enlistment of 'enablers' in Iraq and Afghanistan* Advisor: Tad Oelstrom **George Kraehe** *First Do No Harm: A Critique of the International Counternarcotics Regime in North Africa and the Sahel* Advisor: Ousmane Kane Please note: This event may be photographed and videotaped by representatives of CMES for record keeping and for use on the CMES website and in other CMES publications. The use of personal recording devices is strictly prohibited. Date: May 5, 2015 - 2:00pm - 4:00pmLocation: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAContact: Liz Flanagan,Series: - [Ad Hoc or Co-Sponsored](http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/events/adhoc) See also:- [ Elsewhere at Harvard ](/events/elsewhere) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/node/409941/event-feed.ics) Copy link link