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Black in the USSR: African Students, Soviet Empire, and the Politics of Global Education during the Cold War
(Georgetown University, 2021)
After the death of Stalin in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev breathed new life into the socialist internationalist project. This renewed internationalism put the Global South at its center; the Soviet Union would once again become ...
For Life or Otherwise: Abolition and Slavery in South Central Pennsylvania, 1780-1847
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The premise of this dissertation is that gradual abolition legislation did not abolish slavery in Pennsylvania. In the broadest terms, it argues that there is a history of chattel slavery in Pennsylvania that begins rather ...
Forming an Abode of Peace: An Assessment of Brunei’s Role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1984-2020
(Georgetown University, 2021)
How can small states reorder power relations to survive in the international system? Using a model inspired by the classical realism of Hans Morgenthau, this thesis argues that through the formation and maintenance of ...
The Tableau Effect in German Narrative Prose around 1800
(Georgetown University, 2021)
This dissertation theorizes the concept of the tableau effect in order to investigate the performativity of gendered notions of selfhood in novels as well as short stories, ranging from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Die ...
The Gospel of the Gum: Eucalyptus Enthusiasm and the Modern Mediterranean, ca. 1848-1900
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The Australian eucalyptus has become one of the two most commonly planted tree genera in the world in the last two centuries. This dissertation follows the eucalyptus as it became ubiquitous across mediterranean landscapes ...
Aprender a Emprender: Las políticas de emprendedorismo educativo en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (2013-2018)
(Georgetown University, 2021)
Desde principios del siglo XXI la promoción del “espíritu emprendedor” de la ciudadanía se ha convertido en una propuesta de política pública que se presenta como herramienta para paliar la pobreza, el subdesarrollo, la ...
Ciencia Y Empresa: Construyendo Aprendizajes. El Caso De Los Programas Cofinanciados Conicet-Empresas
(Georgetown University, 2021)
El objetivo general de la tesis es analizar el proceso de generación de aprendizajes que se produce a través de la incorporación de recursos humanos (RRHH) de alta calificación en empresas en el marco de los programas y ...
Three Essays on Economics of Online Platforms
(Georgetown University, 2021)
This dissertation consists of three papers related to the economics of online platforms: one on e-commerce shipping, one on sports event attendance, and another on online concert ticket platforms.In the first chapter, we ...
The Exploration of Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Lupus Nephritis
(Georgetown University, 2021)
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Trends in External Radiation Exposure among the U.S Navy Medical Personnel Working in Nuclear Medicine Departments from 2003 to 2020
(Georgetown University, 2021)
Objectives: To assess trends in external occupational exposure of nuclear medicine (NM) workers from United States Navy (USN) medical centers from 2003 to 2020 and compare them with previously published data on NM workers ...