Adaptive Agency and Arab American Womanhood 1893-1967
Public Defence of PhD thesis by Martina Koegeler-Abdi.
In her dissertation “Adaptive Agency and Arab American Womanhood, 1893–1967” Martina Koegeler-Abdi develops new perspectives on the cultural history of early Syrian American communities. Her analysis focuses on women’s cultural agency in managing both community formation and the ambivalences of US racial formations.
Assessment Committee
- Deputy Head Robert William Jensen-Rix, chair (University of Copenhagen)
- Associate Professor Carol Fadda-Conrey (Syracuse University)
- Professor Heike Paul (Friedrich-Alexander University)
Moderator of the defence
- Head of Department Jørn Boisen (University of Copenhagen)
Copies of the thesis will be available for consultation at the following three places:
- At the Information Desk of the Library of the Faculty of Humanities
- In Reading Room East of the Royal Library (the Black Diamond)
- At the Department of English, German and Romance Studies, Emil Holms Kanal 6
