Kinneret is a 166-km2 lake located in Northern Israel, in the central part of the Jordan Valley, a corridor running from north to south, between the Galilee hills in the west and the Golan Heights in the east. Both the Galilee hills and the Golan Heights reach an elevation of ab…
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Large-scale mountain modifies the atmospheric circulation directly through dynamic and thermodynamic process, and also indirectly through the interaction with the ocean. To investigate orographic impacts on tropical climate, a fully coupled general circulation model (CGCM) is de…
In the dissertation, I explore the translation, publishing, and marketing process of Arabic novels in English. My research examines how translations of Arabic novels are produced as a commodity within a globalized publishing industry and circulate in a highly-charged political c…
This dissertation studies the Kurdish identity movement in Turkey which has transformed from a secessionist armed struggle to a transnational culture movement since the late nineties. Kurdish activists now utilize media and performance events as platforms for imagining, solidify…
The main objective of this study is to examine factors that control the Indonesian throughflow and its variability. The study consists of three parts, an inverse analysis of tracer data along the throughflow pathways, analysis of the flow structure in the Makassar Strait, and dy…
Quantitative studies of benthic foraminifera and stable isotope from 4 DSDP/ODP holes (552A, 608, 547A, 646B in the North Atlantic Ocean), and one inland borehole (Sale Briquetterie, Morocco) have been conducted to determine the deep-water circulation in the North Atlantic and i…
Combining historiographic, rhetorical/analytical and hermeneutic research methodologies, this project takes as its grounding premise that neoliberal rationality is fundamentally reshaping writing and speech practices in the postsecondary higher education setting and beyond; and …
This thesis is constructed around two distinct topics. The first is the formation history of the Earth and the Moon. The hafnium/tungsten (Hf/W) isotopic system can act as a chronometer for planets forming in the early solar system. To study possible planetary formation scenario…
The thesis concerns the historical development of global circulation, the family as a point of articulation between society and economy, and the post-colony. Through an ethnography of the remittances, religious offerings and household structures of disciples and traders of the M…