Whereas previous studies of the Indonesian student movement have been limited to studies of single episodes of activism of student protests, this work focuses on the narratives, and repertoires that, together with crucial external events of political and economic realignments cr…
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The purpose of this study was to explore the process of collective-national identity development and related social psychological factors among Palestinian students in the Israeli universities with reference to the degree of their involvement in student activism (high, moderate …
This dissertation explores the link between Catholicism and the contemporary identities of Bosnian Croats, Croatian Croats, and Slovenes. I ask why and how religion, specifically Catholicism, has remained an important public institution in some but not in all studied societies, …
In response to the scarcity of biblical scholarship analysing the function of the Hebrew Bible’s exodus stories as persuasive communication, this dissertation investigates how these mnemonically dense stories were capable of creating and maintaining a long-term collective identi…
Triggered by globalisation and the increasing media convergence enabled by digital communication technologies, fansubbing has become one of the most observable aspects of Chinese participatory culture, both domestically and internationally. Informed by concepts drawn from the sc…
The Basque conflict has waged since the 1950s in its current form. However, with the arrival of democracy 36 years ago, the Basque Country has been the scene of an intense peace mobilization, dominated by two peace organizations: Gesto por la Paz, a group of community organizati…
This dissertation examines the relationship between leadership politics and the public articulation of collective identity. It explores the ways in which discussions about identity related to power, authority, and politics at the community level. Focusing primarily upon the Musl…
This project examines the Middle English Charlemagne Romances, a scattered group of nine metrical romances from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in the sociocultural context of late medieval England's growing perception of nationhood. I argue that these romances employ the…
This dissertation investigates the rhetorical practices of a tradition: the Reform Movement in Judaism. I analyze the three platforms written in 1885, 1937, and 1999 to define the collective identity of the Reform Movement in America. I begin this study by concentrating on how t…
Fan activist organizations have participated in a variety of human rights and social justice projects over the last 15 years. However, the concept of fan activism has been used to describe a wide array of different occurrences. More recently, scholars of social movements have be…
Evangelical Christianity occupies a dominant position in American culture and politics. This thesis extends previous research on evangelicalism in America by identifying how evangelicals collectively construct their distinction and uniqueness in small group settings. By conducti…
Many studies have been completed on historical consciousness in museum visitors of all ages, however, the topic of collective historical consciousness as compared to the potential of a collective current identity in small, rural history museums lack the same exploration. The Kin…
In contemporary international relations, many regional organizations engage in ‘community-building,’ practices that construct, promote, and sustain a sense of collective identity among their member states. The international relations literature (e.g. Adler and Barnett, 1998; Wen…