2011’de Arap Baharı olarak bilinen halk ayaklanmalarından sonra bazı Ortadoğu ülkeleri iç savaşa sürüklenmiş ve bu ülkelerde siyasi anlamda istikrarsız bir dönem başlamıştır. Türkiye’nin en uzun sınır hattına sahip komşu ülkesi Suriye de bu ayaklanmalardan nasibini almıştır. Sur…
Bulgaristan'da yaşayan Türk azınlık, Türkiye için hassas ve önemli bir konu olmuştur. Bu bağlamda Bulgaristan'ın azınlıklar konusundaki tutumu ve Türk azınlığın durumuyla alakalı olarak ikili ilişkiler değişken bir süreç izlemiştir. Tarih boyunca, Bulgaristan'dan Türkiye'ye doğr…
Миграције са Блиског истока, Северне Африке и Азије, односно мигрантска криза доспела је у фокус медијског извештавања у Централној и Југоисточној Европи након пролећа 2015. године када је у овај регион пристигао највећи талас миграната. Тема миграције је и данас присутна у меди…
Though they lived a century apart and wrote in starkly disparate historical, cultural, and literary contexts, Russian poets Aleksandr Pushkin and Vladimir Mayakovsky were both victims of the posthumous processes of bureaucratization and monumentalization at the hands of the Sovi…
Disertační práce se zaměřuje na stavebně historický odkaz moravské podnikatelské rodiny Kleinů v průběhu 19. století. Soustřeďuje se na mapování významných stavebních realizací v silničním a železničním odvětví, stavbu mostů, rodinných sídel, průmyslových podniků a jiných. Hlavn…
Support networks have been linked to college success and the ideas that Bosnian and Herzegovinian orphans have about their job prospects amidst a population with almost 50 percent unemployment. The theory of social capital should help to understand how social ties/networks and r…
Split scope occurs when the negation and indefinite take scope independently of one another. This has been documented in the West-Germanic languages German, Dutch, and English. I apply Zeijlstra (2011)'s framework to the following languages: Azerbaijani, Czech, Macedonian Albani…
This dissertation is a cross-disciplinary work that draws on theories from political science and mass communication. Using framing theory in the context of a competitive authoritarian regime, this study analyzed the evening news coverage of the 2016 Duma election in Russia. The …
Our memories define the way we perceive our world; they help us think about the past, live our present, and construe our future. Memories also reflect a cultural way of being in the world that is inextricably linked to our identity construction, goals, and self-appraisal. Parent…
Bu çalışmanın amacı, projeye dayalı öğrenme yöntemiyle gerçekleştirilen Rus resim sanatı uygulamalarının Güzel Sanatlar Lisesi on birinci sınıf öğrencilerinin İki Boyutlu Sanat Atölye dersine yönelik tutumuna etkisini arttırmaktır. Öğrencilerin Rus ressamların yapıtlarından yola…
1950-1990 yılları arasında yaşanan ve adına “Soğuk Savaş” denilen dönemin en önemli aktörlerinden SSCB, özellikle 2.Dünya savaşından önce hizmete açtığı silah ve askeri araç üreten fabrikaları, savaş sonrasında barışçıl ürünler üretmek için yeniden tasarlamıştır. Ne var ki bu fa…
Anti-Muslim prejudice in America has been on the rise since the September 11th terrorist attacks resulting in widespread religious and cultural discrimination of many foreign-born immigrants who ascribe to the Muslim faith (Amer & Bagasra, 2013). Indeed, it has been suggested th…
Despite the best efforts and billions of dollars spent by the United States to gain influence and access in Central Asia during the war in Afghanistan, Russia has become stronger in Central Asia. This paper examines how Russia has increased their strength in the region. The afte…
During the Bosnian War (1992-1995), one strategy of ethnic cleansing employed by all sides involved the destruction and obliteration of physical manifestations of ethnic identity including historic buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, mosques, and urban infrastructure. Postw…
This paper presents a comparison of the policies of Germany and Sweden and assessments of well-being in each country in order to evaluate the impact that immigration policies may have on the mental and physical health of immigrants. On the basis of my comparisons, I draw conclus…
This dissertation is a study of xenophobia in the Russian Federation. Sociologists have had a longstanding interest in prejudice, xenophobia, and racism. Such attitudes imply that the ethnic majority gives tacit if not explicit approval to social and political practices that kee…
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) faces a changing cultural landscape resulting from its civil war. New categorical descriptions emerged as a part of the foreign imposed Dayton Peace Agreement. Desire to move into European Union membership inadvertently exposed discriminatory structure a…
This dissertation introduces the concept of Russophonia, which refers to the widespread and variegated uses of the Russian language outside of the customary boundaries of ethnicity and nation. Using the designations of Anglophone, Francophone, and Sinophone literature as a model…
This study examines the motion verb system of Bulgarian, focusing both on the structure of the Bulgarian motion verb itself, and on the information typically encoded in the Bulgarian verb of motion. It then compares the Bulgarian motion verb system with the motion verb systems o…