A number of grants are available to Northwestern University Graduate Students who focus their research on international and comparative topics.

FY2006-07 Graduate Student Summer Research Travel Grant Winners

Shannon Grady Blaha, History Department, Northern Ireland, Extent and Implications of "Soft" Cross-Border Cooperation

Jennifer Cyr, Political Science Department, Ecuador, Political Parties and Populist Re-Equilibrations in Ecuador

Chris Day, Political Science Department, Uganda, Humanitarian Consequences of Conflict in Uganda

Chad Elias, Art History, Lebanon, Surviving Images: Contemporary Art in Post Civil-War Lebanon

Diego Finchelstein, Political Science Department, Argentina, Strategy and Structure in the Process of International Expansion by Business Groups in Latin America

Carlos Freytes, Political Science Department, Brazil, Financial Internalization and Capital Mobility in Modern Brazil

Maria Guerzovich, Political Science Department, Czech Republic/Hungary, International Actors and Fomenting Change in Anticorruption Mechanisms

Sebastian Karcher, Political Science Department, Germany, The Politics of Labor Market Segmentation in Germany

Deme Kasimis, Political Science Department, Greece, The Resident Foreigner in Ancient Greece: A Study of Citizenship and Democracy

Pamela Khanakwa, History Department, Uganda, Changing Meaning of Male Circumcision among the Bagisu in 20th Century Uganda

Erin Kimball, Political Science Department, Ethiopia, Strategic Causes for Collective Action: Peacekeeping in Africa

Kendra Koivu, Political Science Department, Kosovo, The Thin Line Between Rebellion and Crime: A Comparative Study of Rebel Groups in Northern Ireland and Kosovo

Armando Lara-Millan, Sociology Department, UK, Modernity and the Exterior: Urban Riots and Elite Responses in London and Lima from 1800 to 2006

Natacha Lemasle, Political Science Department, Sierra Leone, Political Responses and Strategies of Local Actors Targeted by Outsiders' Efforts at Reconstruction and Democratization

Ji Li, Political Science Department, China, The Rise of Judicial Power in China's Authoritarian Regime: Potential Reasons for Regional Differences

Aurelien Mauxion, Anthropology Department, Mali, Land Tenure and Political Enterprise in a Local Arena

Jose Maria Muñoz, Anthropology Department, Cameroon, The Political Dimensions of Business Activities in Northern Cameroon

Rim Naguib, Sociology Department, Turkey/Egypt, Constitutional Politics in Turkey and Egypt

Juan C. Olmeda, Political Science Department, Brazil, Fiscal Institutions and Intergovernmental Relations: Patterns of Cooperation and Conflict Between National and Sub-national Authorities in Brazil

Dawn Pankonien, Anthropology Department, Mexico, Tourism Development and Single Mother Family Formation in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico

Munjulika Rahman, Performance Studies Department, Bangladesh, Exploring Social and Cultural Issues through Jatra

David A. Steinberg, Political Science Department, Argentina, Logrolling and the Politics of Exchange Rate Valuation in Developing Countries

Larkin Terrie, Political Science Department, Chile, The Agrarian Origins of Chile's Economic Takeoff

Jennifer Tyburczy, Performance Studies Department, Mexico, Sex Museums USA: Erotic Pedagogies, Performing Sexuality, Remembering Pleasure

Bin Xu, Sociology Department, China, Chinese World War II Victims' Reparations Movement

Ariel Zellman, Political Science Department, Israel, Ethnic Militias utilization of Post-Colonial and Liberal Human Rights Discourses along with Defense of State Sovereignty to Legitimize their Work and Garner Support

Jiangnan Zhu, Political Science Department, China, Middle Level Administrators' Monitoring Effort Against Corruption is Determined by their Prospect of Further Promotion, or "Promotion Likelihood"

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