Stockholm University

Graduate Student, Department of History

Other Affiliations: University of Oxford, History

About

I am a PhD Candidate at the Department of History, Stockholm University, and have been Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (IHEID). I am currently in the process of completing my PhD in history. I work on twentieth century international history, with particular focus on Scandinavia and the Middle East. My next project will deal with transnational leftist activism. My articles have been published or are forthcoming in peer-reviewed journals such as the Scandinavian Journal of History, Diplomacy & Statecraft, and the Journal of Cold War Studies.

I am also founding and board member of the Modern Assyrian Research Archive (MARA) in partnership with the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge.

RESEARCH AREAS AND INTERESTS:

International History
Cold War
European Neutrality
The League of Nations
Minorities in the Modern Middle East


PREVIOUS POSTS:

2010-2011: Visiting Research Fellow, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva

2008-2012: Stipendiary Doctoral Fellow, Department of History, Stockholm University


TEACHING:

Genocide and Modernity (Stockholm University, Fall 2012),
Guest Lecture on the History of the Assyrian Orthodox Church (Södertörn University),
Historical Method and Theory, Modern Period (Stockholm University),
Historical Method and Theory, Early Modern Period (Stockholm University),
Seminar, History of Modern Society, 19th and 20th Century (Stockholm University),
Sweden in Global Affairs, 1945-Present (Stockholm University).


PUBLICATIONS:

EDITED VOLUMES:

1. Aunesluoma, Juhana, Thomas C. Fischer, and Aryo Makko (eds.), 'Neutrality in Cold War Europe', themed issue, Journal Cold War Studies, Vol. 14(3), 2012, under review.

2. Cetrez, Önver A., Sargon G. Donabed, and Aryo Makko (eds.), The Assyrian Heritage - Continuity in Rituals, Symbols and Language. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Studies in Religion and Society, Vol. 4, 2012, forthcoming.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

1. 'Sweden, Europe, and the Cold War. A Reappraisal', Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 14(2), 2012, forthcoming.

2. 'Arbitrator in a World of Wars: The League of Nations and the Mosul Dispute, 1924-1925', Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 21 (4), 2010, pp. 631-649.

3. 'Multilateralism and the Shaping of an "Active Foreign Policy": Sweden during the Preparatory Phase of the CSCE', Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 35 (3), 2010, pp. 310-329.

OTHER ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. 'ESK-processen, Olof Palme och kalla kriget', in Almqvist, Kurt, and Kristian Gerner (eds.), Kalla kriget - Sverige, en stormakt utan vapen? Stockholm: Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål, 2012, forthcoming.

2. 'Das schwedische Interesse an VBM und Abrüstungsfragen', in Peter, Matthias, and Hermann Wentker (eds.), Die KSZE im Ost-West-Konflikt: Internationale Politik und gesellschaftliche Transformation 1975-1990. München: Oldenbourg Verlag, 2011, forthcoming.

3. 'Assyrian Identity-construction and Continuity Discourse, 1897-2010', in Cetrez, Önver A., Sargon G. Donabed, and Aryo Makko (eds.), The Assyrian Heritage - Continuity in Rituals, Symbols and Language. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Studies in Religion and Society, Vol. 4, 2012, forthcoming.

4. 'Anden, själen, kroppen: Ett historiskt perspektiv på healing bland Sveriges assyrier', in Moberg, Jessica, and Göran Ståhle (eds.), Healing i Sverige. 2012, forthcoming.

5. 'Between Integration and Exclusion: Reflections on Contemporary Assyrian Historiography', Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies, Vol. 26 (2), 2012, forthcoming.

6. 'The Historical Roots of Contemporary Controversies: National Revival and the Assyrian "Concept of Unity"', Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies, Vol. 24 (1), 2010, pp. 59-86.

REVIEWS

1. Fischer, Thomas, 'Neutral Power in the CSCE. The N+N States and the Making of the Helsinki Accords 1975', Historisk tidskrift, Vol. 131 (4), 2011, pp. 820-821.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

1. Between Settlement, Military Service, and Transit: Jacobite Assyrians under the French Mandate in Syria, Middle East Studies Association 2011 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 1-4 December 2011.

2. A Neutral Trust Regime? Sweden and the Cold War, 1969-1991, 'Trust but Verify' - Confidence and Distrust from Détente to the End of the Cold War, Washington D.C., 7-9 November 2011.

3. ESK Processen, Olof Palme och kalla kriget, The Engelsberg Seminar: The Cold War - The Struggle on Souls, Avesta Manor, 15-16 September 2011.

4.Great Power Politics and the League of Nations Revisited: Britain, Turkey, and the Mosul Dispute (Again), Towards a New History of the League of Nations, Graduate Student Workshop, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 24 August 2011.

5. Small States and Multilateral Diplomacy of the Interwar Years: The League of Nations and the Mosul Dispute, 23rd British International History Group Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 8-10 September 2011.

6. From 'Forgotten Genocide' to the 'Main Pillar of Identity': The Role of Seyfo in Contemporary Assyrian Historiography, Workshop An Intergenerational Approach to the Study of Genocide, Rijssen (The Netherlands), 12 June 2011.

7. Moralisk stormakt eller realpolitisk mönsterelev? Sverige och vägen till Helsingforsavtalet 1975, Svenska Historikermötet, University of Gothenburg, 6 May 2011.

8. 'We have to be realistic!': The Rights of the Individual in Swedish CSCE Policy, 1969-1975, NORCENCOWAR Workshop, Copenhagen, 11-12 March 2011.

9. The Nordic Neutrals: Sweden (with Karl Molin), Cold War Neutrality Workshop, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 29 October 2010.

10. Das schwedische Interesse an Vertrauensbildenden Maßnahmen und Abrüstungsfragen, Der KSZE-Prozess: Internationale Politik und gesellschaftliche Transformation (1975 – 1989/90), Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin, Munich, 23 October 2010.

11. 'Assyrian Apostolic', 'Assyrian Orthodox', 'Syrian Orthodox': Die Evolution eines Exonyms und ihre Hintergründe, V. Symposium Suryoye l-Suryoye, Berlin, 10 October 2010.

12. Neutrality, 'Active Foreign Policy' and the Process of European Integration: The Case of Sweden, Sixth HEIRS Colloquium European Integration and the Cold War, 1945-1989, Reading (UK), 16 April 2010.

13. The Generation After: Assyrian American Identity and Daily Life, 1932-38, Middle East Studies Association 2009 Annual Meeting, Boston (MA), 23 November 2009.

14. Intellectual Awakening, Political Activism, Social Revolution: Aspects of Assyrian Nationalism, Middle East Studies Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 24 November 2008.

15. International Diplomacy during the Interwar Period: The Mosul Question 1924-25 and the League of Nations, Middle East Studies Association 2007 Annual Meeting, Montréal, 18 November 2007.

16. The Status of Minorities in Genocide, Middle East Studies Association 2006 Annual Meeting, Boston (MA), 19 November 2006.