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Huseyin Rasitラシット フセイン
Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Sociology, Yale University
Email : hrasit [at] fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (Replace "[at]" with "@")
Office Location : AC5308
Education History /
Work Experience
I have received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University in 2021 with my dissertation, “Contending Futures in the 21st-Century Middle East: Ideology and the Emergent Political Formations of ISIS, Kurdistan-Iraq and Kurdistan-Syria.” Prior to Yale, I pursued my master’s studies in Political Science at Sabanci University and received my bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at Bogazici University. I have also been appointed as a Research Fellow in International Security at the Belfer Center of Harvard Kennedy School in 2020-2021.
Specialization /
Research Interests
Research keywords
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements, Ideologies, Media and Propaganda, Middle East Studies, Political Sociology, Social Theory, Computational Social Sciences
Specialization / Research Interests
My research generally follows two main streams. One part of my research focuses on revolutions, revolutionary movements, and ideologies. This focus has produced various works including my dissertation and several research articles. More recently, I have also started working on media and propaganda, especially in connection with capitalist and imperialist structures. This part of my research has been funded by KAKENHI.
Message to Students
The twenty-first century is a time of multiple challenges. Despite all our progress, we are now facing several connected crises. Domestic and global inequality is worsening as the gap between the rich and poor widens more and more. Civil and international military conflict is still ravaging many countries. Intolerance towards different identities and marginalized groups is on the rise. Climate crisis is just around the corner if not already here. Now more than ever, we need comprehensive, critical, and brave thinking to tackle these issues. With its deeply interdisciplinary environment, multidimensional curriculum, and conscious attention to world’s problems, the GLA is an excellent place for you to cultivate this kind of thinking.