1. Contending Visions of Iran: Battle for the Sacred Nation-State, 1941-1983 Bolourchi, Neda 2017 Theses IslamRevolution (Iran : 1979)Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)HistoryReligionSociology
2. Expanding Educational Empires: The USA, Great Britain, and British Africa, circa 1902-1944 Dunitz, Sarah Claire 2017 Theses HistoryReligionEducation, ColonialEducation--British coloniesEducation--American influences
3. Printing, Hebrew Book Culture and Sefer Ḥasidim Skloot, Joseph Aaron 2017 Theses HistoryJewsReligionSefer ḥasidim (Judah ben Samuel)
4. Returning to the Founder: Śākyamuni Devotion in Early Medieval Japan and Japanese Buddhist Conceptions of History Thompson, Luke Noel 2017 Theses Buddhist literature, JapaneseBuddhismMahayana BuddhismJapanese--ReligionReligionHistoryAsiansGautama Buddha
5. The Memory of the Temple in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature Schumer, Nathan S. 2017 Theses Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in rabbinical literatureRabbinical literatureReligionHistory