Alexander E. Balistreri successfully defended his doctoral dissertation,“The Persistence of the Periphery:Domination and Change in the Anatolian-Caucasian Borderland,” at his Final Public Oral Examination held Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The examination committee consisted of his advisor, Michael Reynolds (NES), M. Şükrü Hanioğlu (NES), and Ekaterina Pravilova (History).
