Omer Pacal

Omer Pacal

Omer Pacal

Graduate Research Assistant

Sociology: Social movements, political sociology, knowledge production, colonialism, anti-colonial struggles, and the Middle East

Omer Pacal is a PhD student in Sociology at George Mason University.  His research interest focuses on Kurdish political movements in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.  He is interested in understanding the ways in which ideologies shape and mobilize the social and political movements in the context of the Middle East.

Education

Ph.D. (Sociology), George Mason University  (in progress)

M.A. (Cultural Studies), University of Maryland Baltimore County

M.A. (Sociology ), Mimar Sinan Fine Art University, Istanbul

B.A (History), Istanbul University