CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. EFE PEKER!

Efe Peker has been awarded the Dean's Convocation Medal for his PhD in Sociology.

Efe successfully defended his dissertation, entitled "A Comparative-Historical Sociology of Secularisation: Republic State Building in France (1875-1905) and Turkey (1908-1938)," on March 11, 2016.

Efe Peker completed his PhD jointly in Sociology at SFU and in History at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is only the second student to complete a cotutelle, or joint double degree program, at Simon Fraser University. 

Dr. Gary Teeple (Senior Supervisor)
Dr. Patrick Weil (Co-Supervisor)