BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//syrian constitution - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:syrian constitution X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://syrianconstitution.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for syrian constitution REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220520T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220520T193000 DTSTAMP:20260502T204351 CREATED:20220513T153848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220526T142259Z UID:7278-1653066000-1653075000@syrianconstitution.org SUMMARY:From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context DESCRIPTION:From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 20 May 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event comes in the context of launching a research paper that researchers have published “From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context”.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Date: 20 of May 2022 \nTime: 17:00 pm /London time \nThis in-person event will take place:   \nThai Theater\, New Academic Building   \n54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields  \nLondon WC2A 3LJ  \n For those who could not attend the in-person event\, you can also join us online via Zoom by registering on the following link:  \n https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ba8TjwsTQf2eh9mGDojnlw  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout its 100 years of constitutional history the Syrian constitutions adopted dramatically different approaches to decentralizations. But what context shaped these choices and what are the implications on the recent debate on this issue?  \nIn this event\, the speakers will discuss how Syrian constitutions handled decentralization and local governance since 1920 draft constitution up to the current 2012 constitution\, investigating the political\, social\, and economic motives that led to the chosen approach in each of these constitutions. They will focus on the three dimensions of decentralization: political\, administrative and economic\, and also discuss how the decentralization arrangements handled the delicate question of the representation of the minorities.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Prof. Mary Kaldor\n Chair \n Prof. Mary Kaldor a Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).d local administration. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rim Turkmani\n Speaker \n Dr. Rim Turkmani the Principal Investigator of the “Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World” programme and the research director of the Conflict Research Programme – Syria Team at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Zedoun Azoubi\n Speaker \n Dr. Zedoun Azoubi is a Syrian researcher and expert in governance and local administration \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mazen Gharibah\n Speaker \n Mazen Gharibah a Syrian researcher at the Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World programme and Conflict Research Programme at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Social Media\n Follow LSE public events on Twitter for notification on the availability of an event podcast\, the posting of transcripts and videos\, the announcement of new events and other important event updates. Event updates and other information about what’s happening at LSE can be found on the LSE’s Facebook page and for live photos from events and around campus\, follow us on Instagram. For live webcasts and archive video of lectures\, follow us on YouTube. \nLSE in Pictures is a selection of images taken by the school photographer.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The webinar will be cast live via this link\n \n Add to calander\n \n \n \n \n \n This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FollowFollow URL:https://syrianconstitution.org/event/from-federalism-to-hypercentralization-decentralization-in-syrian-constitutions-in-their-historical-context/ CATEGORIES:PAST EVENT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://syrianconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iraq-2003-2020-From-Invasion-to-Revolution-wig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201022T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201022T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T204351 CREATED:20201001T112111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T064910Z UID:6179-1603378800-1603386000@syrianconstitution.org SUMMARY:The Role of Legitimate Constitution Building in Promoting Stability in Iraq and Syria DESCRIPTION:From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50Ijoic2l0ZV90YWdsaW5lIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIifX0=@\n 22 October 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event comes in the context of launching a research paper that researchers have published “From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Date: 20 of May 2022 \nTime: 17:00 PM London time \nThis in-person event :     \n Thai Theater\, New Academic Building   \n54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields  \nLondon WC2A 3LJ  \n For those who could not attend the in-person event\, you can also join us online via Zoom by registering on the following link:  \n https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ba8TjwsTQf2eh9mGDojnlw  \n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout its 100 years of constitutional history the Syrian constitutions adopted dramatically different approaches to decentralizations. But what context shaped these choices and what are the implications on the recent debate on this issue?  \nIn this event\, the speakers will discuss how Syrian constitutions handled decentralization and local governance since 1920 draft constitution up to the current 2012 constitution\, investigating the political\, social\, and economic motives that led to the chosen approach in each of these constitutions. They will focus on the three dimensions of decentralization: political\, administrative and economic\, and also discuss how the decentralization arrangements handled the delicate question of the representation of the minorities.   \n The Arabic version of the paper is available through: https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/115101/ \nThe full English version will be available soon. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Prof. Mary Kaldor\n Chair \n Prof. Mary Kaldor: a Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker \n Dr. Zedoun Alzoubi a Syrian researcher and expert in governance and local administration.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Rim Turkmani\n Speaker \n  the Principal Investigator of the  “Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World” programme and the research director of the Conflict Research Programme – Syria Team at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).   \n X\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mazen Gharibah\n Speaker \n Mazen Gharibah a Syrian researcher at the Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World programme and Conflict Research Programme at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Social Media\n Follow LSE public events on Twitter for notification on the availability of an event podcast\, the posting of transcripts and videos\, the announcement of new events and other important event updates. Event updates and other information about what’s happening at LSE can be found on the LSE’s Facebook page and for live photos from events and around campus\, follow us on Instagram. For live webcasts and archive video of lectures\, follow us on YouTube. \nLSE in Pictures is a selection of images taken by the school photographer.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The webinar will be cast live via this link\n \n Add to calander\n \n \n \n \n \n This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required.\n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FollowFollow URL:https://syrianconstitution.org/event/the-role-of-legitimate-constitution-building-in-promoting-stability-in-iraq-and-syria/ CATEGORIES:PAST EVENT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://syrianconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/48125445391_87e6749a82_b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200716T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200716T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T204352 CREATED:20200707T095752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220526T144512Z UID:5392-1594918800-1594924200@syrianconstitution.org SUMMARY:How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs DESCRIPTION:From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16 July 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of our celebration of the centenary of state building attempts in the Levant. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Date: 16th of July 2020 \nTime: 17:00 pm BST/London time\, 12:00 pm EST time \nSpeaker: Elizabeth F. Thompsons. \n \n \n \n \n \n In this webinar Elizabeth F. Thompson will speak about her recent book “How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs” which presents a new perspective on the history of democracy in the Middle East and reasons for its weakness today.  It tells the story of the Syrian Arab Congress of 1920\, which drafted and ratified what she calls the most democratic constitution to date in the Arab world.  Inspired by Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points and fearing occupation by France\, the Congress forged a historic alliance between liberals and conservative Muslim leaders.  In the name of freedom and equality\, and with the blessings of Muslim clerics\, the Congress disestablished Islam years before the secularist Turkish republic did.  Thompson argues that European colonists feared Arab democracy as a threat to their rule in North Africa and to their access to oil in Iraq and the Gulf.   Leaders of the Paris Peace Conference\, with the cooperation of the new League of Nations\, therefore decided to destroy the democratic regime at Damascus.  France’s occupation of Syria discredited liberalism in the Arab world.  Under these circumstances\, secular elites and Islamic populists parted ways\, opening a political cleavage between Islamists and liberals that continues to weaken struggles against dictatorship a century later.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth F. Thompson \n Speaker \n Elizabeth F. Thompson is professor of history and Mohamed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace at the American University in Washington\, DC.She researches the history of democratic struggles in the Middle East since the early 20th century\, with a special interest in how gender\, race\, and foreign intervention have shaped popular movements. Thompson won prestigious awards from the Carnegie Corporation and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to support research for her most recent book\, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs. She is also author of Justice Interrupted:  Struggles for Constitutional Government in the Middle East and Colonial Citizens:  Republican Rights\, Paternal Privilege\, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon\, which won two national book awards.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Bassam Haddad \n Speaker \n Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is also the Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute and the Founding Editor of the Knowledge Production Project and  the Arab Studies Journal.\n X\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Rim Turkmani\n Chair \n Dr Rim Turkmani is the principal investigator of the research project Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World project and the research director of the Syria Conflict Research Programme at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics and Political Science. \n X\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Social Media\n Follow LSE public events on Twitter for notification on the availability of an event podcast\, the posting of transcripts and videos\, the announcement of new events and other important event updates. Event updates and other information about what’s happening at LSE can be found on the LSE’s Facebook page and for live photos from events and around campus\, follow us on Instagram. For live webcasts and archive video of lectures\, follow us on YouTube. \nLSE in Pictures is a selection of images taken by the school photographer.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The webinar will be cast live via this link\n \n Add to calander\n \n \n \n \n \n This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required.\n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FollowFollow\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Lebanon needs the rule of law\, not the rule of sect\n \n \n by Rim Turkmani | Jun 15\, 2020 | Blog\, Jinan Al Habbal\, Recent Posts By Dr Jinan Al-Habbal \nOne of our research strands is the examination of the lack of independence in the judiciary and its impact on hindering accountability and democracy in Lebanon. This research is led by Dr Jinan Al-Habbal who summarises her work in this blog. URL:https://syrianconstitution.org/event/how-the-west-stole-democracy-from-the-arabs/ CATEGORIES:PAST EVENT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://syrianconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Syrian-congress-members-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200617T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200617T160000 DTSTAMP:20260502T204352 CREATED:20200611T012005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201006T020118Z UID:3064-1592409600-1592409600@syrianconstitution.org SUMMARY:Iraq\, 2003-2020: From Invasion to Revolution DESCRIPTION:From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World\n 17 June 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In July of 2003\, Haddad and Antoon were part of a collective that visited Baghdad to film About Baghdad (2004) a documentary about Iraqi lives under dictatorship and military occupation. In the seventeen years since\, Iraqis have lived through military occupation\, terrorism\, sectarian violence\, and massive corruption. But they have pushed back and protested against a corrupt political system that has degraded their lives. Their anger exploded in the October Uprising of 2019\, which called for an end to seventeen years of corruption. Iraqi youth are demanding a new\, non-sectarian\, sovereign Iraq. The speakers will discuss these recent developments and their genealogy and show and reflect on clips from the documentary they co-directed. \n  \nThis event is part of the Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World which is  is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. \nThe event is co-organised with the Arab Studies Institute. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Sinan Antoon\n Speaker \n Dr Sinan Antoon  is associate professor at New York University’s Gallatin School. He is award-winning and widely-celebrated novelist and poet who was born and raised in Baghdad. He was educated at Georgetown and Harvard where he obtained a doctorate in Arabic Literature in 2006. The English translation of his book The Book of Collateral Damage was published as by Yale University Press in 2019. \n X\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Bassam Haddad \n Speaker \n Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is also the Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute and the Founding Editor of the Knowledge Production Project and  the Arab Studies Journal. \n X\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Rim Turkmani\n Chair \n Dr Rim Turkmani is the principal investigator of the research project Legitimacy and citizenship in the Arab world project and the research director of the Syria conflict research programme at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics and Political Science. \n X\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Social Media\n Follow LSE public events on Twitter for notification on the availability of an event podcast\, the posting of transcripts and videos\, the announcement of new events and other important event updates. Event updates and other information about what’s happening at LSE can be found on the LSE’s Facebook page and for live photos from events and around campus\, follow us on Instagram. For live webcasts and archive video of lectures\, follow us on YouTube.  \nLSE in Pictures is a selection of images taken by the school photographer. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The webinar will be cast live via this link\n \n How can I attend?\n \n Add to calander\n \n \n \n \n \n This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FollowFollow\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Lebanon needs the rule of law\, not the rule of sect\n \n \n by Rim Turkmani | Jun 15\, 2020 | Blog\, Jinan Al Habbal\, Recent Posts By Dr Jinan Al-Habbal \nOne of our research strands is the examination of the lack of independence in the judiciary and its impact on hindering accountability and democracy in Lebanon. This research is led by Dr Jinan Al-Habbal who summarises her work in this blog. URL:https://syrianconstitution.org/event/iraq-2003-2020-from-invasion-to-revolution-%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b/ LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:PAST EVENT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://syrianconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Iraq-2003-2020-From-Invasion-to-Revolution.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200601T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201231T000000 DTSTAMP:20260502T204352 CREATED:20200612T014238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T070337Z UID:3227-1590969600-1609372800@syrianconstitution.org SUMMARY:Celebrating the Centenary of State Building Attempts in the Levant DESCRIPTION:From Federalism to Hypercentralization: Decentralization in Syrian Constitutions in their Historical Context\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reflecting on the Historic Background to Contemporary Issues\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50Ijoic2l0ZV90YWdsaW5lIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIifX0=@\n July - December 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A sequence of webinars\, research papers and blogs in English and Arabic.\n \n \n \n \n \n 2020 marks the centenary of the first attempt to write a constitution for a modern state in the Levant. \nIn July 1920\, the Pan Syria congress\, which was elected to write the first constitution for the region\, finished drafting and deliberating on the one constitution to govern the Levant.  Back then this encompassed modern day Syria\, Lebanon\, Palestine and Jordan. \nBut France and Britain who were given the mandates to the administration of the region at the San Remo conference\, rejected the constitution. The French army stormed into Damascus on 24 July after winning the Battle of Maysaloun forcing an end to the first attempt to build a constitutional state in the Levant after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. \nWith that came the fragmentation of the area into different states\, each following different constitutional trajectory. In 1926\, the French supported the writing of a separate constitution for Lebanon which remains in power today after several amendments. In Jordan\, a constitution was declared in 1928\, amended after Jordan’s independence in 1946 and again in 1952 after the Arab-Israeli war. Britain issued The Constitution of Mandatory Palestine in 1922\, but the trajectory in this part of the Levant took a separate route dictated mainly by the Zionist-Arab conflict and the occupation that followed. \nMeanwhile\, in Syria\, another attempt to write a constitution for Syria took place in 1928 by an elected assembly. But after months of deliberations that reached an agreed draft\, this second attempt was also shut down by France\, which later imposed a constitution on Syria in 1930. It was not until 1950 that another elected assembly could convene\, deliberate and enact the constitution of an independent Syria. Three years later\, a military coup replaced it with its own constitution.  Since then\, all the seven other constitutions that governed Syria have been imposed from the top. \nA hundred years later\, the Levant is engulfed with protests expressing citizens’ contempt of the system of governance and of those governing them alongside conflicts over a myriad of unresolved issues such as the role of religion in the state and legislation\, women’s rights\, distribution of public wealth\, confessional identity and sectarianism. \nRemarkably\, these are the very same issues which figured in the deliberations of the 1920 constitution by representatives from all the Levantine regions.  They were resolved by agreeing on a constitutional text after a process of consensus building. Nevertheless\, these solutions remained on paper.  The process of bottom-up legitimate state building was interrupted. Until today\, neither in the history of Jordan\, nor Lebanon nor Palestine was any constitution ever written by a representative elected assembly.  The only one written by such assembly in Syria governed only for limited number of years! \n\nLegitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World research programme aims to celebrate the centenary of the first attempt to build a modern state in the Levant with the ambition to signpost the way forward towards realising legitimate states in the Middle East that act for their citizens. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We celebrate by working with researchers and scholars to produce content exploring:\n\nTo what extent the current issues that are driving protests and tensions in the region relate to the century-old exclusion of its people in the making of their own state through a process of deliberation and consensus building by elected representatives?\nHow political regimes in the area that are lacking genuine political legitimacy have to rely on other devices to try to legitimise their rule such as religion or external backing.\nThe gap between the aspirations of the people in the Middle East for their states and constitutions and the actual constitutions that are governing their lives.\nTo what extent did the failure in constructing a legitimate state in the Middle East contribute to the rise of sectarianism in the region?\n\n\nOver the coming months we are going to publish papers written by leading scholars\, recorded lectures\, blogs and a series of webinars that will explore these questions. We hope to encourage scholarly work and debate on these questions which are at the heart of our research programme. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Social Media\n Follow LSE public events on Twitter for notification on the availability of an event podcast\, the posting of transcripts and videos\, the announcement of new events and other important event updates. Event updates and other information about what’s happening at LSE can be found on the LSE’s Facebook page and for live photos from events and around campus\, follow us on Instagram. For live webcasts and archive video of lectures\, follow us on YouTube.  \nLSE in Pictures is a selection of images taken by the school photographer. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n FollowFollow\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Lebanon needs the rule of law\, not the rule of sect\n \n \n by Rim Turkmani | Jun 15\, 2020 | Blog\, Jinan Al Habbal\, Recent Posts By Dr Jinan Al-Habbal \nOne of our research strands is the examination of the lack of independence in the judiciary and its impact on hindering accountability and democracy in Lebanon. This research is led by Dr Jinan Al-Habbal who summarises her work in this blog. URL:https://syrianconstitution.org/event/celebrating-the-centenary-of-state-building-attempts-in-the-levant-2/ CATEGORIES:PAST EVENT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://syrianconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Virtual-conference-pic.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR