London School of Economics and Political Science
Celebrating the Centenary of State Building Attempts in the Levant
Reflecting on the historic background to contemporary issues
July - December 2020
A sequence of webinars, research papers and blogs in English and Arabic.
Iraq, 2003-2020: From Invasion to Revolution
London, United KingdomWebinar with Sinan Antoon and Bassam Haddad
Date: Wednesday 17 June
Time: 4-6 pm
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance.
Date: 16th of July 2020
Time: 17:00 pm BST/London time, 12:00 pm EST time
Speaker: Elizabeth F. Thompson
Securitization of Religion as a Tool of Survival in the Syrian Conflict
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The Role of Legitimate Constitution Building in Promoting Stability in Iraq and Syria
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".@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9jYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6ImNhdGVnb3J5In19@Date: 20 of May 2022 Time: 17:00 PM London time This in-person event : Thai Theater, New Academic Building 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LJ For those who could not attend […]