Official account of the Centre for Syrian Studies @univofstandrews. News, events & publications from the Centre, members and fellows.
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
🗓️ Book Launch Tomorrow! Fabricating Homeland Security: police entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel
Full details: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/even…
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
27 Jan 2025
APSA Middle East & North Africa Politics awards are still open for nominations: deadline 1 Feb. If you recently supervised or examined a top PhD in this field, do consider nominating (or ECRs, let your supervisor know) 👇
@APSAtweets @LSEMiddleEast
19 Jan 2025
Fellow political scientists working on any aspect of Middle East politics: Just FYI the deadline is fast approaching (Feb. 1) for APSA MENA book, article, paper, and dissertation awards. Details can be found here (scroll down for details on each): apsanet.org/membership/organ…
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
10 Dec 2024
Syria After Assad - Analysis from @JasmineKGani
"For displaced Syrians, this moment has allowed them to rekindle hope that they might be able to return home again and regain their dignity after years of xenophobia, racism and ostracism."
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
9 Dec 2024
I had the pleasure of joining Gareth Barlow on Sky News in the morning to discuss the fall of the authoritarian regime in Syria. I explained that this is a monumental moment for Syrians, comparable to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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26 Jul 2024
🥳Congratulations to @SyriaStudies Fellow @natoshahoduski for passing her PhD Viva!!
Natosha's thesis is titled "The Hydropolitical Underpinnings of Governing Areas of Limited Statehood: Understanding Water Governance in the Context of the Syrian Civil War"
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26 Jul 2024
Her supervisor was Prof Ray Hinnebusch, and her examiners were Prof Michael Mason @LSEMiddleEast & Dr @JasmineKGani @StAndrewsIR
Well done Natosha!
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
22 Jul 2024
As Biden steps down, Gaza will be his foreign policy legacy - forged in the pyre of international law.
'The US administration has irreversibly staked its reputation on one of the most extreme Israeli governments in its 75 year history' ~ @JasmineKGani
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
5 Jul 2024
Excited to share our report, "Navigating the Impact of Conflict on Syria’s Communities (2011-2024)," co-authored by Dr. Rana Khalaf, Thomas McGee, and myself. It covers local peace efforts, policy recommendations, and 5 critical case studies. Read more: kas.de/en/web/libanon/single…
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29 May 2024
🚨 WEBINAR tomorrow! Join us for our next @SyriaStudies event:
📣"Protest and Persistence: Analysing the Sweida Movement's Dynamics"
Speakers: @DukhanHaian Ghina Al Shoumari, Mazen Ezzi, Omar Alasaad
4-5.30PM - Registration details in poster ⬇️
@StAndrewsIR @MecacsStA
23 May 2024
📅 Protest & Persistence
Email irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk for the link for MS Teams event.
@SyriaStudies #internationalrelations #protest #persistence
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
23 May 2024
📅 Protest & Persistence
Email irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk for the link for MS Teams event.
@SyriaStudies #internationalrelations #protest #persistence
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
8 May 2024
St Andrews faculty and students: please consider signing this letter calling for divestment👇
8 May 2024
The University must divest from companies that are profiting from or supporting the ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine.
Students and Staff and invited to sign this letter calling for divestment - ucustandrews.org/divestmentl…
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5 Apr 2024
🚨🚨NEW Syria Studies Issue:
📢"From Governance to Refugees".
Read all 5 articles, Open Access, here ⬇️
ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.p…
Thanks to our authors:
Ahmed Mamoun
Armenak Tokmajyan
Line Khatib
Umut Ozkaleli, Sean Byrne
Ahmad Barakat
#Syria @StAndrewsIR @MecacsStA
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
22 Mar 2024
At last, after five years of research, countless interviews, and sacrificed weekends, my (very) long paper on intra-state social/political conflict management mechanisms in pre-war Syria is out. Many thanks to @ProfHinnebusch and @SyriaStudies ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.p…
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14 Mar 2024
Today at 4pm! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
5 Mar 2024
🚨Join us for our next @SyriaStudies Webinar to mark the 13th anniversary of the Syrian uprisings.
📢13 Years on: What Role for the Syrian Diaspora?
Speakers: @zalazmeh @AlAshmarMohamad @olarifai Basileus Zeno @JasmineKGani
⬇️4PM Thursday 14th March on Teams @StAndrewsIR
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
11 Mar 2024
Email irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk to register...
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8 Mar 2024
Read this new blogpost by @SyriaStudies Fellow and Alumnus @DukhanHaian, reflecting on his research on the role of tribes in Syria and the challenges of writing about the Syrian conflict ⬇️
8 Mar 2024
A new blogpost from our wonderful Fellow @DukhanHaian reflecting on the role of tribes in scholarship of sectarianism and a broader discussion on positionally and the #Syrian conflict. An important read. sepad.org.uk/announcement/re…
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Centre for Syrian Studies retweeted
5 Mar 2024
📢 join us next week⬇️
5 Mar 2024
🚨Join us for our next @SyriaStudies Webinar to mark the 13th anniversary of the Syrian uprisings.
📢13 Years on: What Role for the Syrian Diaspora?
Speakers: @zalazmeh @AlAshmarMohamad @olarifai Basileus Zeno @JasmineKGani
⬇️4PM Thursday 14th March on Teams @StAndrewsIR
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5 Mar 2024
🚨Join us for our next @SyriaStudies Webinar to mark the 13th anniversary of the Syrian uprisings.
📢13 Years on: What Role for the Syrian Diaspora?
Speakers: @zalazmeh @AlAshmarMohamad @olarifai Basileus Zeno @JasmineKGani
⬇️4PM Thursday 14th March on Teams @StAndrewsIR
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5 Mar 2024
Congratulations to the @SyrianAcademics Network! An exciting new initiative set up by and for Syrian researchers ⬇️🎉
4 Mar 2024
BRISMES Forms Partnership with the UK's First Network for Syrian Academics & Researchers (SARN UK) @SyrianAcademics through an AHRC-funded grant. More details here 👇brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes-p…
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