Centre for Syrian Studies

Official account of the Centre for Syrian Studies @univofstandrews. News, events & publications from the Centre, members and fellows.

[School of International Relations @StAndrewsIR]

🗓️ Book Launch Tomorrow! Fabricating Homeland Security: police entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel

Full details: https://t.co/R644ZLICWi

[Jasmine K Gani @JasmineKGani]

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

[Ola Rifai | عُلا الرفاعي @olarifai]

📢join us tomorrow ⬇️
@SyriaStudies
#syria

[Network of Sisters in Academia (NeSA) @NeSAtweets]

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."
https://t.co/6Q8a1masIX

[Haian Dukhan @DukhanHaian]

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.

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

Her supervisor was Prof Ray Hinnebusch, and her examiners were Prof Michael Mason @LSEMiddleEast & Dr @JasmineKGani @StAndrewsIR

Well done Natosha!

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

🥳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"

[Richard McNeil-Willson @mcneilwillson]

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

https://t.co/Zqv4gWOGCH

[Haian Dukhan @DukhanHaian]

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: https://t.co/M97FuUfbQB

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

🚨 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

[School of International Relations @StAndrewsIR]

📅 Protest & Persistence

Email [email protected] for the link for MS Teams event.

@SyriaStudies #internationalrelations #protest #persistence

[School of International Relations @StAndrewsIR]

📅 Protest & Persistence

Email [email protected] for the link for MS Teams event.

@SyriaStudies #internationalrelations #protest #persistence

[Jasmine K Gani @JasmineKGani]

St Andrews faculty and students: please consider signing this letter calling for divestment👇

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

🚨🚨NEW Syria Studies Issue:

📢"From Governance to Refugees".

Read all 5 articles, Open Access, here ⬇️
https://t.co/9qDV1XH9rL

Thanks to our authors:
Ahmed Mamoun
Armenak Tokmajyan
Line Khatib
Umut Ozkaleli, Sean Byrne
Ahmad Barakat

#Syria @StAndrewsIR @MecacsStA

[Armenak @TokmajyanA]

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 https://t.co/zwJQ7qGt7g

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

Today at 4pm! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

🚨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

[School of International Relations @StAndrewsIR]

Email [email protected] to register...

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

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 ⬇️

[SEPAD @ProjectSEPAD]

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. https://t.co/XIxNw184N2

[Ola Rifai | عُلا الرفاعي @olarifai]

📢 join us next week⬇️

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

🚨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

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

Congratulations to the @SyrianAcademics Network! An exciting new initiative set up by and for Syrian researchers ⬇️🎉

[BRISMES @OfficialBrismes]

BRISMES Forms Partnership with the UK's First Network for Syrian Academics & Researchers (SARN UK) @SyrianAcademics through an AHRC-funded grant. More details here 👇https://t.co/5GQRk2RGCy