Dr. Bassam Haddad of George Mason University gives a public lecture on “After ISIS: Prospects for War and Peace in Syria” Monday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Porter Hall 104.
Haddad’s lecture offers an assessment of the current situation in Syria.
The event is hosted by the War and Peace theme, the Center for International Studies, and the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate Program.
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 the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011). Haddad serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the series Arabs and Terrorism. Haddad is co-founder/editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves on the Board of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and is Executive Producer of Status Audio Magazine. Haddad is also Co-Project Manager for the Salon Syria Project.
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