SIA student lunch and roundtable with Dr. Joshua Landis
Date & Time: October 28, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 01:00 PM
Location: 241 Lewis Katz Building
SIA students are invited to a roundtable discussion with special guest Dr. Joshua Landis.
Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
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Guest Bio
Dr. Landis is Sandra Mackey Chair and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and the Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Oklahoma in the Boren College of International Studies. He writes and manages SyriaComment.com, a daily newsletter on Syrian politics and publishes frequently in policy journals such as Foreign Affairs, Middle East Policy and Foreign Policy. His book, Syria at Independence: Nationalism, Leadership, and Failure of Republicanism, will be published by the Arab Center for research and Policy studies this coming year. He is a frequent analyst on TV, radio, and in print and is a regular on NPR and the BBC. He has lived 15 years in the Middle East and 4 in Syria.
History's Lessons for U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East
Dr. Landis will also deliver a public talk on the same topic at 4 p.m. on Monday, October 28, in 112 Lewis Katz Building.