This hybrid session is part of the 2025 Druze Studies Conference, which is held at KU on October 16-17, 2025. For the full program, see: https://druze.ku.edu/2025druzeconference

Presentations in this session include: 

Dr. Michael Provence, University of California, San Diego: “Sultan al-Atrash and Syrian Unity in 1925” [Presentation in English]

Dr. Rami Abou Diab, Université La Sagesse: “The resurgence of the Druze particularism in as-Suwayda” [Presentation in Arabic]

Dr. Joshua M. Landis, University of Oklahoma: “Shishakli's policy toward as-Suwayda and the Sharaa's policy and regime.” [Presentation in English]

Mr. Nawras Aziz, Nantes University, and Mr. Mael Baummar, University of  Pécs: “Traditional Druze Leadership and Customary Law in as-Suwayda: Governance in the Absence of the State (1925–2025)” [Presentation in Arabic]

Join us in person in Room 455 of the Watson Library or participate online via the Zoom webinar.

[This session will feature Arabic<>English interpretation]
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