Commonsense on Syria
Session #1
Introduction
featuring Ambassador Peter Ford & Professor Joshua Landis
Overview
Video
Transcript
Additional Resources
Introduction to Syria, its people, and history pre-2011
This introductory session, which opened the series, featured a lively conversation between Amb. Peter Ford, Prof. Joshua Landis, and JWE President Helena Cobban about the modern history of Syria before the current conflict.
Ambassador
Peter Ford
BIO
Professor
Joshua Landis
BIO
Additional Resources
Slide 1 Detail
Map of Syria from 2009
Slide 3 Detail
Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture
by Daniel Demeter, foreword by Joshua Landis
FURTHER READING
Slide 2 Detail
Never Can I Write of Damascus
Theresa Kubasak and Gabe Huck
Theresa Kubasak and Gabe Huck
Related Sessions
About the Project
Commonsense on Syria
This series of 10 webinar sessions aims to expand the discourse on Syria here in the United States (and elsewhere) by presenting interactive, web-based panel discussions among people with real expertise on Syria. Our panelists will represent a range of views, including views that have been un- or under-represented in Western corporate media over the past decade.