Promoting research on and scholarly understanding of Syria in all periods and in all academic disciplines.

 

A non-profit, non-political international scholarly association.

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The Syrian Studies Association at MESA 2025

As an affiliated society of the Middle East Studies Association, we were able to officially sponsor three panels/roundtables for this year’s annual meeting in Washington DC.

Syria After the Revolution (Sunday, 1:00PM)

Writing Syrian History in the Time of Upheaval (Monday, 11:00AM)

Roundtable: Research and Scholarship in the New Syria (Monday, 1:30PM)

Although we were only able to officially sponsor three sessions, these additional panels may also be of interest to SSA members

Society, Culture, and Science in Early Ottoman Syria (Saturday, 6:00PM)

Discursive Transformations in Syria: Analyzing Linguistic and Ideological Shifts of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (Sunday, 1:30PM)

Please see the MESA Annual Meeting program for more information

Connect with fellow scholars who study the peoples and territories of historic Bilad al-Sham and modern Syria.