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Please join us on March 25, 2025 for another addition to our Public Lecture Series in Political Science! This time we will hear from Dr. Joshua Landis, Sandra Mackey Chair and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies in the Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Dr. Landis 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, and he writes and manages “SyriaComment.com,” a newsletter on Syrian politics. He has written many scholarly articles and is a frequent analyst on TV, radio, and in print and has appeared many times on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute in Washington DC. Dr. Landis has received three Fulbright Grants to support his research in Syria and won numerous prizes for his teaching. He is past President of the Syrian Studies Association and has consulted with many branches of the U.S. government. He has also lived over 15 years in the Middle East and 4 in Syria. He spent most summers in Syria before the uprising on 2011. Dr. Landis was educated at Swarthmore (BA), Harvard (MA), and Princeton (PhD).

Dr. Landis comes to us to share his presentation: “Syria After Assad: Should America Pull its Troops Out?” We are excited to hear his expertise and have an opportunity to learn about this topic!

This event will take place from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in the Johnson Auditorium, Ross Hall 111. Students as well as the public are all welcome and light refreshments will be served. We are proud to say that this event is sponsored by the Dr. William L. and Barbara Scearce Endowed Lectureship in Political Science.