The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with Eyal Zisser on:
Perspectives on Syria and Lebanon
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 14.00-16.00
Danish Institute for International Studies
Main Auditorium
Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K
Background
A leading expert will present his views on the perspectives for Syria and Lebanon. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with the audience.
Eyal Zisser is Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University, and Chair of the Department. He holds a PhD from Tel Aviv University and is a specialist in the history and politics of Syria and Lebanon.
He has written extensively on Syria and Lebanon and has authored the following books on the matter: Commanding Syria: Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power (I.B. Tauris, 2006), In the Name of the Father, Bashar al-Asad's First Years in Power (Tel Aviv University, 2004, in Hebrew), Faces of Syria (HaKibutz Hameuhad, 2003, in Hebrew), Asad's Legacy: Syria in Transition (New York University, 2001), Lebanon: The Challenge of Independence (I.B. Tauris, 2000) and Syria under Asad - At a Crossroads (HaKibutz Hameuhad, 1999, in Hebrew).
Programme
14.00-14.10 Welcome
Helle Malmvig, Senior Researcher, DIIS
14.10-15.00 Perspectives on Syria and Lebanon
Eyal Zisser, Senior Research Fellow, Chair of Department of Middle
Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University
15.00-15.15 Coffee Break
15.15-16.00 Discussion
Chair: Helle Malmvig, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Practical Information
The seminar will be held in English.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the registration form no later than Tuesday, 25 March 2008 at 12.00. Registration is now closed. |
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