The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora
A Crown Seminar with Wendy Pearlman
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
11 am -12:15 pm EST
Online (registration required)
In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In this Crown Seminar, Wendy Pearlman, in conversation with Basileus Zeno, will explore how this violence not only drove Syrians from their homes but also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself. Drawing from her new book, The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora (Liveright 2024), Pearlman will analyze the Syrian refugee crisis as a transformative diaspora experience that offers broader insights into migration, identity, community, and belonging, especially amid intensifying anti-migrant rhetoric across the world.
Wendy Pearlman is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University.
Basileus Zeno is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trent University in Canada.
This event is free and open to the public.