A Focus on Syria: Panel Discussion Featuring Community Experts | Press Releases

The media and community are welcomed to attend. Still photography, video and television filming will be permitted.

What: Fairfield University’s Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) is hosting a panel discussion with a focus on Syria, featuring University and community Middle East and peace experts. The panel is part of a series of events for JUHAN’s 3rd Annual Humanitarian Action Week .

When: Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m.

Who:

Dr. Marcie Patton, Professor of Politics, expert in the Middle East, International Political Economy
Dr. David McFadden, Professor of History, expert in Russian & European Studies, US-Russian Relations
Dr. Janie Leatherman, Professor of Politics, expert in International Issues, International Relations, Human Rights & Conflict Resolution, Social Justice, Peace Studies
Dr. Silvia Marsans-Sakly, Assistant Professor of History & the Islamic World, expert in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Islamic World
Wendy Christian, AVP Media and Communications, Save the Children

Where: Oak Room in The Barone Campus Center on Fairfield University’s campus.

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Fairfield University is a Jesuit University, rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual traditions. More than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 36 states, 47 foreign countries, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled in the University’s five schools. In the spirit of rigorous and sympathetic inquiry into all dimensions of human experience, Fairfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and engage in open conversations. The University is located in the heart of a region where the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.