New Cold War.org, April 25, 2017
Conference on Syria at Sydney University on April 18, 19, 2017
Videos of the presentations and discussions sessions at a conference on Syria held at Sydney University in Australia on April 18 and 19, 2017 can be viewed online.
The conference was organized by the Center for Counter Hegemonic Studies (CCHS), founded in early 2016 and directed by Professor Tim Anderson of Sydney University. The conference was titled ‘After the War on Syria: Imperialism, Independence and Human Rights’. Here is a brief description of the conference by the organizers: “This two-day conference will critically explore self-determination and imperialism in Syria and the wider region, corporate media presentations of the war, the ‘humanitarian war’ narrative, the geopolitical repercussions and the roots of the war on Syria.”
Related:
Report on ‘After the war on Syria’ conference, University of Sydney, 18-19 April 2017, by Tim Anderson, April 26, 2017
Professor Tim Anderson opens conference on Syria at Sydney University April 18, 19, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)
Videos of the all the presentations to the conference can be viewed on the CCHS YouTube channel, here. So far, six presentations have been uploaded there.
Professor Tim Anderson is the author of the 2016 book The Dirty War on Syria: Washington, Regime Change and Resistance.
Here is the video (27 minutes) of the introduction by Tim Anderson to conference on the morning of April 18 and the presentation by Jay Tharappel that followed. The presentation was titled ‘Syria and the Confusion of the Western Left’. Watch it here at the conference weblink or by clicking the YouTube screen here:
Here is the video (75 minutes) of the comments and questions session that followed the first four presentations at the conference by presenters Jay Tharappel, Maram Susli, Thomas Costigan and Hatem el Zein. Watch it here at the conference weblink or by clicking the YouTube screen here:
To watch all the conference sessions, go to the special conference section on the website of the Center for Counter Hegemonic Studies, here.
