The Security History Network invites you to join the lecture The European Response To The 1860 Massacres in Lebanon and Damascus: A 19th Century Precursor To The Responsibility To Protect by Prof. dr. Eugene Rogan.
Hosted by The Security History Network
Date/Time
Wednesday 11 December 2024
Walk-in: 16.45-17:00.
Lecture: 17:00-18:15.
Location
Belle van Zuylen Hall, Academiegebouw, Domplein 29, Utrecht
The european response to the 1860 massacres in lebanon and damascus: a 19th century precursor to the responsibility to protect
On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days, violence raged, leaving five thousand Christians dead, thousands of shops looted, and churches, houses, and monasteries razed. The sudden and ferocious outbreak shocked the world, leaving Syrian Christians vulnerable and fearing renewed violence.
Drawing on his recent book, The Damascus Events, Prof. dr. Eugene Rogan will discuss in our next SHN-lecture the 1860 Christian massacre and the European response on behalf of the Syrian and Lebanese Christians. He will draw a comparison with the modern doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) to ask if intervention is ever entirely disinterested.
Are you interested to know more? Come to his lecture ‘The European Response To The 1860 Massacres in Lebanon and Damascus’!
Eugene Rogan is Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at Oxford University and Fellow of St Antony’s College.
More about this event
The lecture will be held on the 11th of December 2024 at the Belle van Zuylen Hall, Academiegebouw (Domplein 29), Utrecht. Walk-in will be from 16:45-17:00, the lecture will be from 17:00-18:15. There will be free drinks afterwards!
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