2025 Druze Conference – Registration Now Open

2025-09-17

Join us for the 2025 Bilingual, Interdisciplinary, and Virtual Conference: “Druze in the Levant and the Diaspora – Discourses of Tradition and Modernity”

| October 16–17, 2025 | Hosted by the University of Kansas |  Online via Zoom|

This unique international conference brings together 30 scholars from across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia to explore the history, culture, and contemporary issues facing Druze communities in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the diaspora.

Highlights include:

  • Original research presentations in Arabic and English
  • A roundtable on “The Syrian Druze: From the 1925 Revolt to 2025 Challenges”
  • An Arabic book forum
  • Keynote address by Prof. Michael Provence
  • A graduate and early career workshop
  • Live Arabic-English interpretation for select sessions
  • Free and open to the public!

Register now to attend online:
https://kansas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2PKh4XPeQMeNL-WFuctN5g#/registration

View the full program and learn more:
https://druze.ku.edu/2025druzeconference

We welcome scholars, students, community members, and anyone interested in Druze studies, Middle Eastern history and politics, or diaspora communities. Please share this invitation with your networks.