Keith David Watenpaugh
Professor of Human Rights Studies at UC Davis. Historian of the Middle East, humanitarianism, and genocide.
A historian's notes from post civil war Syria (2)
17 February 2026
A banner draped across a hospital destroyed by Russian planes in Syria’s Palestinian Yarmouk Refugee Camp tells a complex story of resistance. The second part essay on historical narrative and...
A historian's notes from post civil war Syria
11 February 2026
How are communities in Syria trying to make sense of the past 12 years of civil war and inscribe themselves in Syria’s future? Here some reflections from the new murals...
