The Boston Little Syria Project is a public history initiative aimed at drawing attention to the history of Boston’s Little Syria neighborhood (also known as Syriantown), which thrived between the 1880s and 1950s in today’s Chinatown and South End. In addition to offering public walking tours from time to time, we have written about the neighborhood, curated several exhibitions around Boston, and developed a digital map with support from the Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library.
The project is run by Lydia Harrington (PhD, Boston University), senior curator of The Syrian Museum, and Chloe Bordewich (PhD, Harvard University), a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto. It has benefited from the contributions of several collaborators, volunteers, and student researchers, including Sophie Cutter, Mary Haddad, Yasmin Daikh, and Sofia Farah.
Upcoming tours and events are posted on this website when new dates are scheduled. Please check back regularly for more information.