Upcoming Events:
The exhibition at UMass Boston is located in the Grossmann Gallery in Healey Library and runs through May 31, 2024. We will host a reception and curator tour Saturday, April 20, 12:30-2:30pm. For Healey Library hours, click here. Please give yourself extra time to arrive as the campus is large.
Past Events:
“Peddlers, Bootleggers, and Acrobats: An Urban Geography of Boston’s Little Syria“
Emile Bustani Seminar, MIT, Cambridge, MA (Hybrid)
November 7, 2023
This talk will wove together the history of the modern Middle East together and the urban history of Boston to tell the story of the city’s first Arabic-speaking community. As the present Syrian diaspora reaches around the world, the story of Boston’s Little Syria offers a window onto how an earlier wave of migrants shaped the places they landed.
Wandering Boston’s Little Syria
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA (Hybrid)
April 19, 2023
This event featured a multimedia presentation on the neighborhood’s history by project leads Chloe Bordewich and Lydia Harrington, as well as a moderated discussion with panelists who recounted their families’ experiences living in Little Syria earlier and the dispersal of the community into the Boston suburbs. Watch a recording of the event here.