Sharing our interdisciplinary expertise, Honors Core students will team to address problems of ongoing violent conflicts.

The context: Symposiasts constitute a nonpartisan think-thank representing expertise in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The task: Produce a set of recommendations for the incoming U.S. administration for addressing the ongoing violent conflicts centered in Syria but spilling beyond it to other parts of the Middle East, Central Asia, and Arabian Peninsula. As conventional narrow policies appear to have failed, symposiasts are encouraged to consider the role of the arts and sciences in addressing the problems.

Timeframe: Ninety minutes! The clock is ticking...