Teacher Zhao Na's application for the project titled French Mandate Rule in the Middle East was approved for the 2023 National Social Science Fund Post-Funding Project. The project investigates the colonial rule of France in Syria and Lebanon during the two World Wars, including the historical processes and governance methods of French Mandate rule, as well as the colonial legacy left to Syria and Lebanon. On one hand, French Mandate rule laid the foundation for modern Syria and Lebanon; on the other hand, it also gave rise to various issues such as territorial disputes, sectarian conflicts, and the distribution of political rights in the two countries. This is an in-depth study of colonial rule in the form of Mandate from a global historical perspective. The foundation of Mandate rule is built on unequal international relations. The French Mandate authorities implemented assimilation policies through authoritarian governments and coercion, leading to the existence of minority separatist movements and the loss of national identity in Syria and Lebanon, leaving behind many unresolved legacies in the political ecology of both countries. Through anti-French struggles, Syrian and Lebanese nationalisms emerged and eventually achieved national independence. Therefore, this achievement not only analyzes Western colonialist ideas and policies but also provides an important interpretation of the Arab world's resistance to Western colonization.
Currently, our school has been approved for 7 national social science projects. Teacher Zhao Na's project French Mandate Rule in the Middle East is the first post-funding project approved in our school’s national social science projects, which marks a new breakthrough in the types of projects our school has been approved for in national social science projects.
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