{"id":848,"date":"2026-02-27T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/burn-your-draft\/?p=848"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:39:42","slug":"lucas-allam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/burn-your-draft\/2026\/02\/27\/lucas-allam\/","title":{"rendered":"#77: Student Movements in Lebanon with Lucas Allam &#8217;25, History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/burn-your-draft\/files\/2026\/02\/Lucas-Allam-web.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/burn-your-draft\/files\/2026\/02\/Lucas-Allam-web.jpeg 579w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/burn-your-draft\/files\/2026\/02\/Lucas-Allam-web-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/burn-your-draft\/files\/2026\/02\/Lucas-Allam-web-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, Lucas joins our host and producer Ace to explore the history of student protests in 20th-century Lebanon. Together, they unpack why these movements can only be fully understood through the lens of class politics and the social forces that shaped them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation on the inseparability of class from broader struggles such as the Palestinian movement, Arab nationalism, and resistance to tuition hikes, as well as the challenge of adapting a thesis in the wake of major global political events. Lucas also shares practical insights on organizing research notes, navigating archival work, and how a thesis can evolve beyond Reed\u2014his now taking shape as a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reed community members can read Lucas&#8217;s thesis, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rdc.reed.edu\/i\/6e86546d-8cb9-4433-a2a7-80d485fe7361\">Class in the Maelstrom: Class Conflict and Nationalism on the Lebanese Campus from the Six-Day War to the Civil War (1967\u20131975)<\/a>\u201d online in the Electronic Thesis Archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2274820544&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/burnyourdraft\" title=\"Burn Your Draft\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Burn Your Draft<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/burnyourdraft\/lucas-allam\" title=\"#77: Student Movements in Lebanon with Lucas Allam &#x27;25, History\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">#77: Student Movements in Lebanon with Lucas Allam &#x27;25, History<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Lucas joins our host and producer Ace to explore the history of student protests in 20th-century Lebanon. 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