PANEL | Shocks & Aftershocks of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake

The Middle East Center invites you to an evening roundtable on:

STRATEGIC ‘HOLLOWING OUT’: BUREAUCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, CONSOLIDATION OF POWER, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTER – Asli Cansunar, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Washington

ONE MAN MANY DISASTERS: WHAT IS NEXT FOR TURKEY? – Resat Kasaba, Professor & former Director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

WHY DID THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPEN AND WHY WAS IT SO DESTRUCTIVE: A GEOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE ON TURKEY’S MAJOR EARTHQUAKE ZONES – Scott L. Montgomery, Geoscientist and Lecturer, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Affiliate Faculty, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

LIFE AMIDST CUMULATIVE DISASTERS: REFUGEES AFTER EARTHQUAKE IN GAZIANTEP – Ayda Apa Pomeshikov, Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Washington

MODERATED BY – Selim S. Kuru, Associate Professor, Director of Ottoman & Turkish Studies (TOS), Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, University of Washington

Thomson Hall – Rm 101