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Date:
April 24, 2019
Start:
6:00pm
End:
7:00pm
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Location:
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Event type:
Reception
For more info:
Ariel Travis: atravis@law.utexas.edu
On the web:
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/islamic-democracy-arrested-resistance-to-authoritarian-transition-in-turkey/

Join us for a reception following our Inaugural Scholars at Risk Lecture,"'Islamic Democracy' Arrested? Resistance to Authoritarian Transition in Turkey," by Halil Ibrahim Yenigun. Halil Ibrahim Yenigün is a visiting post-doctoral scholar at Stanford University's Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. He was dismissed from his assistant professor position at Istanbul Commerce University soon after Erdoğan’s regime began the purge and persecution of non-loyal academics in reaction to the Petition for Peace.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.