California State University, Dominguez Hills, presents:
“The Contemporary Decline of Turkish Academia: Perspectives on the Academic Purge and Brain Drain of Turkey”
Virtual Conference
March 27, 2021 11:00 am-3:00 pm CST, (US Central time)
Conference Theme
The recent rise of authoritarianism in Turkey has heavily impacted Turkish academia. Thousands of academics have been fired for alleged links to the July 15 coup attempt, while several universities have been shut down. The government's crackdown on academia since 2016 has severely impacted several areas of academic life including the quality of science that has produced independent thinking and freedom of expression.
Conference Format:
The conference language is English.
The conference will be held online. Each presenter will be given 20-minutes each to speak, followed by 10 minutes Q&A.
The participants are:
Moderator
Ann Graham, J.D./MBA, Law Professor (Retired) Hamline University and Texas Tech University; M.Div. (Expected May 2021) Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Presenters
Dr. Ori Soltes, Professor at the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University
“The Brain Drain: From Austria Then to Turkey Now”
Dr. Sophia Pandya, Professor in the Religion Dep. At California State University, Long Beach.
“Turkish Students and the Brain Drain”
Dr. Tom Gage, Professor Emeritus, Humboldt State University
“In Name and Deed: Regression in Education in the Republic of Turkey”
Prof. Ali Kaya, Visiting Faculty, Connecticut College
"From prison to freedom: a personal story of a physicist"
Dr. Kim Shively, Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
“Loss of Academic Freedom: The Example of Boğaziçi University”
Dr. Serkan Golge, Senior Research Scientist, University of Houston/Johnson Space Center, NASA
“An unexpected journey: From Mars to an Isolation Prison Cell in Turkey”
Dr. Zaman Stanizai, Professor of Islamic Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute and Professor of Political Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills
“Authoritarianism and Turkey’s Cultural Implosion”
Prof. Dr. Eser Karakas, Adjunct Professor, IEP University of Strasbourg, Adjunct Professor, European Law and Governance School (ELGS), Athens-Greece, Purged Professor from İstanbul Univ
“Global and country-specific benefit aspects of the human capital flight.”