Ozerdinc Grimes Family Lecture – Peace on Its Own Terms: Turkey, Sovereignty, and the New Politics of Peacemaking
Thursday, November 19, 2026 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- In-Person event
- 2nd Floor Conference Rooms, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
We are pleased to invite you to this year’s Ozerdinc Grimes Family Annual Lecture, featuring Dr. Nukhet A. Sandal, Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Baruch College, City University of New York. Dr. Sandal will deliver a talk titled “Peace on Its Own Terms: Turkey, Sovereignty, and the New Politics of Peacemaking“.
Her research focuses on religion and politics and the politics of identity and security. She is the author of Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation (Cambridge University Press) and co-author of Religion in International Relations Theory: Interactions and Possibilities (Routledge), as well as co-editor of Religion and Peace: Global Perspectives and Possibilities (Ohio University Press). Her recent work examines securitization, nationalism, religious populism and statecraft in Turkey and the broader Middle East. Before joining Baruch, Sandal was Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, where she also held a number of academic leadership roles. From 2020 to 2025, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. Sandal holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from University of Southern California.