Two PPPA faculty members, Prof. Etga Ugur and Prof. Sana Khalil, will be offering public presentations in the coming months as participants in the World Affairs Council Speaker Series. The public is invited to these free talks.

Dr. Etga Ugur, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at UWT, will lecture on “Israel-Palestine In Context: A Regional Political Perspective.” His talk will offer a political and historical context to recent events in Israel and Palestine. The event will be held at the Connelly Center at Bellarmine Preparatory School at 7PM on Thursday February 8th.  More details about the event, and a link to RSVP, can be found on the World Affairs Council’s website.

On April 24th at 6:30pm, Dr. Khalil, Professor of Economics at UWT, will lecture on “Climate Change: Costs and Consequences”. Her talk will explore the economic dimensions of climate change and the broader consequences for individuals and societies.  This event will be held at the Wheelock Library in Tacoma.  More details about the event, and a link to RSVP, can be found on the World Affairs Council’s website.