Faculty of Humanities UNS is Holding a Seminar about How to Face Extremism

 

The faculty of Humanities UNS is holding a seminar on Wednesday, 2^nd November 2022, at Seminar Room Faculty of Humanities UNS in the 3^rd Building. The seminar is titled “Home, Land, Security Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism” and this seminar explains further about extremism, how it happened, and how we deal with extremism. The guest star of this seminar is Carla Power, the author of the book “If Ocean Were Ink” and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

In the seminar, Carla Power tells a story which motivates her to write her book. She starts with her journey in Iran, interviewing extremists back then, and how she discovers an interesting way to deal with the extremists and even redeem them. Many students are enthusiastic about this seminar because they found it interesting and intriguing.

At the end of the seminar, Carla Power conveys her message to the students that extremism begins from loneliness and then accepting misguided ideology or information from others without further analysis and critical thinking. Carla Power wanted students to learn and understand other’s perspectives but also need to be critical about it.