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Melis Gemalmaz is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a B.A. in Cultural Studies and a B.S. in Computer Science from Sabanci University. Her research examines secular and non-secular ways of making sense of events that feel catastrophic, from individual trauma to collective crisis. Her early work explored women’s engagement with contemporary spiritualities in Turkey as a source for healing psychological distress and post-traumatic effects.
Her current research at Notre Dame examines the long-term aftermath of the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey, investigating how social movements and religious networks have approached the work of repair through in-depth ethnographic research in Antakya, southern Turkey.
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