Posted by KSSO in Community on 19. Sep, 2009 | 3 Comments
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London offers Kurdish for beginners. If you are interested in learning Kurdish Kurmanji, please apply now. The aim of the course is to provide a thorough introduction to contemporary Kurdish.
The academics’ trade union UCU “has written to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband outlining our concerns about the imprisonment of Kurdish politician Leyla Zana by the Turkish authorities… On 28 July 2009 she was also given a 15 month sentence for a speech she made at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 24 May 2008. UCU is particularly concerned that the latest assault on Leyla’s freedom of expression stems from a speech made at a UK institution.”
SOAS Vice Principal, Professor Nirmala Roa, said: “Our Principal has written to the Turkish Embassy asking for clarification about the charges being brought against Ms Zana.
“SOAS is committed to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge. This can only be done effectively in an atmosphere of openness, mutual tolerance and intellectual freedom, without fear of intimidation or reprisal. For SOAS freedom of speech is paramount and the notion that people should be prosecuted for things said in an academic seminar at SOAS is deeply worrying.”
The Kurdish Studies and Student Organisation (KSSO), is an umbrella organisation of UK-based Kurdish student societies. We aim to work with UK educational institutions and university communities to support and promote research on, about or by Kurdish peoples. KSSO has no political affiliations and aims to act as a neutral platform of intellectual debate on Kurdish matters.
We have invited many professionals and academics to give talks on varied subjects on the Kurdish language, culture, media and minority rights in the Middle East. We have also organised a number of seminars on the participation of Kurdish women in the cultural, social and political life in their homeland and in Diaspora. One of our guests was Ms Leyla Zana, a prominent Kurdish politician from the Northern Kurdish Region (Turkish Kurdistan) and Prof. Mary Davis of London Metropolitan University to talk about a peaceful, political solution on Turkey’s Kurdish question.
Evin Films is currently casting for their new film “Chaplin of the Mountains” and are looking for a Kurdish actor and an actress. Please read this article to find out more..
Posted by Janroj in News on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Esma Akkilic is one of the contestants for the representing the UK in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Norway. She needs all the support she can get! She is a vibrant young Kurdish singer-songwriter from central London.
The show goes out on FRIDAY 12th MARCH at 8.30pm on BBC1… Make Sure You Tune In!
For general information on Eurovision Song Contest click on to http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/contestants/ycny_2010/
For information on Esma Akkilic please go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/contestants/ycny_2010/contestant_esma.shtml
It will be great if as many people as possible can tune in to BBC1 on Friday 12th March at 8:30pm and votes for Esma.
Posted by Janroj in Calender, News on 25. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
[ March 20, 2010; 17:00 to 18:30. ] Seminar on ‘Future of Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Perspectives on Aspiration and Ambition’
Speaker: Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman of Kurdish Regional Government High Representative to the UK and Chairman of the Kurdistan Development Corporation (KDC)
Date/time: 20th March 2010 at 5:00pm
Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Organised by Kurdish Studies and Students Organisation (KSSO) and Kurdish Society at SOAS (KSSOAS)
Posted by KSSO in Calender on 30. Jan, 2010 | Comments Off
[ February 26, 2010; 18:00 to 20:00. ] Seminar: Green Movement and national minorities in Iran
Speaker: Dr Said Shams Date and Time: 26th February 2010, @6:00 Venue: B111,SOAS 10 Thornhaugh Street WC1H 0XG, London Organized by Kurdish Studies and Students Organisation (KSSO) and Kurdish Society at SOAS(KSSOAS)Seminar Abstract
The recent resistance against the Islamic regime and cry for freedom in Iran, labelled as ‘the Green Movement’, has taken the focus of attentions. It all started when the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009, was disputed by the two defeated candidates, Mir Hussein Mousavi and the former speaker of parliament and senior cleric, Mehdi Karroubi. In the past seven months despite increased security, official warnings and often brutal crackdowns on opposition figures, journalists and ordinary demonstrators, mass protests have increasingly taken place. In fact, the continued mass protests across the country, despite harsh security measures, turned the Green Movement into a nationwide uprising against the regime.
In this speech, Said examines the weight of the national minority communities in the politics of the Green Movement. He argues that the right national minorities in Iran has received little attention in the recent oppositional movement. Read More…
Posted by KSSO in News on 22. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
‘Understanding Diaspora: The Case of Kurds in London’ BSA Theory Study Group Symposium, organised in association with the Department of Sociology, University of Leicester
14 May 2010, University of Leicester
Organised by Ipek Demir (Leicester University)
Speakers:
Dr Umut Erel, RCUK Academic Fellow, Open University
Janroj Keles, London Metropolitan University
Dr Ibrahim Sirkeci, European Business School, London
Latif Tas, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Issa Tozun, London Metropolitan University
Dr Ipek Demir, University of Leicester
Read More…
Posted by Janroj in News on 22. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
Date and Time: Sunday, 7 February 2010, @7:00pm
Venue: The Wheatsheaf, at 129 High St, Oxford, OX1 4DF
Posted by Janroj in Calender, News, Research, Seminar on 15. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
[ January 21, 2010; 19:00 to 21:00. ]
Speaker: Dr Choman Hardi
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