Posted by KSSO in News on 06. Jun, 2011 | No Comments
The UK Kurdish Studies & Student Organisation is a non-political body that strives to promote greater awareness of the Kurds, their political and cultural situation in the Middle East and as a significant minority community in the UK. Read More…
Speaker: Dr Choman Hardi
Date/time: 23rd April 2011 @ 6 p.m.
Organised by KSSO and Kurdish Association
This book examines Kurdish women’s experience of destruction, gassing, forced displacement, the disappearance of loved ones, and incarceration during the Anfal campaign. It explores the survival strategies of these women in the aftermath of genocide. By bringing together and highlighting women’s own testimonies… Read More…
[ March 20, 2010; 17:00 to 19:00. ] 
Seminar on Kurdistan in Iraq – progress and challenges
Speaker: Ms. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman of Kurdistan Regional Government‘s High Representative to the UK
Chair: Dr. Konrad Hirschler, Senior Lecturer in the History of the Near and Middle East, SOAS Read More…
SOAS offers a two-week intensive course aimed at those who wish to learn to read and write in the northern dialect of Kurdish (Kurmanji) and to acquire a basic conversational ability. Course will take place between Monday 4 April and Saturday 16 April. Interested? Then enrol NOW!!! Places are limited, so early enrolment is advised to avoid disappointment. Read More…
Kurdish Employees Face Advice Crisis
Researchers at London Metropolitan University have published a report on key findings of their research on the social and economic lives of Kurdish migrants in London
Researchers found that people facing bullying, racism, withholding of pay and even violence and sexual harassment, were unable to get practical help and advice in particular the lack of English language skill amongst first-generation Kurdish workers cause ‘exploitive community solidarity’ in the ‘ethnic economy’ where the long work hours (up to 72 hours)… Read More…
Posted by KSSO in News on 23. Jun, 2012 | No Comments
Speaker: Mr Hasan Dagtekin, lawyer and deputy chairman of the Party of Rights and Freedoms (Hak-Par)/Turkey
Date and time: 25.06.2012 at 18:00
Venue: B102, SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Posted by KSSO in News on 23. Jun, 2012 | No Comments
The Kurdistan Careers Conference 2012 (KCC2012) will be the first event of its kind in Iraq to create a forum that brings together students, graduates and professionals with local and foreign companies operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to explore employment opportunities. Read More…
Posted by KSSO in News on 04. Apr, 2012 | No Comments
The Five Stages of American Foreign Policy toward the Kurds
Speaker: Prof Michael Gunter of Tennessee Technological University
Date and Time: 17 May 2012 at 18:00
Venue: KLT, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Seminar abstract
THE FIVE STAGES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICYTOWARD THE KURDS
One might discern five stages of American foreign policy involvement with the Kurds. The first brief stage followed World War I and American president Woodrow Wilson’s famous Fourteen Points, the twelfth of which held out the possibility of Kurdish independence. Read More
Posted by KSSO in News on 04. Apr, 2012 | No Comments
DATE: Saturday, 7 April 2012TIME: 19:45- 24:00
ALL TICKETS SOLD OUT! NO TICKET NO BOARDING !
Further information at http://www.facebook.com/events/261783963908111/
Posted by KSSO in News on 04. Apr, 2012 | No Comments
Dear KSSO members,
KSSO was established in 2005 and since has organized numerous seminars and other events, including campaigning the recognition of the Kurdish identity in the UK. Read More…
Posted by KSSO in Seminar on 14. Mar, 2012 | No Comments
Speakers: Ragip Duran, journalist, author and scholar (Turkey)
Jody Sabral, Broadcast Journalist (United Kingdom)
Date/Time: 29.03.2012 at 18:00
