Seminar: From the shepherd to the Gardens of fantasy: The 75th anniversary of the Kurdish novel

Posted by Janroj in Calender, News on 12. May, 2010 | No Comments

[ May 27, 2010; 17:30 to 19:00. ] From the shepherd to the Gardens of fantasy: The 75th anniversary of the Kurdish novel

Speaker: Dr Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Senior lecturer in Kurdish Studies, Director of Centre for Kurdish Studies of Exeter University

Date/ time: 27th May 2010 @ 5:30pm-7:00pm

Kurdish novel since its rise during the early 1930s has experienced many profound changes both thematically and stylistically.  Read More…

Seminar on Defining the Nation: Kurdish Historiography in Turkey in the 1990s

Posted by Janroj in Calender, Seminar on 26. Apr, 2010 | No Comments

[ May 4, 2010; 17:00 to 19:00. ] Defining the Nation: Kurdish Historiography in Turkey in the 1990s

Speaker: Dr  Konrad Hirschler of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Date and Time: 4th May 2010, @ 5:00pm

Dr Hirschler will talk on the Kurdish historiography in Turkey in the 1990s and especially the ways in which it constructs, defines and reworks Kurdish national identity. Read More…