George W. Bush’s Policy Towards Iraq: Change or Continuity?
Posted by KSSO in Community, News, Seminar on 22. Dec, 2010 | 4 Comments
Speaker: Dr Mohammed Shareef, recently awarded PhD, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham, England
Date and Time: 11.01. 2011 @ 7:00pm
Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Room B104 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Organised by Kurdish Studies and Students Organization (KSSO) and Kurdish Society at SOAS (KSSOAS)
Kurdish Studies seminars are open to interested students, academics and people who interested in Kurdish matters
Seminar abstract
A substantial amount of commentary has been dedicated to George W. Bush’s policy towards Iraq, with many perceiving it as a departure from traditional US foreign policy practice. The objective of this seminar is to address and challenge this contention. Read More…
City of Peace: First Kurdish Musical in London
Posted by KSSO in News on 19. Dec, 2010 | No Comments
The first ever Kurdish musical pantomime, City of Peace, will receive its premiere performances with two shows in London on Sunday 19 December.
Date\time : 19.12.10 @ 3pm and 7pm
Venue: POSK Theatre, Polish Centre, 238-246 King St, Hammersmith, London W6 0RF.
Seminar on The Nudes and Their Master: a Postmodern Re-conceptualisation of the Kurdish Issue
Posted by KSSO in Calender, News, Seminar on 01. Dec, 2010 | 1 Comment
[ December 16, 2010; 19:00 to 20:00. ] Speaker: Mr Sardar Aziz, PhD Candidate Department of Government University College Cork/Ireland
My intention is neither to go through the history of the Kurds nor of the region. It is rather an exercise, based on Foucault’s methodology, to drive ‘thoughts’ from ‘ideas’. The notions of State, borders, sovereignty, people, citizen, nation, nationalism: civic and ethnic, minority, civil society, etc. are ideas belong to modernity. They urgently require to be transformed into thoughts, in order to analyse they become a problem for people, to paraphrase Foucault. Read More
