Kurdish Studies and Student Organisation

Sociologist Besikci and Lawyer Simsek on Trial in Turkey

Posted by Janroj in Campaigns, News on 12. Jul, 2010 | No Comments

The charges are based on an article Beşikçi wrote for the Contemporary Law and Society magazine, the publication of the Istanbul Branch of the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD).

Beşikçi and also the editorial manager of the magazine, Zeycan Balcı Şimşek, are each facing prison sentences of up to 7.5 years because of the article entitled “The right of nations to self determination and the Kurds”. Read More…

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Workshop on “Oral scripture”: the construction of sacred texts of the minority religions of Kurdistan

Posted by Janroj in News on 11. Jun, 2010 | No Comments

“Oral scripture”: the construction of sacred texts of the minority religions of Kurdistan

Tuesday 15 June, 2-6pm, seminar room 1, IAIS, Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter

The dominance of orality in the performance and transmission of the Yezidi and Yaresan religions of Kurdistan and Western Iran has been the object of scholarly interest for almost two decades. This workshop will provide the occasion for a detailed discussion of the sacred texts of these religions – how their sacrality is constructed, performed and conceived, and what marks them out from other elements of spoken discourse. It will bring together specialists on the two religions and their texts, and on Kurdish discourse (in its various dialects) more generally and reflect their research currently in progress.

The workshop will take the form of an informal round-table discussion, centred around the following presentations Read More…

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: 4^th 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…

Kurdish women organisation looks for Counselors / Legal advisers

Posted by Janroj in Campaigns, Community on 19. Mar, 2010 | No Comments

We are recruiting four female volunteers to work with us in providing professional and culturally sensitive advice and psychological support for Kurdish women who face violence. Three (3) volunteers will be working on counseling and one (1) will be working on advice and casework.

As an advice worker you will provide free, impartial and confidential advice to our clients on a wide range of issues (debt, housing, employment, welfare, immigration) including violence against women. You will research individual cases, assess problems and identify possible courses of action, guide clients to decide on the best course of action, mediate on their behalf, refer clients to other sources of help and keep up to date with appropriate legislation and policies.

Deadline: 1^st September 2010 Read More…