BSA Theory Study Group Symposium on ‘Understanding Diaspora: The Case of Kurds in London’
Posted by KSSO in Calender, Community, News, Seminar on 10. Feb, 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
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Concert: Persian and Kurdish music in Oxford
Posted by Janroj in Calender, Community, 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
Research on images of the Kurdish identity in London
Posted by KSSO in Calender, Community, Research on 22. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
[ November 13, 2009; 18:00 to 20:00. ] 
We as a research team are doing a research project on ‘Influences of identity, community and social networks on ethnic minority representation at work’ at London Metropolitan University and focusing on Kurdish people in Hackne
y, Indian people in Ealing and Caribbean people in Lambeth.
We are looking for 20 Kurdish individuals (with different age, gender, education and occupation background) to participate in a focus group and to interpret the social and cultural meanings of 10 photographs of Kurdish everyday life in London including identity, community and work.
KSSO press release about clossure of DTP
Posted by KSSO in Campaigns, Community, News on 15. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
We, at Kurdish Studies and Student Organization (KSSO) are deeply concerned about the decision by the Turkish Constitutional Court to close down the only pro-Kurdish party in the Turkish parliment, DTP (Demokratik Toplum Partisi – Democratic Society Party).
We urge Members of Parliament (MPs), Members of European Parliament (MEPs), human rights organizations and campaigners, academics and trade unions to send a strong message to the Turkish authorities to solve the Kurdish issue peacefully.
The sixth Kurdish Film Festival London 20th – 30th November 2009
Posted by Janroj in Community, News on 11. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
The sixth London Kurdish Film Festival (LKFF) will start from 20th November. The full programme and lots more information is on the London Kurdish Film Festival website http://www.lkff.co.uk/index.html
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
The festival is coming soon and London Kurdish Film Festival Organising Committee needs your help. They need people to help them for smooth running of the festival programme at the venues. If you live in London and are free between 20-30 November you might be the one they need. Your help needed for following:
KAYO: Bringing medical help to Kurds in Turkey
Posted by KSSO in Community on 28. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
KAYO and Gift of Hope Overseas Request for donations to bring medical help to people of Bazîd (Doğubeyazıt) in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
