Our Mission

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…

 

 

KSSO Networking Dinner

Posted by KSSO in Community, News on 03. Jun, 2011 | No Comments

We are proud to be organising the coming up networking dinner and social gathering. This event will be an excellent opportunity to network with students  and non-students from various backgrounds.

Venue: Tara Restaurant, Green Lanes N4 1JX, London

Date & Time: 06 October · 18:30 - 21:30 Read More…

 

Book launch: Gendered Experiences of Genocide: Anfal Survivors in Kurdistan- Iraq

Posted by KSSO in News on 15. Apr, 2011 | No Comments

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…

Seminar: Kurdish Community Organisations, Social Networks and Social Capital

Posted by KSSO in News on 07. Apr, 2011 | No Comments

Seminar: Kurdish Community Organisations, Social Networks and Social Capital

Speakers:  Alessio D’Angelo, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Middlesex University

Date/time: 14 April 2011 @18:00 Read More

Seminar: Living without papers: the social and economic lives of Kurdish young and child migrants in Britain

Posted by KSSO in News on 27. Mar, 2011 | No Comments

Living without papers: the social and economic lives of Kurdish young and child migrants in Britain

Speaker: Dr Nando Sigona, Senior Researcher, Refugee Studies Centre and Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford

Date and Time: 31.03. 2011 @ 18:00pm Read More

Book Launch: The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East since 1945

Posted by KSSO in News on 26. Mar, 2011 | No Comments

KSSO  and Kurdish Society at SOAS would like to cordially invite you to a launch of an important new book on “The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East since 1945″ by Dr Marianna Charountaki. Dr Charountaki will also give a seminar on the Kurdish – US relations. Read More…