Call out for assistance for research on Kurds in the UK
Posted by KSSO in Community, Research on 19. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
Ms Shadi Hessami, a PhD student at SOAS, supervised by Professor Annabelle Sreberny, is looking for Kurdish research participants in London to interview for her research project on the socio-political and socio-cultural impacts of Kurdish media on Kurdish diaspora. . Read More…
Photo Exhibition: Experiences of Kurdish Migrants in London
Posted by KSSO in Calender, Community, News, Research, Seminar on 11. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
[ July 16, 2010; 17:00 to 19:00. ] 
Images of working lives: Experiences of Kurdish migrants in London
Photo Exhibition
Organized by Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University
Date: Friday 16th- 23rd July 2010 ( Exhibition opening reception 5pm on Friday 16th July 2010)
Venue: RenkArt Centre, 86 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington N16 7PA
Images of working lives is an exhibition held as part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project conducted by Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University to highlight the working conditions of an ‘invisible’ community, Kurdish Diaspora, in London. Read More…
Seminar: Gender, Memory, and Political Discourse: The case of Anfal surviving women
Posted by Janroj in Calender, News, Research, Seminar on 15. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
[ January 21, 2010; 19:00 to 21:00. ]
Speaker: Dr Choman HardiChair: Dr Umut Erel Date and Time : 21rst January 2010,@7:00 pm Venue: B111, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) Read More...
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 events for the month of October
Posted by KSSO in News, Research, Seminar on 18. Sep, 2009 | 2 Comments
A new academic year will begin with a new round of KSSO events. Over the coming months the UK Kurdish Studies and Student Organisation will be announcing its programme of events for the 2009/2010 academic year. Read this article for October’s events.
Call out for assistance for research on Yezidis in the UK
Posted by KSSO in Research on 11. Jul, 2009 | 6 Comments
Research into the Yezidi community in the UK, looking at the difficulties which may be encountered by Yezidis in conducting aspects of their religious practice and in assuring the continuance of their religion in the conditions of isolation implied a minority status.
