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...
A brief visual history of the social and architectural transformation in cities of South Kurdistan
Posted by Janroj in Calender, News, Seminar on 05. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
[ December 4, 2009; 19:00 to 20:30. ] Speaker: Parwez Z abihi
Date and Time: 04 December 2009 at 7:00
Venue: B104 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
(SOAS) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Following first KSSO seminar on urban regeneration in South Kurdistan in November 2008 at SOAS, Parwez has been continuing his research to document visually the important social and architectural transformation in Arbil, Slemani, Kerkuk,Koya, Dehuk and Sharazoor/Halabja.
He will present his recently conducted visual documentation on the social and architectural transformation in cities of South Kurdistan and talk about the current urbanization policy of the Kurdish local and national government
Seminar on Presences and absences in stories about racism and disadvantage
Posted by Janroj in Calender, Seminar on 09. Oct, 2009 | 2 Comments
[ October 22, 2009; 18:00 to 20:00. ]
Speaker:
Dr Maja Cederberg, Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Politics and Sociology, Oxford Brookes University
Chair: Dr. Umut Erel of Open University
Date: 22nd Oct 09 @ 7:00
Venue: G3, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
This paper engages with debates surrounding the use of biographical narrative interviews in the social sciences. It draws on narrative interviews with different groups of migrants in Sweden, and focuses particularly on how the migrants narrate experiences of racism, discrimination and disadvantage.
Seminar on Citizenship and ethnic identity formation: The case of the Kurds in Syria
Posted by Janroj in Calender, Seminar on 05. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
[ October 8, 2009; 19:00 to 21:00. ] Speakers:
Mr. Robert Lowe, Research Fellow, Manager of Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
Mr. Amed Semo, Independent Researcher and Medical Doctor
Chair: Mr. Janroj Keles, Research Fellow, London Metropolitan University
“The Kurdish political and cultural movement in Syria has lacked prominent historical reference points. Compared to Kurds in Turkey, Iraq and Iran, those in Syria have a shorter ‘national story’ “Mr. Robert Lowe
“more than 150,000 and now increased to more than half a million, Kurds, who had been living in their own homeland, being stripped of their Syrian nationality certificate, thereby depriving them of the basic human right of surviving and prospering in their own country”. Mr. Amed Semo
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.
Seminar on parliamentary and presidential elections in Kurdistan of Iraq
Posted by KSSO in Seminar on 30. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Kamal Rauf the editor in cheif of Hawlati newspaper will highlight the main issues in the recent Kurdistan regional elections in Iraq which were held on the 25th of July, 2009.
