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.
Speaking at SOAS could be punished with a sentence from a Turkish court!
Posted by KSSO in Seminar on 04. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Leyla Zana, 1995 Sakharov Prize Lauréat, the first Kurdish woman elected to the Turkish Parliament, and former political prisoner has been sentenced again to 10 years in prison by a Turkish court. Come to discuss what we can do prevent her from being imprisoned again.
New communication technologies and Kurdish language and culture
Posted by KSSO in Seminar on 04. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
The three prominent Kurdish intellectuals, Dr. Amir Hassanpour, Hassan Ghazian and Jaffer Sheyholislami will discuss the use of new communication technologies by stateless Kurds in different parts of disputed Kurdistan and in Diaspora communities. They will debate the role of satellite televisions and new media (internet) on constructing and transforming collective identities, language and the culture of Kurds.
Re-Conceptualising Kurdish Identity
Posted by KSSO in Seminar on 24. May, 2009 | 1 Comment
The identity of the Kurds is not only host to a number of ‘others,’ but also constructed by them because of their representation in Kurdish identity. This seminar proposes that the Kurdish identity faces three ostensibly distinct but actually similar ‘others,’ which are…
