Event

Upcoming Events

Seminar: Kurdish Political Representation and Constitutional Reform in Turkey, speakers;Dr Tim Jacoby of  Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, 14.07. 2011 @ 18:00pm

Seminar: Syrian Pro-democracy Uprising, Speakers

Mr  Alan Semo, Kurdish Human Right activist, The Role of Syrian Kurds in Democratization Process in Syria

Mr  Walid Saffour, Syrian Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Violence in Syria

Ms Heyam Aqil, Human Rights Activist, Uprising, Women and Children in Syria

Mr Munzer Eid Alzamalkani, PhD Candidate at St. Andrews University, Future Perspectives for Syria: reconciliation, recognition of refused identities, democratization and political participation

Mr Hejar Ibrahim Moustafa  and Mr Anass Tooma , Political Identity of the Kurdish Youth and their Demands for a Political Change in Syria, Date: 20 June 2011

Book launch and seminar: Kurdish novel from Exile to Kurdistan: Identity, Home and Belonging, speaker: Ozlem Galip, author, journalist and PhD candidate at Exeter University, 05.05. 2011 @ 18:00pm Read More…

Past Events

2011

1. Book launch and seminar: Gendered Experiences of Genocide: Anfal Survivors in Kurdistan- Iraq, speaker: Dr Choman Hardi, date/time: 23^rd April 2011 @ 6 p.m. Venue:  Rivercourt Methodist Church, Kings Street Hammersmith W6 9JT, Tel: 02087411348, Nearest Station: Ravenscourt Park   Read More…
2. Seminar: Kurdish Community Organisations, Social Networks and Social Capital Dr Alessio D’Angelo, Research Fellow,  Middlesex University, 14.04.2011
3. Newroz Party 2011, University of Westminster Kurdish Society, in association with Kurdish Studies and Student Organisation and Kurdish Society at SOAS, University of Westminster – Marylebone Campus, 25 March at 19:00
4. Seminar: Undocumented Migrant Children in the UK, speaker: Dr Nando Sigona, Senior Researcher, COMPAS, University of Oxford, date: 31.03.2011
5. Seminar: “The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East since 1945”, speaker: Dr Marianna Charountaki, date: 17.03. 2011
6. Seminar: “George W. Bush’s Policy Towards Iraq: Change or Continuity?”, speaker: Dr Mohammed Shareef, recently awarded PhD, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham, England, Date and Time: 11.01. 2011 @ 7:00pm
7. KSSO CENSUS CAMPAIGN 2011, MAKE KURDISH IDENTITY COUNT! Read More…

2010

1. Seminar: The Nudes and Their Master: a Postmodern Re-conceptualisation of the Kurdish Issue,speaker: Mr Sardar Aziz PhD Candidate Department of Government University College Cork/Ireland, Date and Time: 16.12. 2010 @ 7:00pm
2. Seminar: Kurdish Language  Policy in Turkey, speaker: Mr  Ahmet Tari , Kurdish Kurmanji tutor, Date and Time: 30.11. 2010 @ 7:00pm
3. Seminar: The Forgotten People: Kurds in Syria, speakers: Ms Sheila Mosley, Co-chair of SKS International Support Kurds in Syria Association, Mr A.Semo, Independent researcher, 19th November 2010 at 6:00
4. Seminar, concert and film screening  in solidarity with imprisoned Kurdish children in Turkey : JUSTICE FOR IMPRISONED KURDISH CHILDREN IN TURKEYTalk: Ms Milena Buyum, Campaigner on Turkey for Amnesty International  and Ms Fatma Unsal,   Justice for Children Initiative Concert: Aygul Erce, singer-song writer. Film Screening: ‘Taslanan Vicdanlar/Brutal Consciences’ by Cenk Örtülü & Zeynel KoçTurkish and Kurdish with English subtitles, Running time 50 minutes. date/time: 24^th June 2010 @6:00
5. Seminar and book launch: The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd: Dreaming Kurdistan, speaker: Ms Carol Prunhuber, journalist and author of the book “The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd: Dreaming Kurdistan” Date/time: 7th June 2010, 18:00 Venue: G2, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
6. Seminar:From the shepherd to the Gardens of fantasy: The 75th anniversary of the Kurdish novel, speakers: Dr Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Senior lecturer in Kurdish Studies, Director of Centre for Kurdish Studies of Exeter University, date/ time: 27th May 2010 @ 5:00pm-7:00pm
7. Seminar:  Defining the Nation: Kurdish Historiography in Turkey in the 1990s.  Speaker: Dr Konrad Hirschler of  School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 4th May @ 6:00 pm/ London
8. Seminar : Nationalism and Genocide: The Case of Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide‏ Speaker: Author Recep Marasli, 22^nd April 1010, @ 6:00pm/ London
9. Newroz Parties at SOAS  in  coorperation with Persian Society (13th March 2009, at SAOS) and  at University of Westminster  in  coorperation with University of Westminster SU and  Kurdish Society at University of  Westminster  (26th March 2009)
10. Seminar:  Kurdistan in Iraq – progress and challenges, SpeakerMs. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman of Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Representative to the UK, Chair: Dr. Konrad Hirschler, Senior Lecturer in the History of the Near and Middle East, SOAS, 20th March 2010 at 5:00pm
11. Seminar: Green Movement and national minorities in Iran, speaker: Dr. Said Sharm, 26^th Febrary 2010, @6:00/London
12. Seminar: Gender, Memory, and Political Discourse: The case of Anfal surviving women, Speaker: Dr. Choman Hardi, chair: Dr Umut Erel of Open University, date, time and venue: 21rst January 2010,@6:00 pm /London

2009

1. Seminar: Human Rights Violations  in Turkey, the Kurds and the EU,  Speakers: Prof. Mary Davis, Mr Medeni Kırcı, member of the DTP Foreign Affairs Committee, 10th December 2009 at 6:00
2. Seminar: Urban regeneration in Kurdistan II,  Speaker :Mr. Parwez Zabihi, 4th Dec, 09
3. Reseach: Discussion about images of the Kurdish identity in London, Dr. Jane Holgate , Senior Research Fellow, Janroj Keles , Research Fellow,  Dr. Leena Kumarappan, Research Fellow  of London Metropolitan University and  Professor Anna Pollert at University of West of England Friday 13 November 2009, 6:15pm, Venue: SOAS, Room FG08p
4. Attending a meeting with Kurdish and Turkish community leaders, elected members and police from the London Boroughs of Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington, 6th Nov 2009, organized by Cllr Feryat Demirci
5. Seminar: Presences and absences in stories about racism and disadvantage. Speaker: Dr. Maja Cederberg of Oxford Brookes University, chair: Dr Umut Erel of Open University. 22nd Oct, 2009
6. Seminar: Citizenship and stateless Kurds in Syria. Mr. Robert Lowe of  Chatham House. 8th Oct, 2009 – click here for photos
7. Seminar: Parliamentary and presidential elections in Kurdistan of Iraq. Speaker, Mr Kamal Rauf of Kurdish Hawlati newspaper. 31st Jul, 2009
8. Seminar: Re-Conceptualising Kurdish Identity: From Self/Other to Subject/Other Dialectic. Speaker: Dr. Bakhtiar Sadjadi. 28 May, 09 – click here for photos
9. Seminar: Freedom of thought – the case of Turkey and Leyla Zana. Speakers: Prof. Mary Davis of London metropolitan University,  Mr. Muharrem Erbey (Leyla Zana’s lawyer), Mr. Janroj Keles of  London Metropolitan University, Mrs. Margaret Owen, the head of Widows for Peace through Democracy and a member of the UK Bar Human Rights Committee, 15 May, 09 – click here for photos
10. Film screening: ‘Handful of Ash’ ‘and then they put ash there’… a documentary about female genital mutilation in Kurdistan, by Nabaz Ahmad, 29 Apr, 2009
11. Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society and the Case of Turkey, Speakers, Prof. Cynthia Cockburn, City University, Özgür Heval Çınar, Kurdish Lawyer and Ph.D. candidate, University of Essex, Mehmet Bal, Conscientious objector, Turkey, Andreas Speck, Conscientious objector, Campaigner, Germany, 14 Apr, 09
12. New communication technologies and Kurdish language and culture. Speakers: Dr. Amir Hassanpour, Associate Professor of University of Toronto, Mr. Hassan Ghazi, independent researcher, Dr. Jaffer Sheyholislami, Assistant Professor of Carleton University, chair: Janroj Keles of  London metropolitan University, 4 Apr, 09 – click here for photos
13. Attending the meeting with Mr. David Lammy, the Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, 24 Mar, 09
14. Attending the meeting with London deputy mayor, Mr. Richard Barnes at City Hall, London, 23 Mar, 09
15. Newroz –Kurdish New Year party at SOAS / London Live Kurdish music band, Kurdish folklore groups, Kurdish hip hop singer Zagros, Davul and Zurna, Kurdish Food, 20 Mar, 09 -  click here for photos
16. The status of minorities and Kurds in the Middle East, reference to Syria Speakers: Dr Rebwar Fatah, Mohammed Ali, PhD student, 19 Feb, 09
17. KSSO Second Term Party at Education Bar, 13 Feb, 09
18. Documenting the Kurdish Genocide – the Anfal (1988) Speaker: Mr. Osman Ahmed, PhD Researcher, University of the Arts London, 29 Jan, 09

2008

1. KSSO Social gathering, London Eye, 20 Jan, 09, 2008
2. The urban regeneration and social transformation in contemporary South Kurdistan’s cities, Speaker Mr. Parwez Zabihi, 6 Nov, 08
3. New Term Party, Institute of Education bar, Oct 2008
4. KSSO Picnic at Hyde Park, 15 Jun, 08
5. Seminar: On the obstacles and options for a political and peaceful solution of Turkey’s Kurdish Question by  former Kurdish Democracy Party MP and former political prisoner Mrs Leyla Zana, and Prof. Mary Davis, SOAS University, May 2008 – click here for photos
6. Screening of “FRATRICIDE – BRAKUJΔ, SOAS University, Apr 2008
7. 110th anniversary celebration of the publication of the first Kurdish newspaper “Kurdistan”, Speakers Dr. Kamal Mazhar Ahmad, Mr. Anwar Sultani, Dr. Said Shams, Mr. Sarbast Kerkuki, Mr. Peshraw Namo, Dr. Welat Zeydanlioglu, Mr. Ali Menaz 22 Apr, 2008
8. Seminar: The Internally Displaced Kurds of Turkey: Ongoing issues of Responsibility, Redress and Resettlement, by Charlotte Alfred, Kurdish Human Rights Project, SOAS University, Mar 2008
9. Kurdish New Year (Newroz) Celebration, SOAS University, Mar 2008
10. Seminar – Uprising, suppression, retribution: The Kurdish struggle in Turkey in the twentieth century, with Dissident Kurdish Author and Journalist Ahmet Kahraman, SOAS University, Feb 2008 - click here for photos

2007

1. KSSO Christmas party, Dec 2007
2. Screening of “Crossing the Dust” at SOAS, Dec 2007 - click here for photos
3. Start of 2007/2008 Term party, Oct 2007 – click here for photos
4. End of 2006/2007 Term party at SOAS University, Jun 2007 - click here for photos
5. Participation in “Let’s celebrate sanctuary” events in South Bank, London, Jun 2007
6. Refugee Re-Think at University of Sussex in Brighton May, 2007
7. Screening of “Blackboard” at SOAS University, May 2007
8. Series of Seminars on Kurdish Studies at SOAS University, May 2007
9. “An open debate about honour killing” in association with Kurdish Women’s Right Watch at SOAS University, May 2007
10. Screening of “Vodka Lemon” at SOAS University, Apr 2007
11. Seminar – “Yezidi traditions in Kurdistan, and their relationship to identity formation” at SOAS University, Mar 2007
12. Newroz celebration at institute of education, Mar 2007 - click here for photos
13. Open Lecture “Researching Kurdish History” with Specialist Dr. Nelida Fuccaro, 22 Mar, 2007 – click here for photos
14. Seminar – “Pre-Islamic Traditions in Kurdistan: Zoroastrians and the Roots of Newroz” at SOAS University, Mar 2007 – click here for photos
15. Kurdish Cultural Day at SOAS University, Mar 2007 - click here for photos
16. Screening of “A Time for Drunken Horses” at SOAS University, Mar 2007
17. Presentation – “Kurdish Contemporary Art and Culture from Iraq” a collaboration work with ArtRole at SOAS University, Feb 2007 - click here for photos
18. Screening of “Turtles Can Fly” at SOAS University, Feb 2007 – click here for photos
19. KSSO assistance with Organising London-Kirkuk conference at SOAS University 21 Jan, 2007

2006

1. KSSO AGM and 1 year anniversary party at SOAS University 17 Nov, 2006 – click here for photos
2. Dance performance and KSSO information stand at Medway Council Multicultural Festival, Oct 2006 – click here for photos
3. Kurdish Summer Night, Jun 2006 – click here for photos
4. Newroz Celebration at SOAS, Mar 2006 - click here for photos
5. KSSO New Year Party Jan 2006

2005

1. Participation in STAR (Student Action for Refugees) conference in Nottingham(See http://www.starnetwork.org.uk)
2. Parliamentary meeting on Solidarity with Student in Kurdistan at Whitehall, London – click here for photos
3. Cross-cultural celebration of Newroz, including representatives of the Zoroastrian and Baha’i faiths, at St. Ethlenburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace (See http://www.stethelburgas.org)