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2010
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: 24th June 2010 @6:00
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)
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
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
Seminar : Nationalism and Genocide: The Case of Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide Speaker: Author Recep Marasli, 22nd April 1010, @ 6:00pm/ London
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)
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
Seminar: Green Movement and national minorities in Iran, speaker: Dr. Said Sharm, 26th Febrary 2010, @6:00/London
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
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
Seminar: Urban regeneration in Kurdistan II, Speaker :Mr. Parwez Zabihi, 4th Dec, 09
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
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
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
Seminar: Citizenship and stateless Kurds in Syria. Mr. Robert Lowe of Chatham House. 8th Oct, 2009 – click here for photos
Seminar: Parliamentary and presidential elections in Kurdistan of Iraq. Speaker, Mr Kamal Rauf of Kurdish Hawlati newspaper. 31st Jul, 2009
Seminar: Re-Conceptualising Kurdish Identity: From Self/Other to Subject/Other Dialectic. Speaker: Dr. Bakhtiar Sadjadi. 28 May, 09 – click here for photos
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
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
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
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
Attending the meeting with Mr. David Lammy, the Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, 24 Mar, 09
Attending the meeting with London deputy mayor, Mr. Richard Barnes at City Hall, London, 23 Mar, 09
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
The status of minorities and Kurds in the Middle East, reference to Syria
Speakers: Dr Rebwar Fatah, Mohammed Ali, PhD student, 19 Feb, 09
KSSO Second Term Party at Education Bar, 13 Feb, 09
Documenting the Kurdish Genocide – the Anfal (1988) Speaker: Mr. Osman Ahmed, PhD Researcher, University of the Arts London, 29 Jan, 09
KSSO Social gathering, London Eye, 20 Jan, 09
2008
The urban regeneration and social transformation in contemporary South Kurdistan’s cities, Speaker Mr. Parwez Zabihi, 6 Nov, 08
New Term Party, Institute of Education bar, Oct 2008
KSSO Picnic at Hyde Park, 15 Jun, 08
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
Screening of “FRATRICIDE – BRAKUJΔ, SOAS University, Apr 2008
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
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
Kurdish New Year (Newroz) Celebration, SOAS University, Mar 2008
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
KSSO Christmas party, Dec 2007
Screening of “Crossing the Dust” at SOAS, Dec 2007 - click here for photos
Start of 2007/2008 Term party, Oct 2007 – click here for photos
End of 2006/2007 Term party at SOAS University, Jun 2007 - click here for photos
Participation in “Let’s celebrate sanctuary” events in South Bank, London, Jun 2007
Refugee Re-Think at University of Sussex in Brighton May, 2007
Screening of “Blackboard” at SOAS University, May 2007
Series of Seminars on Kurdish Studies at SOAS University, May 2007
“An open debate about honour killing” in association with Kurdish Women’s Right Watch at SOAS University, May 2007
Screening of “Vodka Lemon” at SOAS University, Apr 2007
Seminar – “Yezidi traditions in Kurdistan, and their relationship to identity formation” at SOAS University, Mar 2007
Newroz celebration at institute of education, Mar 2007 - click here for photos
Open Lecture “Researching Kurdish History” with Specialist Dr. Nelida Fuccaro, 22 Mar, 2007 – click here for photos
Seminar – “Pre-Islamic Traditions in Kurdistan: Zoroastrians and the Roots of Newroz” at SOAS University, Mar 2007 – click here for photos
Kurdish Cultural Day at SOAS University, Mar 2007 - click here for photos
Screening of “A Time for Drunken Horses” at SOAS University, Mar 2007
Presentation – “Kurdish Contemporary Art and Culture from Iraq” a collaboration work with ArtRole at SOAS University, Feb 2007 - click here for photos
Screening of “Turtles Can Fly” at SOAS University, Feb 2007 – click here for photos
KSSO assistance with Organising London-Kirkuk conference at SOAS University 21 Jan, 2007
2006
KSSO AGM and 1 year anniversary party at SOAS University 17 Nov, 2006 – click here for photos
Dance performance and KSSO information stand at Medway Council Multicultural Festival, Oct 2006 – click here for photos
Kurdish Summer Night, Jun 2006 – click here for photos
Newroz Celebration at SOAS, Mar 2006 - click here for photos
KSSO New Year Party Jan 2006
2005
Participation in STAR (Student Action for Refugees) conference in Nottingham
(See http://www.starnetwork.org.uk)
Parliamentary meeting on Solidarity with Student in Kurdistan at Whitehall, London – click here for photos
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)
