Initiative for an International Work Group and Research
Posted by KSSO in News on 04. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Call from GITinitiative: In solidarity with our colleagues in Turkey, we call on researchers and academics worldwide to participate in an “International Work Group” (Group International de Travail, “GIT”): “Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey,” and…Git initiative will publish January 15, 2012 a new list of colleagues, worldwide, who have signed in support of Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey Please, send your signature to hamit.bozarslan@ehess.fr, ccagla2002@yahoo.com, yvesdeloye@hotmail.com, duclert@ehess.fr, diana.gonzalez2@wanadoo.fr, ferhattaylan@gmail.com Read More…
Book launch: Gendered Experiences of Genocide: Anfal Survivors in Kurdistan- Iraq
Posted by KSSO in News on 15. Apr, 2011 | No Comments
Speaker: Dr Choman Hardi
Date/time: 23rd April 2011 @ 6 p.m.
Organised by KSSO and Kurdish Association
This book examines Kurdish women’s experience of destruction, gassing, forced displacement, the disappearance of loved ones, and incarceration during the Anfal campaign. It explores the survival strategies of these women in the aftermath of genocide. By bringing together and highlighting women’s own testimonies… Read More…
Seminar on Kurdistan in Iraq – progress and challenges
Posted by KSSO in Calender, Community, News, Seminar on 25. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
[ March 20, 2010; 17:00 to 19:00. ] 
Seminar on Kurdistan in Iraq – progress and challenges
Speaker: Ms. 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 Read More…
Two-week intensive Kurdish course at SOAS University
Posted by KSSO in Community, News on 01. Feb, 2011 | 4 Comments
SOAS offers a two-week intensive course aimed at those who wish to learn to read and write in the northern dialect of Kurdish (Kurmanji) and to acquire a basic conversational ability. Course will take place between Monday 4 April and Saturday 16 April. Interested? Then enrol NOW!!! Places are limited, so early enrolment is advised to avoid disappointment. Read More…
Report on Kurdish diaspora, work, employment and community in London
Posted by KSSO in Community, News, Research on 12. Nov, 2010 | No Comments
Kurdish Employees Face Advice Crisis
Researchers at London Metropolitan University have published a report on key findings of their research on the social and economic lives of Kurdish migrants in London
Researchers found that people facing bullying, racism, withholding of pay and even violence and sexual harassment, were unable to get practical help and advice in particular the lack of English language skill amongst first-generation Kurdish workers cause ‘exploitive community solidarity’ in the ‘ethnic economy’ where the long work hours (up to 72 hours)… Read More…
Sociologist Besikci and Lawyer Simsek on Trial in Turkey
Posted by Janroj in Campaigns, News on 12. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment
Beşikçi and also the editorial manager of the magazine, Zeycan Balcı Şimşek, are each facing prison sentences of up to 7.5 years because of the article entitled “The right of nations to self determination and the Kurds”. Read More…
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