KAYO: Bringing medical help to Kurds in Turkey
Posted by KSSO in Community on 28. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
KAYO and Gift of Hope Overseas Request for donations to bring medical help to people of Bazîd (Doğubeyazıt) in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
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.
Kurdish Book Fair
Posted by KSSO in Calender, Community on 18. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
[ September 25, 2009 10:00 to September 26, 2009 17:00. ] The Kurdish Book Fair will be taking place on 25th-26th September at Stoke Newington Library Gallery and within the surroundings of the ‘Human Writes and Kurds’ exhibition (Friday 25th – 10am-5pm; Saturday 26th – 10am-5pm).
Sivan Perwer and Aynur Dogan concert in London
Posted by KSSO in Calender, Community on 16. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
[ September 27, 2009; 18:00 to 22:00. ] Sivan Perwer and Aynur Dogan will be holding a concert at the Hackney Ocean Music Venue. Cevdet Bağca will also be performing.
CALL FOR PAPER- Journal of Iranian-Kurdish Studies
Posted by KSSO in Community, News on 11. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
For this special issue, contributors are invited to reflect on the present condition of the Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan in light of recent political developments domestically in Iran as well as in neighbouring Iraq. Whereas Iranians in the major cities of the country engaged in prolonged protests following the presidential elec-tion of 2009, the inhabitants of Iranian Kurdistan did take part in the protests.
UCU, SOAS SU, EUTCC, Green MEP and Lib Dems MEP demand action on human rights in Turkey as Ms Zana is sentenced
Posted by KSSO in Campaigns, News on 05. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
The academics’ trade union UCU “has written to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband outlining our concerns about the imprisonment of Kurdish politician Leyla Zana by the Turkish authorities… On 28 July 2009 she was also given a 15 month sentence for a speech she made at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 24 May 2008. UCU is particularly concerned that the latest assault on Leyla’s freedom of expression stems from a speech made at a UK institution.”
