Learn Kurdish (Kurmanji) at SOAS University

Posted by KSSO in Community on 05. Jun, 2010 | 3 Comments

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London offers Kurdish for beginners. If you are interested in learning Kurdish Kurmanji, please apply now.  The aim of the course is to provide a thorough introduction to contemporary Kurdish.

Seminar: Gender, Memory, and Political Discourse: The case of Anfal surviving women

Posted by Janroj in Calender, News, Research, Seminar on 15. Jan, 2010 | No Comments

[ January 21, 2010; 19:00 to 21:00. ]

Speaker: Dr Choman Hardi
Chair:  Dr Umut Erel

Human Rights Violations in Turkey, the Kurds and the EU

Posted by KSSO in Calender, Campaigns, News on 04. Dec, 2009 | No Comments

[ December 10, 2009; 19:00 to 20:00. ]

Urgent! Change of speaker

We regret to inform you that there has been a change of speaker for the seminar on Thursday 10th December 2009. Mr Akin Birdal, a human rights lawyer and senior DTP politician, has postponed his UK visit due to the threat of a ban of his political party, the pro-Kurdish DTP, by Turkish the Constitutional Court. In his place, Medeni Kırcı, a member of the DTP Foreign Affairs Committee will be speaking. The meeting will be chaired by Prof. Mary Davis. We apologize for this short notice and look forward to see you at our seminar, these recent developments will be addressed at the seminar too.

Speaker: Mr Medeni Kırcı, member of the DTP Foreign Affairs Committee

Chaired by Prof Mary Davis

Date: 10th December 2009 at 7:00 pm

Venue: G50 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Kurdish politician Leyla Zana jailed after SOAS speech

Posted by KSSO in News on 02. Aug, 2009 | No Comments

SOAS Vice Principal, Professor Nirmala Roa, said: “Our Principal has written to the Turkish Embassy asking for clarification about the charges being brought against Ms Zana.

“SOAS is committed to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge. This can only be done effectively in an atmosphere of openness, mutual tolerance and intellectual freedom, without fear of intimidation or reprisal. For SOAS freedom of speech is paramount and the notion that people should be prosecuted for things said in an academic seminar at SOAS is deeply worrying.”