AUSTRALIA : The Second Seminar Series / Kurdistan: The past, present and future
The Second Seminar Series / Kurdistan: The past, present and future / University of Technology Sydney 21st Dec 2013
Program and speakers – 9:30-10:15am Registration, coffee 10:15-10:30am Welcome speech
10:30–11:15am
11:15am-12:00pm
12:00-12:45pm
12:45-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:15pm
2:15-3:00pm
3:00-3:10pm Concluding remarks 3:10-4:00pm Networking, coffee
Ancient Kurdistan
Mrs Alison Buckley – Teacher; researcher and writer about Kurdish history – http://alisonbuckleyplatf.blogspot.com.au
Re-emergence of a Traditional Regional Power: The Independent Kurdistan Crescent is on the Horizon!
Mr Hiwa Zandi – Lawyer, Kurdish politics analyst and history researcher and translator; Author of books about Kurdish history – http://hiwazandi.blogspot.com.au/p/k.html
A Greater Kurdistan or Kurdish States: Opportunities and Impediments
Associate Professor Hussein Tahiri
Expert in Middle East politics, Kurdish society and nationalism; Author of books about Kurdistan
www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/hussein-tahiri
Kurdish Conundrums: Women and Nationalist Representations
Dr Sandra Phelps – Researcher; Author of forthcoming book about Kurdish woman and nationalism – http://sydney.edu.au/arts/peace_conflict/people/projects.shtml
The Driving Force of Knowledge Society and its Impact on Kurdistan
Professor Alan Dilani – Founder and General Director of the International Academy for Design and Health (IADH); Founder of the World Kurdish Congress