After earning his PhD with the highest score from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, on June 29, 2021, Dr. Shakir (Muhammed Usman) has presented a conference paper and published four pieces of scholarship. Since arriving in Sulaimani as the first CGDS Jan Warner Visiting Scholar in October 2020,...
On July 27, 2021 the Center for Gender and Development Studies and the Department of Social Sciences hosted the symposium “Gender and Islam: A Historical Perspective and the Way Forward.” Resulting from the spring semester course in the gender studies minor taught by CGDS Jan Warner Visiting Scholar...
After visiting Somalia last March, CGDS nominated Mr. Ismail Ahmed Ali for the D-30 Disability Impact Listbecause of his extraordinary work with the Al Basir School for the Blind...
James Thornton, British Consul -General of Erbil met with Dr . Choman Hardi, the director of CGDS, and Dr. Twana Hassan a researcher at CGDS o n June 15, 2021 . After highlighting the current projects of CGDS and its priorities, Dr. Choman emphasized on the significance of...
We are delighted to announce that Dr Shakir (Muhammed Usman) passed his PhD examination with the grade of “1” (“excellent”) and has earned his interdisciplinary doctorate from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His dissertation title is “History of Shia, Sunni and Yazidi Conflict: A Political, Social, or Religious...
On June 25, 2021, CGDS Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose participated in a digital symposium on disabilities in antiquity. The focus of the symposium was on how in antiquity visual, auditive, and mobility impaired individuals found their place in society. The symposium was organized on the occasion of the...
