On the 9th of May Ms. Alina Jabbari, CGDS Visiting Scholar and former Jan Warner Visiting Scholar, hosted the award winning Kurdish-Dutch filmmaker Beri Shalmashi in her class, “National Identity and Diaspora Politics” (IST 399). This online guest lecture was part of the final section of the course,...
On the 4th of April 2022, Ms. Alina Jabbari, CGDS Visiting Scholar and former Jan Warner Visiting Scholar hosted two guest speakers through Zoom, Sipan Salim and Peshmerge Morad, in her class, “National Identity and Diaspora Politics” (IST 399). They were invited to present and share their experiences...
On April 26 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, presented “Tales from the Dead: Women and Health in a Kurdish Prison,” for the Hilary Clinton Center for Women’s Empowerment Guest Speaker Series, held by Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. The paper was based on...
On Monday, April 11 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, visited Dr. Kani Salar Osman, who directs the Special Education Department at Sulaimani University. Ms. Giota Magga, AUIS Instructor of Mathematics, was also present, along with two guests from Bath Spa University in the UK,...
On April 6 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose visited the Redoz Center, which serves families of children with special needs by providing assessment and training for the children. The Center also provides training for their teachers. Dr. Lynn spoke with Ms. Bnar Kareem Rasul,...
On April 3, 2022, Manara Magazine published Part Two of the three-part series, “‘With Education You Can Face Every Struggle’: Gendered Higher Education in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan.” The second part of the series, titled “Beyond Knowledge,” was co-authored by Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies,...
On March 13, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi and Mr. Ari Rafiq, the assistant director of the Directorate of Combating Violence Against Women, participated in a seminar on how to respond to gender-based violence as an activist or a service provider. The seminar was organized by the International Federation...
On March 10, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi read poetry, and discussed women’s writing and their representation in Kurdish men’s work at the Amazon Bookstore. This event was organized by the Reader Friends, a group of readers who have been meeting on a weekly basis for the past two...
On March 30, 2022, Mr. Hama Shex Hady, an artist near completion of his degree at the University of Sulaimani, spoke about his art in the “Introduction to Disability Studies” class. He also spoke about the obstacles that people with disabilities face when they seek their rights. This...
On March 27, 2022, in recognition of Mental Health Month, Ms. Arinn Aanderud, from Provo, Utah, gave the talk “Finding Agency and Voice: How to Critically Engage when Inequality Challenges our Identity and Positionality.” Ms Arinn serves as adjunct faculty in Multicultural Education in the McKay School of Education...
