On February 2, 2022, Cambridge University Press launched the publication of Cambridge History of the Kurds through a webinar. Dr. Choman Hardi joined the editors of this landmark volume, Dr. Hamit Bozarslan, Dr. Cengiz Gunes, and Dr. Veli Yadirgi, as well as contributors Dr. Djene Bajalan and Dr....
In December 2021, Dr. Choman Hardi was approached by the Peace and Freedom Organization to design a syllabus for a gender and media course, in consultation with academics in the field. The fourfold process involved sharing resources in a workshop in Erbil, designing a draft of the syllabus,...
CGDS is excited to announce the third Jan Warner Visiting Scholar for the spring semester of 2022, Ms. Munirah Eskander. Munirah received a dual degree from the American University of Sharjah, earning her BSc in Chemical Engineering and a BA in International Studies, and pursuing a double minor...
On 1 December 2021, Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS Director, read and discussed her poetry with a group of Dr. Daniele Rugo’s students from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris) via zoom. Dr. Daniele’s class focuses on political violence and the arts. Dr. Choman read poems from...
On December 8 2021, Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS Director, spoke at the UNFPA and UNWOMEN advocacy Conference “Let’s Talk Iraq,” held at the Babylon Hotel, Baghdad. The discussants addressed ways of ending Gender based Violence in Iraq in three panel sessions; a reception and wrap-up followed. Dr. Choman spoke...
On 19 December 2021, Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS Director, accepted a 2021 Peace Ambassador Award for her work on gender equality. The award was given by the Peace and Freedom Organization, PAX, the Haw Organization for Education, and the Paragon Youth Network. The ceremony was held at Jamal...
Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, has been notified that her translation and commentary, "Anonymous, On Carthage (744)" has been published by Jacoby Online. This is the second edition of Brill's New Jacoby Part III, edited by Ian Worthington. (Brill: Leiden. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1873-5363_bnj2_a744 ). This is a...
On 29 and 30 September, 2021, Dr. Lynn, CGDS Director of Research and Disability Studies, and Dr. Hawar, CGDS Researcher, attended the stakeholders’ workshop to transition the existing model of women’s community centers to the development context. Dr. Lynn and Dr. Hawar presented CGDS’s research findings, which were...
