A chapter written by Dr. Choman Hardi, AUIS Assistant Professor and Founder and Director of the Center of Gender and Development Studies, titled “The Women’s Movement in Kurdistan-Iraq” has been published in “The Cambridge History of the Kurds” (April 2021).
In it, Dr. Hardi explains how the history of...
The Academic Preparatory Program (APP) at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), in collaboration with the University of Sulaimani, hosted a teacher-centered webinar titled "Online Teaching in Undergraduate Studies: Community, Equity, and Self-Guided Learning" on April 15 and 17, 2021. The webinar was a first-time collaboration between the two universities...
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) Lecturer Mrs. Yalda Razmahang has been awarded the Mesopotamian Fellowship of the Committee on Mesopotamian Civilization (the Baghdad Committee) by the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) organization for the 2021-2022 academic year. The fellowship will support Mrs. Razmahang’s proposed work in Iraq, “Assessing...
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) President Dr. Bruce Walker Ferguson spoke on a webinar titled “Spotlight on Innovative Higher Education Institutions in the Middle East and South Asia” on February 17, 2021, as part of an online series of seminars hosted by George Washington University (GWU) on emerging trends...
By: Sipa Kurda Saman Ihsan Fuad and Lazha Taha, primary investigators at Kashkul, the center for arts and culture at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), have been published in the Global History Dialogues, a part of the Global History Lab at Princeton University. Their research publications, titled “The Old...
By: Sipa Kurda Brusk Hamarash, a 2017 Information Technology (IT) graduate of American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), spoke on a webinar titled, “Alumni Experience Sharing,” which is part of the weekly Online Career Development workshop hosted by the Student Services Department, on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 to share with...
Faculty members of American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) gathered in-person and online on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 to kick-off the Spring 2021 semester with an orientation workshop. The meeting took place in the same blended format as planned instruction for the coming semester, whereby professors and instructors were able...
Kashkul, the center for arts and culture at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), and the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter launched the AUISxExeter Talks webinar series titled "Curating Kurdishness: Arts, Culture, and the Archive in Kurdistan" on February 3, 2021 with an inaugural...
The Department of Student Services held its Online Weekly Career Development Session on February 3, 2021, with Ms. Savo Rasoul, Community and Partner Manager at Five One Labs, on entrepreneurship, start-ups, and innovation. Five One Labs is a start-up incubator first launched in the Kurdistan Region to help entrepreneurs start...
The Department of Student Services held its Online Weekly Career Development Session on January 27, 2021, with AUIS alumni Brwa Ahmed, owner of Fitneess Gym in Sulaimani; Shnyar Fayaq of Vim Foundation; and Hevar Bahadean of Maze App. The three panelists discussed how their AUIS education shaped them and prepared...