INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM : Kurdistan 2003 – 2017 From federalism towards independence ?

mis à jour le Vendredi 9 juin 2017 à 18h03

Co-organised by The Kurdish Institute of Paris & Soran University

Thursday, June 22, 2017
10.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

Clemenceau Hall - Luxembourg Palace
15ter, rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

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Programme

9.00 a.m. – 9.50 a.m. Reception of guests
10.00 a.m. - Opening speech

Kendal NEZAN, President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris
Nahro ZAGROS, Vice president of Soran University

 

10.15 a.m - 11.30 a.m. First Panel :

Kurdistan, seen from the inside

Moderator : Hamit BOZARSLAN, Professor, EHESS

  • Dr. Gazanag BRADOSTI, Soran University
    “Why it is time for an independent Kurdistan?”

  • Dr. Ibrahim MALAZADA, Soran University
    “Institutional Islamism and Extremism in Kurdistan Region of Iraq”

  • Dr. Kemal Yusif KALO, Soran University
    “The Future Of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Kurdistan: Extinction or Survival?”
11.30 a.m – 12.30 a.m.: Second Panel :

An entity in formation

Moderator : Dr. Kemal Yusif KALO, Soran University

  •  Prof. Michiel LEEZENBERG, University of Amsterdam

  • Jonathan RANDAL, Journalist

  • Dr. Nahro ZAGROS, Soran University
    “The Future of Iraq: A Kurdish Perspective”

 

12.30 a.m - 2.15 p.m.: Lunch break
2.30 p.m – 4.00 p.m.: Third Panel :

Gender, religion and social policies in Kurdistan

Moderator : Joyce BLAU, Professor Emeritus

  • Dr. Nazand BEGIKHANI, University of Bristol

  • Dr. Basma HABIB, University of Sulaimani

  • Dr. Hardy MEDE, European Center for Sociology and Political Science, Paris I University

  • Dr. Nashmeel RASOOL, University of Sulaimani - Heartland Alliance (NGO)

 

4.00 p.m – 4.20 p.m.: Break
4.20 p.m – 6.15 p.m.: Fourth Panel :

Kurdistan on the regional and international scene

Moderateur : Kendal NEZAN

  • Gérard CHALIAND, Geopolitician

  • Peter GALBRAITH, Former United States ambassador to Croatia

  • Dr. Najmaldin KARIM, Governor of Kirkuk

  • Hoshyar ZEBARI, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq
6.15 p.m – 6.30 p.m.: - Closing Speech : Kendal NEZAN and Dr. Nahro ZAGROS

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