TheKurdsintheChangingMiddleEast

1718November,2012
TheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies|UniversityofLondon
Saturday 17
th
November

Sunday 18
th
November
09:00 - 09:20 Registration

10:00 - 10:30 Registration
09:20 - 09:30 Welcome Speech



10:30 - 13:00 Panel 3
The Capitalist Crisis and the Middle East
Moderator: Mr. Deniz Arbet Nejbir
09:30 - 10:30 Opening Speech
Mr Salih Muslim, Leader of Democratic Union Party (PYD), Syria.
Hr. Ertugru| Krk, Member of Parliament for Mersin
Province (Peace and Democracy Party, BDP) Turkey.
Topic: To be confirmed.

10:30 - 11:00 Break Dr. Adam Hanieh, Lecturer at the School of Oriental
and African Studies, Lordor. T|l|e: 'The Capitalist
Crisis DQG$UDE6SULQJ.

11:00 - 13:30 Panel 1
Peace and Conflict Resolution Processes
Moderator: Ms. Orsola Casagrande
Dr. Kamran Matin, Lecturer in International Relations,
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Prof. Johan Galtung (via Skype), prominent scholar of Peace
Studies and founder of the Peace Research
Institute Oslo (PRIO). Title: 3HDFH3Uocesses and Conflict
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Mr. Brian Currin, Lawyer and Peace Negotiator, founder of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission. Title: to be confirmed.

Mr. Alex Maskey, Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for
South Belfast, Sinn Fin. Title: From Political
Exclusion to Power Sharing: 'The Irish Peace Process.

Dr. Cengiz Gunes, Associate Lecturer at the Open University. Title:
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13:40 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:00 Panel 2
Democratisation and transformation in the Middle East
Moderator: Mr. Mark Campbell

Mr. Reimar Heider, Independent Researcher and Human Rights
Activist, Title: 7KHWUDQVIRUPDWLRQRIWKHKurdish national Movement.

Ms. Meral iek, Woman Rights Activist and Journalist. Title: 7KH
role of women in an establishing democratic DXWRQRP\.

Prof. Ronald Moench, Professor for Media Law, Constitutional Law
and International Law, Bremen University of Applied Sciences,
Germany. Title: 7RZDUGs a Constitution for North-West .XUGLVWDQ.
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 16:30 Panel 4
Kurds' search for status in the Middle East
Moderator: Mr. Hassan Ghazi

Mr. Hadi Sofizade, Human Rights Activist, Sweden.
Title: The Kurdish Question in Iran (East Kurdistan).

Hs. Cu|tan K|sanak, MP, Co-chairwoman of the
Peace and Democracy Pa(lv |80P). Tu(|ev. T|l|e: 'The
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Prof. Mithat Sancar, Faculty of Law, Ankara
University, Turkey. Title: to be confirmed.

16:30 Closing Remarks
SOAS Kurdish Society
TheKurdsintheChangingMiddleEast
1718November,2012
TheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies|UniversityofLondon

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