Politics and International Relations

Youth, Art and Women’s Activism in the Kurdistan Region

The University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH)’s Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD) is glad to announce a 1.5-day conference in partnership with London School of Economics (LSE)’s Middle East Centre on 11 and 12 November 2022. This event is funded by our ongoing collaborative project between the LSE’s Middle East Centre and University of Kurdistan […]

October 24, 2022

The First Annual Presidential Lecture at UKH

Annual Presidential Lectures are new to public and private universities in the Kurdistan Region. UKH President Bill Rammell initiated and delivered the first of such a lecture in the region on April 6 2022, titled “Populism: Its Origins, Genesis and Analysis: Has Populism Peaked?”. The event was planned in such a way that included various […]

April 7, 2022

The Way Forward for Kurdistan

The first man in charge of Iraq after toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime on April 9th 2003, retired US Lieutenant General Jay Garner visited UKH for second time after 12 years and delivered a seminar titled “The Way Forward for Kurdistan”. Garner was on the ground in the Kurdistan Region after the uprising and the mass […]

March 30, 2022

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategies: The Case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) is delighted to announce the successful completion of the conference titled “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategies: The Case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq” on Sunday 28 November 2021 in Erbil. The conference was organized in partnership between UKH, Salahaddin University – Erbil, (SUE), University of Sulaimani (UoS) […]

November 28, 2021

The Envoy: Keeping Kurdistan in the Spotlight and Winning Friends and Allies

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative to the United States Bayan Sami Abdulrahman visited the University of Kurdistan Hewler (UKH) on Monday 22 November 2021 and delivered a lecture entitled “The Envoy: Keeping Kurdistan in the Spotlight and Winning Friends and Allies”. The lecture was attended by diplomats, government officials, UKH faculty, students and alumni. […]

November 22, 2021

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Unity and Constitution Conference Summary Report

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Unity and Constitution Conference SummaryReport The Conference titled “The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Unity and Constitution” organized by the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr’s Centre for Regional and International Studies (UKH CRIS) concluded its works successfully in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan Region on Wednesday 19 May 2021.   The high profile conference […]

October 31, 2021

Ambassador Arshak Poladian visits UKH School of Social Sciences

Armenian Ambassador to Morocco and Tunisia Arshak Poladian visited the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) on Tuesday 28 September 2021 and delivered a seminar to the students of Politics and International Department in Kurdish language. Poladian was accompanied by the Armenian Consul General in Erbil Mr. Arshak Manoukian. Poladian is a known expert of Oriental, […]

September 28, 2021