The International Conference on the Yezidi Genocide – 2014
In 2014, the Yazidi people in Kurdistan and Iraq faced tremendous atrocities by the extremist group of ISIS in their stronghold of Sinjar and other Yezidi-populated areas of Nineveh and Duhok. This was an act of genocide and ethnic-religious cleansing by the terrorist organization. This conference is a scholarly event and will be focused on […]
Peacebuilding, Dialogue, and Heritage: Documentation of Oral Culture in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The University of Cambridge Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), the Centre for Peacebuilding & Dialogue (CPD), are delighted to announce their collaboration in organising a workshop and event on ‘Peacebuilding, Dialogue, and Heritage: Documentation of Oral Culture in the Kurdistan Region – Iraq’, which will take […]
Research Season on Contemporary Studies on Kurdistan and Iraq
Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD) at UKH presents its first Research Season on Contemporary Studies on Kurdistan and Iraq. As part of this academic event, 13 scholars from top universities in Iraq and the world will present their research conducted on a range of topics which include ethno-religious minorities, Islam, religious movements, Kurdish history, […]
Online Conference and Publication: Syrian Religious Communities and the Transnational War
This conference is organised by the Center for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD) at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), in collaboration with Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D) at the European Union Parliament, and the Religious Freedom Institute (USA). The axes of the conference revolve around the Syrian religious minorities experience since the Syrian Spring/ Civil […]
The Sixth 3C Forum at UKH
In cooperation with Opening Universities for Refugees (OUR) initiative, Empower Organisation and in collaboration with the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies (CAPRS) at the University of Auckland and UNHCR Iraq, the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) is hosting the Sixth 3C Forum on Wednesday 25 May 2022. The 3C Forum seeks to facilitate effective collaboration amongst […]
UKH Career Fair 2022 – Postponed to 29 May
The University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH)’s Career Development Centre (CDC) is organising the UKH Career Fair on 29 May 2022 (The fair was scheduled for 23 May, yet due to weather conditions in Erbil it was rescheduled to May 29). UKH Career Fair is an annual event held in May every year, shortly before UKH […]
The Way Forward for Kurdistan
US retired Lieutenant General Jay Garner will deliver a seminar at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) on Wednesday March 30, 2022.General Jay Garner is a very well-regarded personality in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. He is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General who had an essential role in post-2003 Iraq. He has an […]
