In partnership with Sciences Po-CERI, Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in France, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Aix-Marseille Université – CERIC (UMR 7318).

Program

8h30-9h00. Registration of participants – Coffee

9h00-9h15. Welcome address :

• Luis Martinez, directeur de recherche, CERI-Sciences Po
• Khaman Zrar Asaad, Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in France
• Khaled Salih, Vice Chancellor of the University of Kurdistan Hewler

I. New political and social developments in Iraqi Kurdistan

Chair: Hamit Bozarslan, EHESS - CETOBAC

9h15-10h30. Political question about a “quasi-state”

• Khaled Salih, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Negotiating a federal state: the Kurdish experience in Iraq
• Alex Danielovic, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Iraqi federalism and the Kurds: learning to live together
• Gareth Stanfield, University of Exeter, Keeping options open: the oil and gas strategy of the Kurdistan Regional Government
• Beriwan Khailany, KRG - Higher Education and Scientific Research, KRG & higher education: strategy and future perspectives

10h30-10h45. Coffee break

10h45-12h00. Building an intellectual and social autonomy

• Hardy Mohammed, Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne - CESSP, Processus de « parlementarisation » dans la région du Kurdistan d'Irak : 1992-2012
• Nazand Begikhani & Gill Hague, University of Bristol, Violence against women: experiences and counter strategies in Kurdistan Region
• Amanj Saeed, KRG - Higher Education and Scientific Research, Human capacity development in post-conflict countries: KRG experience as example
• Najat Abdullah, KRG – Culture and Community Affairs, Ecrire et enseigner l'histoire au Kurdistan d'Irak

12h-12h30. Discussion

Discussant: Laurence Louër, CERI-Sciences Po

12h30-14h00. Lunch

II. Regional Kurdish Dynamics

Chair: Olivier Grojean, Aix-Marseille Université – CERIC

14h00-15h15. National issues and transboundary effects

• Said Shamsaddin, Soran University, National identity and Islamist moral majority: the dynamics of Kurdish struggle in Iran
• Merve Özdemirkıran, Sciences Po-CERI, Suivre le pas du commerce de Khabur vers Ibrahim Khalil : dans la file d’attente des relations turco-kurdes
• Clémence Scalbert-Yücel, University of Exeter, Un champ culturel transfrontalier ? Echanges et liens entre Kurdistan turc et irakien
• Michael Leezenberg, University of Amsterdam, Civil society in Kurdistan: divergence, convergence, challenges

15h15-15h30. Coffee break

15h30-16h45. Contemporary Kurdish Conflicts

• Olivier Grojean, Aix-Marseille Université – CERIC, Un champ d’action régionalisé ? Le PKK et ses organisations sœurs au Moyen-Orient
• Gilles Dorronsoro & Yohanan Benhaim, Université Paris 1–Panthéon Sorbonne – CESSP, Le point de vue d’Ankara sur les conflits kurdes
• Jordi Tejel, Graduate Institute of Geneva, Le nationalisme kurde à l'épreuve des révoltes arabes: le cas syrien
• Joseph Bahout, Sciences Po-CERI, La crise syrienne, un conflit régional aussi

16h45-17h15. Discussion

Discussant: Alain Dieckhoff, CNRS/CERI-Sciences Po

17h15-17h30. Concluding remarks

• Nazand Begikhani, Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Scientific and organizing Committee

• Nazand Begikhani (University of Bristol),
• Hamit Bozarslan (EHESS - CETOBAC, Paris),
• Olivier Grojean (Aix-Marseille Université - CERIC),
• Akil Marceau (KRG, Paris),
• Luis Martinez (Sciences Po – CERI)

CERI-56 rue Jacob, 75006 Paris / Salle de conférences / Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles

Le colloque se déroulera en anglais et en français ; traduction assurée.

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