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

Friday, 9 June, 2017 , 18:03

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

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 :

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 :

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 :

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 :

Moderateur : Kendal NEZAN

6.15 p.m – 6.30 p.m.: - Closing Speech : Kendal NEZAN and Dr. Nahro ZAGROS