Event: Kurdish Human Rights
Conference and Film Festival
Date: September 4 and 5, 2004
Host
& Location: Social
Cultural Anthropology Program
California
Institute of Integral Studies
1453
Mission Street
San
Francisco, CA 94103
Title: KURDISH
HUMAN RIGHTS: Statelessness, Resistance, and Survival
Purpose of the
Conference:
The
Kurds and their allies have been engaged in diverse struggles for survival and
cultural rights. The conference will
bring together prominent scholar-activists to discuss the politics of Kurdish
nationalisms, ethnic identities, and human rights. Nation-building and statelessness, ethnicity and race, gender and
class, Empire and neocolonialism, as well as strategies for cooperation between
stakeholders in the Middle East and the Kurdish diaspora, will be discussed.
The
two-day conference also features a cultural celebration with Kurdish food,
music, dance, and a film festival.
Individuals and organizations committed to social change and human
rights are cordially invited.
Presenters include:
Tara
Aziz Robert
Olson
Angana
Chatterji Mitchell
Plitnick
Fredrick
Cloyd Soraya
Serajeddini
Ali
Ezzatyar Richard
Shapiro
Michael
Gunter Joe Subbiondo
Rashid
Karadaghi Kerim Yildiz
Brucek
Khailany Nicole Watts
Diane
King Kani Xulam
Soraya
Mofty Stephen Zunes
Mustafa
Mirzeler
Saturday Conference:
9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Opening Remarks and Sessions including
Lunch
Topics
include:
Nation-building and the Kurds
Current Landscape of the Kurds
Alliances and Strategies
6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Traditional Kurdish Dinner and Kurdish
cultural celebration
Sunday Film Festival:
10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Films include:
InNowhereLand (Nirgendwo)
Jiyan
Saddam’s Mass Graves
A Song For Beko (Klamek Ji Bo Beko)
Time for Drunken Horses (Dema Hespên
Serxwes,)
Registration
is required, Sliding Scale Prices
No one
turned away for lack of funds
Translators
and interpreters will be made available to serve the diverse Kurdish community.
Supporters of the
conference include:
American Kurdish Information Network
Bocce Cafe
Cheryl Hatch
Ed Kashi
Mustafa Kart
Koma Govend Kurdish Folk Dance Group
Kurdish-American Youth Organization
Kurdish Human Rights Watch
Kurdish National Congress
Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos
Middle East Children's Alliance
Evini Films
Vanguard Public Foundation
Washington Kurdish
Institute
For more information:
WEBSITE : www.kurdishrightsconference.org