We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the second Kurdish Studies Conference organised by LSE and the University of Sheffield on Wednesday 22 - Thursday 23 May 2024. 

This interdisciplinary event builds on the inaugural conference at LSE in 2023 and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.  

The Kurdish Studies Series encourages dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provides a network for scholars, students and all others with related research interests. Over the past six years, the series has hosted 19 public events and published nine monographs and edited volumes as part of the I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury Kurdish Studies Series.    

The conference will be hosted at the University of Sheffield. Standard tickets are £80 and student and unwaged tickets are subsidised at £40. Click here to purchase your tickets.

The programme is now available. Click here to view it. Please follow this link for the Delegate information sheet. 

Registration will close on May 10th. 

Conference Convenors: Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe 

Organising Committee: Arda Bilgen, Marouf Cabi, Mostafa Khalili, Veli Yadirgi, Erman Örsan Yetiş, Fulya Atacan, Isabel Käser.  

For any enquiries, please contact: 

Salma Moustafa Khalil: Mec.Events@lse.ac.uk 

Robert Lowe: r.lowe@lse.ac.uk