Kurdish Human Rights Conference 2004: Conference Presentations

Tara Aziz	Civil Society in Iraqi Kurdistan: The Activism of Women since 1991
Angana Chatterji	Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and the Nation-State
Fredrick Cloyd
Noura Erakat	Kurdish Self-determination, Arab Nationalism and the Palestinian Question
Ali Ezzatyar
Michael Gunter	Possibilities for an Independent Kurdish State
Rashid Karadaghi	Allliance or Self-Reliance?
Brucek Khailany
Diane King	Images of Kurdish Life 1995 - 2004
Mustafa Mirzeler	The Legends of Kurdistan and the Childhood Memory of a Kurdish Storyteller - Cancelled due to Illness
Soraya Mofty	Odd Alliances & Consequences for Kurds
Robert Olson	Kurdistan-Iraq and Turkey Relations 2003-2004 Microsoft Word Document-- Viewing requires Turkish Fonts English Summary
Mitchell Plitnick	The Jewish State: An Object Lesson for the Kurdish People?
Soraya Serajeddini	Iraq Drama: Good Shi'ite-- Bad Shi'ite, Kurds Lose Again
Richard Shapiro	Opening Remarks
Joseph Subbiondo	Welcome
Nicole Watts	Democratization in Diyarbakir? Images and Notes
Kani Xulam	Stolen Women of Kurdistan
Kerim Yildiz (Keynote)	Kurdish Human Rights Project and the Protection and Promotion of Kurdish Human Rights
Stephen Zunes	The US and the Kurds: Allies or Pawns?

The Program Schedule is now available in PDF form

8:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	Invocation: Mustafa Kart Opening Remarks: Richard Shapiro Welcome: Joseph Subbiondo
9:30 AM	Introduction: Angana Chatterji Keynote Speaker: Kerim Yildiz
10:00 AM	Panel I Kurdish Cultural Survival: Struggles for Self-Determination
12:30PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Panel II Kurdish Human Rights: Global Realities
3:30 PM	Coffee Break
3:45 PM	Round Table Kurdish Futures: Conflicts and Possibilities
6:00PM	Working Groups
8:00 PM	Kurdish Dance