The TISHK Center for Kurdistan Studies is organising the seventh seminar entitled Genocide and colonisation culture.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Kaziwa Salih, a socio-political anthropologist and genocide studies scholar and member of the Advisory Board Member of the TISHK Center .
Kaziwa Salih is a socio-political anthropologist and genocide studies scholar who holds a Ph.D. in Social Science from Queen’s University in Canada. She is the author of 15 books. Her latest: Genocide Culture: Cultural Habits, Ethnic Engineering and Religious Doxa (2024, Routledge); The Palgrave Handbook of Kurdish Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025); and Poor Dad, Rich Daughter: Overcoming Gender Regimes and Rising as Entrepreneurs in Post-ISIS Kurdistan (2025, Lived Places Publishing_LPP). Dr. Salih has received several international awards for her work and has worked in international organizations, including the United Nations Association in Canada and Amnesty International. Her research interests encompass genocide studies, socio-political anthropology, gender and women’s studies, Bourdieu’s sociological theories, genocide and violence studies, immigration and forced displacement, Kurdish studies, Middle Eastern politics, minority affairs, ethnic conflicts, and Indigenous governance and sovereignty.
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The seminar will be moderated and led by Nasir Muradi, Editor-in-Chief of the TISHK Center for Kurdistan Studies.

Scheduled for Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 6 PM (Berlin time), the seminar will be conducted in Kurdish. The session includes a 10-minute introduction, a 30-minute presentation, a 25-minute Q&A session, and a 10-minute panel discussion and conclusion. Participants can join via Zoom using the provided link.

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