The Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Rojava in collaboration with the University of Bremen and CSCUNES (Centre for Solidarity and Cooperation with the Universities of North and East Syria) will organise its Summer School in June 2022.

The Summer School will run from 9 to 23 June and its titled “Decolonisation in Kurdistan and beyond: Theory, Methodology, Practice”.

The Summer School will honour the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution and have two forms of sessions: closed seminars between MA students at the University of Rojava and the University of Bremen and public seminars and workshops with speakers from diverse background of scholarship and activism on decolonization around the world. There will be simultaneous English-Kurdish interpretation for the public seminars.    

All seminars take place online via Zoom. Find registration details online at https://cscunes.com/ The summer school program will be concluded with a joint symposium between students of the University of Rojava and the University of Bremen. Details can be found on our website. 

Public Seminars:  

1. Decolonization in Abdullah Öcalan’s Political Philosophy  

Speaker:  

Havin Guneşer, International Initiative Freedom for Öcalan - Peace in Kurdistan  

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

2. Everyday Practices of Decolonization: Lessons from Kurdistan and around the World  

Speakers:  

Ercan Ayboğa, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung 

Marcelo Vieta, OISE, University of Toronto  

Thursday, June 9, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

3. Decolonization through Democratic Technologies: Explorations in Art and Mechatronics at the University of Rojava  

Speakers:  

Dani Ploeger, University of London 

Teachers form the Art and Mechatronic Departments of the University of Rojava  

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

4. Jineolojî and Decolonization in Women and Gender Studies  

Speakers from the department of Jineolojî at the University of Rojava and the Jineolojî Center in Brussels   

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

5. Kurdistan as a Site of Critique: Politics of Decolonization   

Speakers: 

Dr. Dilar Dirik, Refugee Studies Center, Oxford University 

Dr. Nazan Üstündağ, Independent Scholar   

Thursday, June 16, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

6. Çend Têbinî li ser Koloniyalîtê - A Few Notes on Colonialism [In Kurdish Kurmancî]  

Axaftinvan:  

Dr. Serdar Ay  

Şemî, 18ê Hazîran 2022 (Saturday, June 18, 2022) 17:00-19:00 Dema Rojava (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

7. Alternative Knowledges, Alternative Universities: The case of the Inter-Cultural University of the Peoples in Colombia and the University of Rojava  

Speakers: 

Berenice Celeita, Director, NOMADESC and founder of the Intercultural University of the Peoples 

Şînda Dawud, University of Rojava  

Tuesday, June 21, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

The summer school program will be concluded with a joint symposium between students of the University of Rojava and the University of Bremen.

8.  Abolition as Decolonization of Peoples, Movements, and Knowledge  

Speakers: 

Ozlem Goner, City University of New York 

(others to be confirmed)

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)  

9.  Indigenous Struggles and Decolonization: Theory and Practice  

Tentative speakers: 

Gladys Tzul Tzul  

Tiokasin Ghosthorse  

Aynur Unal   

Thursday, June 23, 2022 17:00-19:00 Rojava Time (16:00-18:00 CET, 10:00-12:00 EST)