The Transnationality of the Kurdish Freedom Movement
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Date
Thursday, 12 February 2026
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Location
SAGAS Department, University of Florence (Florence)
An international workshop exploring the transnational nature of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and its post‑statist geographies, in dialogue with the diaspora and European host societies.
Programme (summary)
- 09:00–09:30 Institutional greetings
- 09:30–10:30 Keynote by Pinar Dinç (Lund University) – Transboundary Ecologies of War
- 11:00–12:15 Panel 1 – Kurdistan (Chair: Panos Bourlessas)
- 14:15–15:30 Panel 2 – The World (Chair: Veronica Buffon)
- 16:30–17:30 Keynote by Joost Jongerden (Wageningen University) – Space and Politics in the Kurdistan Freedom Movement
An accompanying art exhibition by Rojda Turul will be on display during the workshop.