{"id":3514,"date":"2017-04-19T13:47:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:47:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:47:53","slug":"today-join-us-for-the-panel-discussion-kurdish-community-perspectives-impacting-our-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/2017\/04\/19\/today-join-us-for-the-panel-discussion-kurdish-community-perspectives-impacting-our-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for the Panel Discussion: &#8220;Kurdish community perspectives: Impacting our world&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Join us today, April 20, 5:00 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. in the Binghamton University Art Museum<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>All are welcome at\u00a0a panel discussion reflecting the contributions of our faculty members to the learning, teaching and research of the Kurdish culture and the everyday life of its people.<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kurdish children and woman sitting small\" src=\"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kurdish-children-and-woman-sitting-small.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"205\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kurdish men building small\" src=\"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kurdish-men-building-small.jpg\" width=\"257\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us from\u00a0<strong>5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0in the Main Gallery of Binghamton University&#8217;s Art Museum\u00a0for<\/p>\n<h3><strong>&#8220;Kurdish community perspectives: Impacting our world&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Panelists will discuss their current research and findings, and how these efforts help us understand the world today. A general discussion of current events in the Kurdish community follows. Topics to be explored include the impact to Kurdish society as a result of the recent travel ban, perspectives on immigration and the vital role of diversity in education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists from Binghamton University<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderator: Kent Schull, associate professor of Ottoman and modern Middle East history<\/li>\n<li>Aynur de Rouen, curator of the Kurdish Collection, Special Collections<\/li>\n<li>Bahattin Demir, PhD student in history<\/li>\n<li>Ekrem Karakoc, associate professor of political science<\/li>\n<li>Nilay Ozok-Gundogan, visiting assistant professor of Ottoman history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Panelist from the American Kurdish Council, New York chapter<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ridwan Zebari, director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libcal.binghamton.edu\/event\/3233437?hs=a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSVP online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This panel discussion complements the exhibit of\u00a0black-and-white photography from\u00a0the\u00a0Vera Beaudin Saeedpour Kurdish Library and Museum\u00a0Collection currently on display at the Art Museum:\u00a0&#8220;A Glimpse of Everyday Life in Iraqi Kurdistan&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us today, April 20, 5:00 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. in the Binghamton University Art Museum All are welcome at\u00a0a panel discussion reflecting the contributions of our faculty members to the learning, teaching and research of the Kurdish culture and the everyday life of its people. 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