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Anfal and Halabja

The Anfal campaign and the chemical attack on Halabja: what happened, how it is documented and remembered.

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KCO-MEM-01 · Foundations · Scholar · 12 h · Open for enrolment on study.kurds.global

Academy · course · Memory and genocide studies · Faculty of History, Memory and Humanities · Open for enrolment on study.kurds.global

Anfal and Halabja

The Anfal campaign and the chemical attack on Halabja: what happened, how it is documented and remembered.

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LevelFoundationsScholarSelf-paced online with archival sources and testimony.

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Course code
KCO-MEM-01
School
Memory and genocide studies
Faculty
Faculty of History, Memory and Humanities
Level
Foundations, Scholar
Hours
12 h (estimated)
Audience
Adults and older students. Content includes mass violence; support resources are given in every module.
Prerequisites
none listed
Enrolment
open
Learning platform
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Before Anfal
2
The campaign
3
Halabja, March 1988
4
Evidence and courts
5
Recognition
6
Memory

What you can do after

  • Describe the events of 1986 to 1989 in order, from documented sources.
  • Explain how evidence was gathered, including captured state records and forensic work.
  • Compare how parliaments and courts have described the events.
  • Approach testimony with care and consent.
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