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Waves of Kurdish migration

Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed.

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KCO-DIA-01 · Foundations · 16 h · Open for enrolment on study.kurds.global

Academy · course · Diaspora studies · Faculty of Diaspora, Society and Research · Open for enrolment on study.kurds.global

Waves of Kurdish migration

Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed.

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LevelFoundationsSelf-paced online with family-history exercises.

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Course code
KCO-DIA-01
School
Diaspora studies
Faculty
Faculty of Diaspora, Society and Research
Level
Foundations
Hours
16 h (estimated)
Audience
Kurds abroad of every generation, researchers and partners in host countries.
Prerequisites
none listed
Enrolment
open
Learning platform
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6 modulesOutline ready
1
Old dispersions
2
Labour migration
3
Refugees of the 1980s and 1990s
4
Syria and after
5
Kurds in the former Soviet Union
6
Counting the diaspora

What you can do after

  • Tell apart the main waves of Kurdish migration and what caused each.
  • Explain why many statistics count Kurds only by citizenship.
  • Compare how Kurdish communities formed in two or more countries.
  • Record a family migration story with consent.
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