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The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.

A group of related disciplines within a faculty; it is an arrangement of subjects, not an institution.

Department of Kurdish History and Memory

The Kurdish past, and how its hardest chapters are remembered.

Faculty of Kurdish Studies

Disciplines
4
Courses
19
Open
0

01Disciplines

  • Open

    Kurdish history

    Kurdish history spans the Zagros and Taurus from antiquity to the present, across four states and the diaspora.

    1 A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit.4 A narrower topic within a discipline.

  • Open

    Early and medieval Kurdistan

    This field studies the Zagros and Taurus from early history through the medieval Kurdish dynasties and emirates.

    3 courses4 fields

  • Open

    Modern Kurdish history

    Modern Kurdish history follows Kurds from the end of the Ottoman Empire into the states that followed, with every side and its sources.

    8 courses6 fields

  • Open

    Memory and genocide studies

    Memory and genocide studies examine mass atrocities against Kurdish and neighbouring communities, with survivors’ communities and trauma-informed care.

    7 courses6 fields

02Courses

CourseDisciplineStatus
Kurds in world history (survey)Kurdish historyOutlined
Deep history of the Zagros and TaurusEarly and medieval KurdistanA proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides.
Kurds in the medieval Islamic worldEarly and medieval KurdistanProposed
The Ottoman-Safavid partition and the SharafnamaEarly and medieval KurdistanProposed
Sèvres, Lausanne and MosulModern Kurdish historyProposed
Kurds in Turkey in the 20th centuryModern Kurdish historyProposed
Kurds in Iraq in the 20th centuryModern Kurdish historyProposed
Kurds in Iran in the 20th centuryModern Kurdish historyProposed
Kurds in Syria in the 20th centuryModern Kurdish historyProposed
Soviet and Central Asian KurdsModern Kurdish historyProposed
The Kurdistan Region since 1991Modern Kurdish historyProposed
Rojava and the Syrian warModern Kurdish historyProposed
Anfal and HalabjaMemory and genocide studiesOutlined
The Yazidi genocideMemory and genocide studiesProposed
Dersim 1937 to 1938Memory and genocide studiesProposed
Feyli Kurds’ deportation and statelessnessMemory and genocide studiesProposed
Kurdish, Armenian and Assyrian histories, 1915 to 1923Memory and genocide studiesProposed
Memorialisation and recognitionMemory and genocide studiesProposed
Ethics of survivors’ testimonyMemory and genocide studiesProposed

A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

03Communities of practice

  • Community of practice: Culture, Heritage and Archives

    A proposed A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on heritage records, oral history and archives.

    Proposed

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Department of Kurdish History and Memory. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/kurdish-studies/kurdish-history-memory/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Department of Kurdish History and Memory.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/kurdish-studies/kurdish-history-memory/.

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@misc{kco2026_learn_faculties_kurdish_studies_kurdish_history_memory,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Department of {Kurdish} {History} and {Memory}},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/kurdish-studies/kurdish-history-memory/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/kurdish-studies/kurdish-history-memory/},
}

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