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Waves of Kurdish migration
Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed.
Waves of Kurdish migration
Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed.
Level
Foundations
Who it is for
Kurds abroad of every generation, researchers and partners in host countries.
Format
Self-paced online with family-history exercises.
About 16 hours. Hours are an estimate.
What you will be able to do
- 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.
Modules
- Old dispersions. Khorasan, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
- Labour migration. Recruitment to Germany and Western Europe from the 1960s.
- Refugees of the 1980s and 1990s. From Türkiye, Iraq and Iran.
- Syria and after. Departures since 2011.
- Kurds in the former Soviet Union. Deportations and communities in Kazakhstan and beyond.
- Counting the diaspora. Measures, sources and why numbers differ.
Assessment
An interview with a relative about their migration, made with consent and kept by the family, plus a short reflection.
Status
Draft outline for scholarly review. The lessons, readings and questions are in preparation. Completion is recorded; nothing is accredited.
Course code: KCO-DIA-01.