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Here Politics and Law Merge, and As Such, Is a Very Important for Our Understanding of Political Processes University of Kurdistan Continuing Education niversity of Kurdistan Hewlêr as one of the most prestigious academic centres Uin Kurdistan Regions of Iraq offers bespoke and off-the-peg workshops and seminars for a variety of audiences and purposes by drawing upon a wealth of its academic specializations and expertise and its unique position within the regional political and the strategic establishments. Continuing Education programmes are destined to a variety of audience including government entities, NGOs, international companies, military organizations and any other public or private entities requiring expertise in the fields of Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Constitution, Security, Risk Analysis, Immigration and Human Rights. 1 Type of Courses niversity of Kurdistan offers hourly or one/two-day classes on specific topics Uaimed at brings you the comprehensive and up-to-date training on selected subjects by lecturers who are authoritative experts in their fields of study. Some courses are also offered in collaboration with other external experts and organizations in order to provide a rich academic environment experience that are meant to cover all intellectual aspects of the topic. Day-long seminars and workshops take place both on-campus or occasionally on site on weekdays from 9:45 to 16:00. If on-campus education is selected, tea and coffee are also provided together with access to the university canteen for lunch. Courses are structured as below: 1. Hourly or single-day seminars and workshops on selected topics both on UKH campus or on client site. 2. Extended training and development projects with multiple sessions both on the UKH campus or on client site 3. Online audio-visual and textual training material 2 Training Programs Subject Instructor I. Nationalism, Ethnic Conflicts II. Shi’a Islam Dr. Vahid Nick Pay III. Political Islam IV. Media Ethics I. Federalism, Nationalism and Self- Determination Ms. Sara Salahaddin Mustafa II. Constitutional Law, Iraqi Constitution III. Gender Politics I. Human Rights II. International Security Dr. Adam Mayer III. Social Movements I. Democratization II. Institution Building Dr. Mohammed Ali Bapir III. Political Parties I. Politics of Social Media II. Ethics and Politics of Big Data Dr. Giovanni Mascaretti III. Public Policy I. International Security II. Transnational Threats and border security Dr. Andrés De Castro Garcia III. National Security and the role of Intelligence 3 Courses Nationalism & Ethnic Conflicts This course aims at enabling participants to develop a good understanding of the concepts of ethnic group and nation, and their performative correlates, ethnicity and nationalism; to acquire an understanding of a range of models for analysing ethnic, national and religious conflicts and to apply these analytical models to a specific case study of Kurdistan Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Vahid Nick Pay Shi’a Islam Shi’a scholars have played a prominent role in promoting the pertinence of the concept of Islamic state in modern era in particular following the successful establishment of the world’s first Shi’a political system through the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran. This course aims to enable participants to develop a good understanding of the principles of the Shi’a political thought throughout the history and its modern-day expansion and development with an in- depth analysis of its concrete regional and global implications Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Vahid Nick Pay Political Islam This course aims at analysing historical and contemporary development of Islamic discourse regarding state and political power. A comparative framework is used to better frame the Islamic political discourse with relation to other monotheistic religions and also western and regional political discourses. Both politicized narratives and religious secular ideologies are scrutinized in order to provide a better understanding of the ideological underpinnings of numerous contemporary interpretations of the divine and temporal justifications of power and authority within the conceptual boundaries of the Islamic faith Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Vahid Nick Pay 4 Federalism This course is about issues extremely topical for the Iraqi federal relationship and the Kurdistan federal region’s aspirations to have a sovereign state. The region-specific discussion is informed by theories of nationalism, self-determination and federalism. Federalism introduces a mechanism to deal with divided societies, to appease ethno- sectarian violence and preserve the territorial integrity of the country. Federalism is also viewed as a technical ‘technological’ solution to deep-rooted problems caused by nationalism through the introduction of a federal system by which the feuding parties are separated, yet the territorial integrity of the country is kept intact. According to federalism studies, self-determination is viewed as a moral-philosophical principle and has no concrete legal meaning. Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Ms. Sara Salahaddin Mustafa Constitutional Law & Iraqi Constitution Constitutional law is the locus where politics and law merge, and as such, is a very important for our understanding of political processes. It has particular relevance to transitional countries, as constitutionalism brings liberal elements into democracy. The properly functioning judiciary is a bulwark against abuse of human and minority rights. While the course significantly draws on the constitutional practices of established democracies, we thoroughly examine constitution-making and the state of constitutionalism in Iraq. Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Ms. Sara Salahaddin Mustafa Gender Politics This course examines the ways in which women shape and are shaped by politics and public policy. We explore the history, approaches, findings and controversy in research about women in politics and political science from a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. Special attention will be paid to politics of Gender as implemented in the KRG region and policies of promoting women’s participation in politics in the Kurdistan Region. Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Ms. Sara Salahaddin Mustafa 5 Public Policy The goal of this course is to deepen students’ understanding of the way in which public policy is made, with a particular emphasis on the roles advocacy campaigns and ideas (sometimes shaped by policy analysis) play in that process. We will look at the processes of policy formation at two distinct levels of policymaking and governance: at the national level, in the developing country context, and at the transnational (international, multilateral) level. The emphasis will be on social policy, with some discussions of other issues Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Giovanni Mascaretti Media Ethics In this course main ethical schools of philosophy such as deontological, teleological, utilitarian etc. will be analysed and their practical implication for contemporary journalism and media are studied. By completing this course, participant will get a sound understanding of the moral dilemmas behind various works of journalism by concrete examples of practices from regional and global media outlets. Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Vahid Nick Pay Human Rights Discusses the history, breadth and functions of Human Rights, including its relevant controversies regarding especially transitional justice. Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Adam Mayer International Security This course focuses on the current analysis of the international scenario. For that purpose, the main international security theories will be explained and analysed applying them to the regional context. Special attention will be given to Realpolitik and its relationship to International Security Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Adam Mayer, Dr. Andres De Castro Garcia 6 Social Movements This course aims at analyzing the social and political processes at the heart of popular effort to change their societies. How people get organized to change the orders they perceive to be unjust or immoral. This course explores the origins, dynamics and consequences of social movements from a political and sociological perspective. Several important aspects of the contemporary social movements are studies including the origin and emergence of movements, recruitment and leadership, interactions of movements with public media, political authorities and the broader public, strategies such as nonviolent direct action or litigations, and the factors contributing to the success and failure of movements Course Duration: 1 day Starting dates: April, October each year Instructor: Dr. Adam Mayer, Dr. Giovanni Mascaretti Democratization this course is based on the conceptualisation of two mutually inclusive terms; the democratisation of politics and the liberalisation of the market. This course aims at clarification of the key concepts and the importance of their implication to real life. It discusses the gradual regime change on two fronts; top down and bottom up - of the government institutions, and of the social
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