Silenced Voices: Academic Freedom, Ethno-Nationalist Authoritarianism, and the Kurdish Scholar in Exile
Dr. Dilșa Deniz (UCSD Scholar at Risk in Residence 2019-2020) will discuss her experiences as a Kurdish feminist scholar and activist.
Time & Location
May 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
About the event
The second in the three-event series brings together a film screening and discussion with two lectures highlighting interdisciplinary contributions by Kurdish refugee and diasporic communities. Centering the work of award-winning Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Hamoun Dolatshahi (UC San Diego alum; MFA, UCLA) and Kurdish (Turkish) anthropologist and scholar in exile Dr. Dilşa Deniz (PhD, Yeditepe University, Istanbul; UC San Diego Scholar at Risk in Residence, 2019–2020), the series invites participants to engage questions of gender, human rights, ecology, and technology through a decolonial Kurdish lens.
Dr. Dilșa Deniz (UCSD Scholar at Risk in Residence 2019-2020) will discuss her experiences as a Kurdish feminist scholar and activist in Turkey, her experiences as a scholar in exile in the U.S., and the ongoing epistemic marginalization of Kurdish scholars within academia in conversation with Dr. Nancy Postero (Chair, Scholars at Risk, UCSD).
Location: Coalition Building (COA B17)