The Serbest Foundation is proud to announce the establishment of the Serbest Foundation Kurdish Studies Awards Endowed Fund in Kurdish Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF), in collaboration with Professor Mehmet Gurses, who holds the Najmaldin Karim & Jalal Talabani Chair of Kurdish Studies within the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs.
This landmark endowment establishes the first-ever permanent Best Books Award in Kurdish Studies, designed to recognize and celebrate several exceptional scholarly works each year. The award will uplift the voices of scholars whose work contributes significantly to Kurdish history, politics, society, and culture.
Award categories will be announced in the coming weeks.
This initiative represents more than recognition — it is a long-term commitment to academic excellence, cultural preservation, and community-building in Kurdish Studies.
The Foundation also proudly sponsored the 2025 Kurdish Studies Conference at UCF and has previously supported major academic events at Northwestern University and Yale University.
“It is a duty and an honor to initiate this program. Though long overdue, it is never too late to invest in the future of Kurdish scholarship.”
— Metin Serbest
Kurdish Studies
The first one, An Interdisciplinary Conference on Kurdish Politics and Societies was convened in April 2018 at Yale University. The second one, Serbest Kurdish Studies Conference was organized by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies in June 2018, and sponsored by Metin Serbest, a Chicago-based Kurdish lawyer who hopefully will serve as a model for other Kurdish investors to support the advancement of the scholarly works on…
Exhibition
By organizing curatorial exhibitions, the Serbest Foundation aims to support the success of interdisciplinary Kurdish contemporary art practices in the international arena and to create a space for young artists, especially in the United States, to exhibit their work. The Foundation also supports projects related to the archiving of Kurdish contemporary artworks and academic studies in this field.
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Concerts
Our Foundation continues to host popular names of Kurdish music in the United States. The series of concerts, which started on April 21, 2023 in Washington DC with Diyar Dêrsimî (Hozan Diyar), continues with musicians who have achieved international success in the field of Kurdish music. The Serbest Foundation works to ensure that Kurdish music reaches a wider audience and to remove obstacles in this field.
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