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KUST PHOTO CONTEST 2024

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KUST International Poetry Competition 2023

The English Department conducted their First International Poetry Competition where 30 participants from five nations participated. Awards were given to the top five winners, along with certificates and personalized mugs!

English Department Practical Training visit to Junior School

  The Department of English conducted a field trip to Junior School. The trip was designed to give students a real world experience in teaching English to students in a school setting.  The English department students were elated by the …

A seminar on Enhancing the English Language through Movies and Books

A seminar was held by Hanar Azad, Lanya Azad, Sonya Majed, students from the English department under the supervision of their lecturer Ms. Heero M. Rashasoor. The seminar was entitled “Enhancing the English Language through Movies and Books” In brief, the students …

A seminar on “Evolution of Creation from Mythology to Reality: A Multidisciplinary Study into the Roots of Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ahmed Sa’adawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad”

Karzan Mahmood, KUST English Department faculty member, held a seminar on Monday, March 8th, 2021 about his latest published research titled “Evolution of Creation from Mythology to Reality: A Multidisciplinary Study into the Roots of Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ahmed Sa’adawi’s …

IREX program

Students from Department of English at Komar University of Science and Technology participated in an American program called “Global Solutions Sustainability Challenge” in collaboration with Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Kentucky. The aim of this challenge is to motivate …

A seminar on “Sublimity: Its Origins and Relation with the French Revolution by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant”.

A seminar was held by Mr. Karzan Mahmood, a faculty member of English department titled “Sublimity: Its Origins and Relation with the French Revolution by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant”. Briefly, we often encounter the word sublime. For example, that …

A Seminar on “SHE, ROBOT: MECHANISATION OF OPHELIA IN SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET”

On Thursday 25th February 2021, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zanyar Faiq Saeed, the chairperson of the Department of English at Komar University of Science and Technology, gave a seminar about one of his research studies. The seminar was titled “SHE, ROBOT:  MECHANISATION OF …

A seminar on IELTS exam

On Wednesday, February 19th, Mr. Awder Raza Aziz, MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, faculty members of the English department and lecturer at Sulaimani Polytechnic University (SPU), presented a seminar entitled “IELTS exam: Types, skills, and scoring system”. He introduced …

A seminar on Brain and Language

Mr. Kochar Saeed, one of the faculty members of the English department, presented a seminar entitled “Brain and Language” on Monday, February 17th. He Introduced the process of language in brain and how does each part of brain work in …

A seminar on Rhetoric: The Art of Suasion

Dr. Zanyar Faiq, the chairman of the English Language Department, presented a seminar about the art of persuasion that can be used to convince people to take a certain course of action. He introduced the root and then the history …

A workshop entitled “A Better English language class”

On Wednesday, October 16th, a workshop entitled “A Better English language class” was conducted by the Teachers from the department of English in Sharazwr Educational Directorate, for the English primary teachers in Sharazwr Educational Directorate. The workshop was about how …

KUST participates in the 7th Scientific Conference of the University of Human Development

On 13th and 14th April 2019, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zanyar Faiq Saeed, the Chairperson of the Department of English at Komar University of Science and Technology, participated in the 7th Scientific Conference of the University of Human Development. In the conference, he presented …

KUST Honors the 28th anniversary of the successful uprising of the Kurdish people

Today 5th March 2019, Komar University of Science and Technology has commemorated the occasion of Iraqi Kurdistan glorious uprising of 1991 against the despotic Ba’ath regime. The acting President of the University, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zanyar Faiq Saeed, congratulated the Kurdish …

Chairman of English Department participates in a MHE workshop

29th January 2019, the chairman of the Department of English at Komar University of Science and Technology, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zanyar Faiq Saeed, participated in a workshop conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to discuss the possibility …

KUST celebrates Yalda Eve 2018

Komar University of Science and Technology celebrated Yalda Eve on December 20th, 2018. KUST Family celebrated, “Yalda,” an Aramaic-Syriac word which means birth was incorporated into the Aryan language. A celebration of the Winter Solstice according to the Kurdish solar …

Know Yourself!

Following an invitation from Sharazur Public Library and Cultural Centre, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zanyar Faiq Saeed, chairman of the Department of English at Komar University of Science and Technology, gave a seminar titled “Know Yourself!” on Thursday 4th October 2018. In …

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY JOINS HANDS WITH KUST

Global Launch at Arizona State University (ASU) started a joint project with Komar University of Science and Technology (KUST) when a number of faculty members from Komar University were enrolled in the advanced teacher training program Teach English Now in …

Metaphors in Use

The First Symposium on Language and Literature titled “Metaphors in Use” was held on May 11, 2017 in the KUST Auditorium at Komar University of Science and Technology. The symposium was organized by the Department of English at Komar University …

Write it Right : A Workshop on Academic Writing

Workshop Title Write it Right: A Workshop on Academic Writing Organizing Department Department of English Presenters Dr. Muayad Jajo (Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of English, Komar University of Science and Technology)   Miss. Zareena Younis (English-Language Instructor at the …

Komar University Day 2017

The Principles of Academic English

A lecture given by Dr. Muayad Jajo in coordination with the directors of the Center of Intensive English ProgramS at Komar University of Science and technology ms. Awat aziz and dr. zanyar faiq What are the principles that govern academic …

BOOSTING YOUR CV WRITING SKILLS

BOOSTING YOUR CV WRITING SKILLS A VIDEO CONFERENCE (March 25, 2017) hosted by the department of English, Al-nisour University College Dr. Muayad Jajo (Chairman of the Department of English, Komar University of Science and Technology) Ms. Samar Sami (Assistant instructor, Department of English, Al-Nisour University …

Online CV Writing Workshop

Perhaps you want to help people write or improve their CVs, or you want to seek help to improve your own CV writing skills. Maybe you need to get professional tips on CV writing, get updates on what’s new in …

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