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International Kurdish Studies Research Conference 2019:
New Perspectives in Kurdish Studies

July 24 & 25, 2019

The Summer Institute in Kurdish Language and Culture activities culminate in Northeastern鈥檚 International Kurdish Studies Research Conference, where students will engage with professionals and academics involved in Kurdish Studies at every level, expanding cultural competence while broadening their worldview. This conference is presented in collaboration with the .

Program Overview

July 24 

July 25

All sessions take place in Alumni Hall North, SU 115

  • 8:15-9 a.m.
    Check-in and Refreshments 
     
  • 9-9:30 a.m.
    Welcoming Remarks
     
  • 9:30-10:30 a.m.
    Session 1: Conflict, Politics, Identity 
    Chair: Jeanine Ntihirageza, 天天吃瓜 
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    • "How Does Interethnic Victimization Shape Combatants鈥 Stereotypes of and Behavior Towards the Ethnic Out-Group?" 
      Matthew Cancian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Political Science 
    • "Self-Determination Claims of the Kurdish Political Movement within the Context of Indigeneity" 
      Aynur Unal, University of Leicester, School of Media Communication and Sociology 
    • "Kurdish Conflict and the 鈥楰urdish Street鈥" 
      Ekrem Karakoc, Binghamton University, Political Science 
    • "Bi Perspekt卯fa 鈥淗卯nweriya Leheng锚n Er锚n卯鈥 T卯p锚 艦ore艧ger 锚 R没s di Romana Kurd锚 R锚w卯 ya Seh卯d锚 脦bo de (The Figure of the Russian Revolutionary in Seh卯d锚 脦bo鈥檚 Kurd锚 R锚w卯)" 
      Mehmet Yildirim莽akar, Bingol University, Turkey, Kurdish Language & Literature
       
  • 10:30-10:50 a.m.
    Q & A 
     
  • 10:50-11 a.m. 
    Coffee Break  
     
  • 11 a.m.-noon 
    Session 2: Kurdish Language in Context
    Chair: Rachel Harrell-Bilici, Zahra Institute 
     

    • "A Bibliographic Introduction to Kurdology" 
      Michael Chyet, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
    • "The Image of the Turk in Melay锚 Ciz卯r卯 and Ehmed锚 Xan卯" 
      Ibrahim Bor, Zahra Institute, Kurdish Studies
    • "The History of Teaching Kurdish as a Second Language"
      Hewa Khalid, Koya University, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdish Studies 
    • "A Collection of Kurdish Liturgical Texts in Hebrew, Assyrian, Arabic, and Cyrillic Scripts" 
      Ramazan Ergin, Independent Scholar, Turkey 
       
  • Noon-12:20 p.m.
    Q & A 
     
  • 12:20-1:20 p.m.
    Lunch 
     
  • 1:30-2 p.m.
    Kurdish Art in America: A Conversation with Lukman Ahmad 
     
  • 2:10-3:25 p.m.
    Session 3: History, Memory, Culture
    Chair: Ibrahim Demir, Zahra Institute 
     

    • "Collective Memory of Kurds in Diaspora" 
      Midya Khudhur, Binghamton University, Comparative Literature 
    • "Representations of Kurdish Musical Practice in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Travelogues"
       Jon Bullock, University of Chicago, Musicology Cultural Memory and Kurdish Madrasa Curriculum
    • "Cultural Memory and Kurdish Madrasa Curriculum"
      Mah艧uk Yama莽, Zaytuna College, Berkeley, Islamic Studies
    • "Medrese and Sufism in Turkey鈥檚 Kurdistan (1923-2002)"
       Mehmet Mahsum Ozalp, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University 
    • "Ziman锚 Kurd卯 没 T锚gihnasiyeke Hevpar (The Kurdish Language and Collective Consciousness)" 
      Abdullah K谋ran, Mu艧 Alparslan University, Turkey, Political Science & IR 
       
  • 3:25-3:45 p.m.
    Q & A 
     
  • 3:45-4 p.m.
    Coffee Break 
     
  • 4-4:45 p.m.
    Session 4: Nashville Kurds: Notes from the Field
     

    • "Research Notes on the Nashville Kurdish Community" 
      Maria Volpe, John Jay College, CUNY, Sociology 
    • "Kurdish Identity in Nashville" 
      Dilman Yasin, Kurdish Professionals, Community Outreach Coordinator 
    • "Nashville Kurds as American Muslims" 
      Mucahit Bilici, John Jay College, CUNY, Sociology 
       
  • 4:45-5 p.m. 
    Q & A 
     
  • 5-5:20 p.m.
    Concluding Remarks 

Download a copy of 2019 International Kurdish Studies Research Conference Program.

Registration

The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be submitted online via the . 

For more information about the International Kurdish Studies Research Conference, please contact Jeanine Ntihirageza at (773) 442-5873 or j-ntihirageza@neiu.edu or Denise Cloonan at (773) 442-4741 or d-cloonan@neiu.edu.