On November 2-5, 2019, Kurdish Institute of Paris in partnership with Koya University and the University of Zakho, the Third International Congress of Kurdish Studies will be held at the University of Zakho and Koya University. The agenda of the congress is as follows:
1 November 2019 - Arrival at Erbil International Airport followed by trip to Zakho
2 November 2019: Zakho University, Zakho Road
09:00-9:30 Welcome Address
Dr. Lazgin Ebdi, President of Zakho University
Dr. Aram Muhammad Qadir, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research
Dr. Kendal Nezan, President of Kurdish Institute of Paris
9:30-11:00: Plenary Session 1: Linguistic Rights in a Changing World
Chair: Dr. Nazand Begikhani
Dr. Fernand De Varennes: Linguistic Diversity and Human Rights of Minorities: The United Nations Standards and Their Implementation
Assist. Prof: Rebwar Siwayli: The State of Kurdish Language in Kurdistan Region’s Private Schools
Dr. Sacha Girond-Bourgeois: Optimal Linguistic Areas
Dr. Yusuf Sharif: Phonological Atlas 10
11:00- 11:30: Coffee break
11:30- 12:30: Plenary Session 2: New Perspectives on Kurdish Language and Literature Chair: Dr Zubeda Sayd Salih
Dr. Michiel Leezenberg: New Theoretical Perspectives on the Historical Development of Kurdish Literature
Dr. Farangis Ghaderi: Modern Kurdish Poetry as Aesthetic Resistance
Dr. Ergin Opengin: An Overview of Initiatives and Topics in Kurdish Linguistics
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14.00-15:30 Workshops
(1) Kurdish Language: Unity and Diversity
Chair: Dr. Joanna Bochenska
Dr. Omar Bahiz: Word Order of Object Modifiers in the Noun Phrase in the Kurdish Bahdini Sub-dialect
Dr. Mizgin Chali: Speech Acts in Ehmedê Khanî’s Poems
Dr. Salih Akin: These Words that Make Noise: Phonology, Morphology and Semantics of Onomatopoeic Reduplication in Kurmanji
Mr. Omer Alkoshi & Kawan Ismaiyl Xelîl: Some Phonetic Phenomena Between Southern and Lori Dialects
(2) Kurdish Language Policy and Standardisation
Chair: Dr. Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde
Dr. Jaffer Sheyholislami: Kurdish in Iran: A Policy of "Safety Valve"
Mr. Resho Zilan: Kurmanji Workshop and its Activities
Dr. Abdulwahab Musa: Roadmap to Approach the Scientific (Kurdish) Language
Dr Dilan Rosheni: Nation-State Building or Language Planning?
(3) Approaches to Kurdish Literature and Literary Studies
Chair: Dr. Michiel Leezenberg
Dr. Joanna Buchenska: Why it is Useful to Look at the Kurdish Oral Tradition Through the Lens of Modern Prose: Notes of a non-Kurdish Reader
Dr. Amr Ahmed: The Kurdish Mahdīnāmah: Folk Poetry or Classical Literature?
Dr. Hashem Ahmadzadeh: Literature and Identity
15:30-16:00: Coffee Break
16:00-17:30: Plenary Session, Reporting on Workshops
18:30: Dinner
3 November 2019
9:00: Visit to Lalish + Travel to Koya University
4 November 2019: Koya University, Danielle Mitterrand Boulevard, Koya
09:00-9:30: Welcome Address
Dr. Wali M. Hamad, President of Koya University; KRG Representative;
Representative of the Kurdish Institute of Paris.
9:30-11:00: Plenary Session 1: Kurdish Culture, Politics and Society
Chair: Dr. Kendal Nezan
Prof. Martin Van Bruinessen: The Emergence of Kurdish Studies as a Legitimate Academic Specialisation
Dr. Nazand Begikhani: Gender Mainstreaming in Kurdistan and Questions of Methodology
Dr. Eva Weil: Consequences of Collective Traumas on the Psychic Development in Survivors and Their Descendants
Mr. Gérard Chaliand: Changing Perception of the Kurds in Western Opinion Since 1960
11:00-11:30: Coffee Break
11:30 -13:00: Plenary Session 2: History and Archelogy
Chair: Dr. Joost Jongerden
Dr. Haidar Lashkri: Self Centralizing in the Historical Memory: On Writing History in the Kurdistan Region’s Academic Institutions
Dr. Narmen Amen: Re-thinking Archaeology and Challenges Facing Women in Kurdistan
Dr. Barbara Couturaud: Archaeology in Kurdistan: New Research in the Plain of Akrê
Dr. Najat Abdulla: A Century of History: Kurdish Books Between 1910-2010
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30: Workshops
(1) Gender, Violence and Identity Construction Through Resistance
Chair: Dr. Nazand Begikhani
Dr. Isabel Käser: What Kind of Femininity? And what Kind of Liberation? The Kurdish Women's Movement's Struggle for a New order
Dr. Hardy Mede: Facing Symbolic Violence in Politics: The Experience of Female Politicians in Kurdistan Region
Dr. Wendy Hamelink: Everyday Life, Family Relationships and Political Activism of Syrian Kurdish Women?
Dr. Cinzia Pappi: A Goddess in a Man’s World: Cultural and Social Developments of the Lady of Arbela in the Mesopotamian Sources
(2) Kurdish Diaspora and Its Impact on Kurdish Politics
Chair: Dr. Salih Akin
Dr. Khalid Khayati: The Dynamic of a Stateless Diaspora: The Kurdish Case in Sweden
Dr. Adnan Celik: Impact of Mobility on Kurdish Political Activism in Europe During the Cold War
Dr. Engin Sustam: The Decolonial Manifest of Kurdish Artistic and Cultural Space at the Time of the Conflict in Turkey
(3) Contemporary Developments in Kurdish Questions in Iraq and Turkey
Chair: Dr. Cinthia Pappi
Prof. Mesut Yegen: Recognition to Containment: the Kurdish Question in Turkey in 2010s
Dr. Joost Jongerden: Agrarian Change and Governance in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq
Dr. Jordi Tejel: The Ararat Revolt and Paradoxes of the Global Middle East, 1927-1932
Mr. Sedat Ulugana: The Role and importance of Sheikh Abdulsalaam Barzani in the "Kurdish Movement" (1908-1914)
15:30-16:00: Coffee Break
16:00-17:30: Plenary Session - Reporting on Workshops and Discussions
18:30: Dinner
5 November 2019
9:00: Cultural tour of Koya and participants travel back to Erbil Airport to catch 4 PM or Evening Flights.