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