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FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS AND PANEL PROPOSALS <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

IISKS CONFERENCE|FRANKFURT AM MAIN|2017<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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In response to the many requests we have received for additional time, the deadline for the submission of conference abstracts\/panel proposals for IISKS CONFERENCE|FRANKFURT AM MAIN|2017 has been extended to APRIL 10, 2017. Please click on the following link to access the submissions form: http:\/\/www.iisks.com\/conference-2017\/submission\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Please stay tuned for further information concerning IISKS CONFERENCE|FRANKFURT AM MAIN|2017 and\u00a0bear in mind that, this is the final notice and the deadline will not be extended again.<\/p>\n

International Institute for the study of Kurdish Societies
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How to make a voice audible? Continuity and change of Kurdish culture and of social reality in postcolonial perspectives<\/h1>\n

Dr Joanna Boche\u0144ska<\/h4>\n

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The research project How to make a voice audible? Continuity and change of Kurdish culture and of social reality in postcolonial perspectives <\/em>granted us by the National Science Center<\/a> of Poland in the scope of SonataBis1 program is the first Polish team research project devoted to the culture and socio-political reality of the Kurds. Until now Polish knowledge of the Middle East has been concentrated more on the context of the legally existing states such as Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria etc. and their cultures and realities. The Kurds were presented mostly from the perspective of those states, thus the knowledge of them was hampered and insufficient. However it is also extremely important to see the Middle East from the perspective of the Kurdish nation as one of the biggest Middle East minorities as well as one of the defeated nations \u2013 a notion used by the Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun. It is crucial to understand the profound problems of the Middle East as well as its multiple and diverse reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The necessity of taking into consideration such perspective \u2013 of so called \u201csubalterns\u201d or \u201elosers\u201d \u2013 is also very much stressed by contemporary postcolonial studies, which are the starting point and the cohesive factor of this project. The main aim of the project is to analyze the continuity and the change processes of Kurdistan and the Kurds taking into consideration the complex dynamics of the postcolonial reality as many postcolonial theoretics define it. The goal of contemporary Kurdish writers, activists and politicians, who struggle to make the Kurdish issue visible in the area of world cultural heritage as well as international affairs suggests that the postcolonial theories should be applied. It is beyond question that the postcolonial theories first of all ask and search for the role of the subaltern groups\u2019 voice, as G. Ch. Spivak, Homi Bhabha, Leela Gandhi or Ewa Doma\u0144ska defines it. However, and it must be stressed at the very beginning that the situation of Kurdish people, their culture and activity is very special in some respect and it seems that the postcolonial perspective and methodology based on it can not be treated as the exclusive approach.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this context a more thorough and complex analysis of chosen subjects will be proposed. It will concentrate directly on four dimensions starting with the role of literature and language in creating values, followed by the analysis of selected issues of cultural and social life of the Kurds and Kurdistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Ethic and aesthetic values of Kurdish literature and culture (Dr Joanna Boche\u0144ska\u2019s project)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The role of translation into Kurdish in creating new social, moral and cultural values. (Dr Marcin Rzepka\u2019 s project)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Socio-political role of Kurdish cultural institutions. (Dr Renata Kurpiewska-Korbut)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Majority and minority. The relations between Kurds and christian minorities in Iraqi and Turkey part of Kurdistan. (Krzysztof Lalik)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Social construction and negotiation of ethnic identity among Kurds in Turkey in every day and festive practices (Karol Kaczorowski).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Today it is the voice of Kurdish literature which creates a better, much deeper and sensitive dimension for studying the situation of Kurdistan and the Middle East. It concentrates not only on historical or sociological perspectives but tries to penetrate psychological, cultural or philosophical and even theological sides of problems such as power, domination, submission, free will, common and individual responsibility, the source of love and hate, of good and evil, cooperation and aggression, peace and conflict. It is the voice of culture which is to be raised by many Kurdish writers in order to enable it to influence the reality, making it \u201cless militaristic and more human\u201d as Suleyman Demir, one of the Kurdish writers, had stressed in the interview given to Joanna Boche\u0144ska in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The voice of culture, and so called \u201chuman values\u201d as many writers call it, has already started to penetrate Kurdistan and the Middle East gradually raising the impact on its reality. It is evident in the activity of newly established cultural institutions to give only one example of Mala Dengb\u00eajan (The House of Dengbej – traditional singers\/storytellers), which creation was not only the result of the demand of tradition but rather of the influence of contemporary ideas. Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun, for example, has stressed the big role of dengbejs in the salvation of Kurdish language and culture. We can also observe some impact of the culture voice and of literary ideas in the changing attitude toward other minorities. Mehmed Uzun, Hesen\u00ea Met\u00ea, Jan Dost and many other writers have enhanced the importance of Armenian and Assyrian presence as well as the role of Kurdistan\u2019s multiculturalism and religious syncretism. However, the influence of literary ideas seems rather indirect as reading books is still a new and not a very widespread phenomenon in Kurdistan. Institutions seem one of the most significant factors which can accelerate \u201cthe culture impact\u201d on reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

    So it is so important to analyze the Kurdish reality – its dinamics and changes – in a more complex and multidimentional way being aware of many different phenomena. So, it is possible to study the continuous and changing interactions between thoughts, ethics, literature, and cultural, social and political reality of Kurdistan and in the Kurdish diaspora. Our aim is to carry out thorough research in the fields which are in focus of our individual interests as well as to cooperate with each other in some selected fields which are close or common to our research programs. Being the first joint research project in Poland to cover the reality of different parts of Kurdistan and Europe it will build a comparative perspective which now seems crucial for developing Kurdish studies. The Kurdish issue and Kurdish studies have been usually considered in the scope of national theories. Not undermining the role of the aforementioned theories, the main aim of this project is to look at Kurdish contemporary reality (cultural and social activity) in a more complex way in order to find deeper, multidimensional perspective for studying it. This can provide the thorough analysis of the continuity and the change processes of Kurdish culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The project, based on selected theories will deal with some dichotomies such as: tradition vs. innovation, West vs. East, religion vs. secularism, politics vs. culture as well as with the problem of Kurdish national identity rooted in 19th centuries changes of the whole Middle East. The project will bring a key contribution to the development of Kurdish studies in Poland. A \u2018team project\u2019, which can provide a thorough and interdisciplinary analysis of continuation and change processes in Kurdistan, taking into consideration different points of views and various academic perspectives. Kurdish studies are dispersive and need to be consolidated by pooling existing knowledge. Being one of the first team projects it will permit a more detailed and multidimensional perspective for studying the Kurdish issue but at the same time collating all information of the team\u2019s field scholars bringing an important contribution to the process of Kurdish studies’ by consolidation. Being an interdisciplinary project it will also contribute to many different humanistic disciplines such as ethics, literary studies, postcolonial studies, sociology and political sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

    It is important to stress that this project is a matter of significant importance due to the changes that have been taking place in the Middle East over the last few years as well as the growing multicultural dimension of the European community in which Kurdish representatives are among the most active figures. Until the beginning of the 21st century Kurds were known as one of the biggest nations without their own country (with an estimated 40 million people of the Kurdish population worldwide), desperate fighters for independence, poor and weak refugees and immigrants or, on the contrary, as cruel terrorists. However after the American intervention in Iraq in 2003 when the Kurdistan Region was formally established the Kurds became one of the driving forces of the democratic changes not only in Iraq but in the Middle East as well. The sociopolitical and cultural situation of contemporary Turkey also gives hope for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question in the immediate future. The changed reality in Turkey and especially in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region significantly influence the activity of Kurds in Iran and Syria being for them an impulse to fight for their own rights. It is worth mentioning that this factor is of crucial importance in these countries which still fails to provide basic freedoms and observance of human rights. The changed situation has created new possibilities of international cooperation for the Kurds in such fields as politics, science, civic organization, literature, film or fine arts. The activity of Kurds living in Kurdistan (i.e. Turkey, Iraq and Iran) as well as in European countries including Poland in the fields of politics, science, civic organization, literature, film or fine arts is now developing rapidly. Since it has definitely become more complex and sophisticated over the last twenty years it needs thorough attention and examination.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Institute of Oriental Studies UJ
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    Department of iranian Studies IO UJ<\/a><\/p>\n

    Our Partners:<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Institute of Middle and Far Eastern Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

    Kurdish Center for Information and Documentation<\/span><\/p>\n

    Projekt Rado\u015b\u0107 za jedno Spas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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    Kurdish Language Autumn School (KLAS2017)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    University of Bamberg
    \n4th<\/sup>\u201315th<\/sup> September 2017<\/h4>\n

    Background<\/p>\n

    Set in the heart of the beautifully-preserved medieval city of Bamberg, this two-week Autumn School offers intensive language courses in the main varieties of Kurdish, plus a mix of workshops and seminars by leading experts in the field of Kurdish linguistics. KLAS2017 is hosted by the Institute for Oriental Studies at the University of Bamberg.<\/p>\n

    Sorani and Kurmanji will be offered at two levels for the full duration of the course, while shorter courses in Hawrami and Zazaki will also be available. Details of the programme will go online shortly. Additionally, participants may choose from a variety of afternoon workshops, for example close reading of literary and academic Kurmanji, selected topics in sociolinguistics, or comparative Kurdish morphosyntax. Participants in the language courses will be eligible for earning European Credit Transfer points.<\/p>\n

    Organizing Committee<\/p>\n

    Geoffrey Haig<\/a>, University of Bamberg<\/em>
    \nErgin \u00d6pengin, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul<\/em>
    \n    Jaffer Sheyholislami<\/a>, Carleton University, Ottawa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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    Language Contact and Language Change in Western Asia<\/h1>\n

    10th<\/sup> to 12th<\/sup> March 2017<\/h4>\n

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany<\/h4>\n

    CALL FOR PAPERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>Call deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n

    15th<\/sup> December 2016 for abstract submission<\/p>\n

    Submissions<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Proposals are open to anyone but we especially welcome:<\/p>\n

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    1. Postgraduate students (MA, MPhil, MSt, etc.);<\/li>\n
    2. PhD students\/candidates and post-docs at any stage of their degree.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      We invite submissions of preliminary abstracts (max. 1 page, excluding references) for 20 minute presentations. Please send your abstracts through https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=lclcwa2017<\/a> by 15th<\/sup> December 2016.<\/p>\n

      Important dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      15th<\/sup> December 2016 \u2014 Call deadline (submission of abstracts)<\/p>\n

      10th<\/sup> January 2017 \u2014 Notification of acceptance[\/vc_column_text]

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