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World Congress of KURDISH STUDIES Irbil, 6-9 September 2006 Organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris in partnership with Salahadin University (Irbil) and with the support of the Kurdistan Regional Government and of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 6 September

3 p.m. - 3.20 p.m. OPENING AND INTRODUCTORY SPEECHES
Dr. Kendal Nezan, President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Dr. Mohammed Khoshnaw, President of Salahaddin University Dr. Mohammed Ihsan, Minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government
3.20 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. KURDISH STUDIES IN FRANCE: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Moderator : Dr. Joyce Blau, University Professor Emeritus Speakers : Dr. Pierre Lecoq, Professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris The Place of Kurdish among the Iranian Languages Dr. Salih Akin, Assistant-Professor at Rouen University Linguistic researches on Kurdish in France Mr. Ibrahim Seydo Aydogan, Linguist and Ph.D. Student A Study in Temporality in Kurmancî Dr. Gérard Gautier, Anthropologist and computer expert Computerised Text Corpus in Kurdish Ms. Sandrine Traida, Linguist and Ph.D. student The Syntaxic Status of the Noun in (N-V) Kurdish compound verbs Mr. Yiannis Kanakis, Ethno-musicologist Speak Low, sing Loud : Spoken and Sung "Discourses of Kurdishness" in Present-day Hakkari
Thursday 7 September

10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. KURDISH STUDIES IN FRANCE: SOCIAL SCIENCES
Moderator : Dr. Hamit Bozarslan, Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Speakers : Mr. Boris James, Historian Ph.D. student Uses and Values of the Term "Kurd" in Arabic Medieval Literary Sources M. Gilles Doronsoro, Professor of Political Sciences, Paris Dr. Ephrem Isa Yousif, Philosopher and writer Two Brilliant and Tolerant Dynasties : The Merwanids and Ayyubids Dr. Florence Hellot, Historian Ms. Julie Fernandez de Barena, Historian, L'émergence d'une contestation kurde en Syrie. Mr. Chris Kutschera, Journalist and writer Three French precursors of Kurdology
2.30 - 6.30 p.m. KURDISH STUDIES IN GERMANY
Moderator : Dr. Philip Kreyenbroek, Professor at Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen The Traditions of the Yezidis and Ahl-e Haqq as Evidence for Kurdish Cultural History Speakers : Dr. Khalil Jindy Rashow, Assistant-Professor at Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen Keys to a wider understanding of the Yezidi Religion Dr. Birgit Ammann, European Centre for Kurdish Studies in Berlin The town of Amadiya in the light of European Sources Dr. Eva Savelsberg, European Centre for Kurdish Studies in Berlin Overview of the Kurds in Syria from 1920 Ms. Parwin Mahmudweysi, Ph.D. student at Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen Metrics of Kurdish Poetry Ms. Eszter Spät, Ph.D. student at Central European University in Budapest Yezidi Prophet, Trimorphic Christ or Hellenic Aion. Traditional Motifs in the Yezidi Misbahet of Ibrahim. Dr. Khanna Omarkhali, Specialist in Religious Studies Symbolism of birds in Yezidism
Friday 8 September

10.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. KURDISH STUDIES IN SWEDEN
Moderator : Dr. Khalid Salih, Political Scientist, Kurdish Institute of Paris Speakers : Mr. Reşo Zîlan, President of the Language and Literature Department of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Mr. Mehemed Tayfun, Linguist and historian The History of the Publications of Kurdish Books in Turkey (1844 - 2006) Dr. Minoo Alinia, Kurdish diasporic movement, a social movement in the new global space Mr. Barzoo Eliassi, Ph.D. student at the Department of Social Sciences of Mid-Sweden University Identity, Diaspora, Social Inclusion... of Kurdish Youth in Sweden Mr. Khalid Khayati, Department of Ethnic Studies, Linköping University, Sweden Diasporian Kurds in Sweden as transborder citizens
2.30 - 4.30 p.m. KURDISH STUDIES IN THE USA
Moderator : Mr. Jonathan Randal, Journalist and writer, His text Speakers : Dr. Keith Hitchins, Professor at Illinois University and Urbana Champaign Kurdish Nation-Formation in Turkey 1890s-1938 Dr. Michael Gunter, Professor at Tennessee Technological University The Changing Dynamics in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq Dr. Janet Klein, Assistant Professor at the University of Akron, Ohio Kurdish militias and the Ottoman state : Implication for prsent-day conflict resolution Dr. Nicole F. Watts, Professor at San Francisco State University Pro-Kurdish Mayors in As-If Democracy: Symbolic Politics in Diyarbakir
5.00 - 7.30 p.m. KURDISH STUDIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Moderator : Dr. Abbas Vali, President of the University of Kurdistan, Irbil Speakers : Dr. Joost Jongerden, Assistant Professor at the Social Sciences Group-Wageningen University and Athena Institute-Vrije University Amsterdam From Productive Power to Blunt Control : Theses on the Technology of (Re)settlement in Turkey and the Kurds Forest burning as a counterinsurgency strategy in Eastern Turkey Dr. Hashem Ahmadzade, Lecturer at Exeter University, United Kingdom In Search of a Kurdish Novel that Tells Us Who the Kurds Are Dr. Mirella Galletti, Professor at Naples University Kurdistan and Its Christians Dr. Jordi Tejel, Historian and Sociologist, Switzerland, The Construction of Kurdish Identity in Syria during the French Mandate, 1920 - 1946 Mr. Abdullah Keskin, Publisher at Istanbul The emergence of Kurdish studies in North and Turkey Li Bakur û Tirkiye serpêhatiya lêkolînên kurdî (Kurdish text)

Saturday 9 September


KURDISH STUDIES IN KURDISTAN

9.00 a.m. - 10.30 p.m. SOCIAL SCIENCES
Moderator : Dr. Mohammed Sadik Khosnaw, President of Salahaddin University Speakers : Dr. Khalil Ismail Mohammed The issue of the inhabitants of Iraqi Kurdistan Dr. Nouri Y. Hizrani Kurds and Civilisation Dr. Qader Muhammad Bashderi About the Historical roots of Organisations and Parties in Kurdistan Dr. Ahmad Mirza Mirza Historical and Civilisational relations in Kurdistan
10.30 - 12.00 a.m.
Moderator : Dr. Rashad Miran Speakers : Dr. Tahir Hasso Zebari The Structure of Kurdish Society Dr. Abdul-Hamid Sa’ed The Social Problems in the Kurdish Society Dr. Ahmad Abdul-Aziz The Critical Study of Mounzer Al-Moussili Mrs. Naznaz Muhamad Malla Kadir The Roots of Arabization of Kurdish Culture Mr. Arif Zerevan Alphabet for proper Kurdish writing
12.00 - 1.00 p.m.
Moderator : Dr. Muhssin Hussein Speakers : Dr. Muhamad Abdullah Omar Kirkouk and geo-historical federalism Dr.Hamid Ahmad Important aspects of geographic production for History and Kurdish civilisation Dr.Muhamad Abdullah Kaka-Sur Writing issues of Kurdish history M. Abdul-Karim Hawta The actual reality of industry in Kurdistan region and its importance for development
15.00 - 16.30 a.m. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Moderator : Dr. Khalil Ismail Mohammad Speakers : Dr. Ibrahim Hussein Shwan Strange aspects in Mahwi Kurdish poems Dr. Faraidoun Barzanji The promotion of Kurdish dialects Dr. Abdullah Hussein Linguistic differences in the villages and cities' communities Dr. Abdul-Wahid Dizayee The respect in Kurdish culture
16.30 - 18.00
Moderator : Dr. Shukreya Rassul Ibrahim Speakers : Dr. Rafik Shwani The definition and the beginning of kurdology in Europe and Kurdistan Dr. Hidayat Abdullah Promotion of alphabet in Kurdish issues Dr. Mustafa Zanganah The interpretation of social meaning in some Kurdish view points Dr. Himdad Hussein Kurds in English view point
18.00 - 19.00
Moderator : Mr Salah Saadallah, Kurdish Academy of Baghdad Speakers : Dr. Muhamed Diler Amir The role of journalists in linguistic Kurdish research Dr. Atta Karadaghi Dr. Aryan Ibrahim Badarkhan family Dr. Sero Kader and M. Sonya Siddik The Civil and religious community in the city of Erbil