The First Global Discussion board of Kurdish Research, collectively arranged by means of Cûdî Academy and the Mala Kurdan (Federation of Kurdish Properties), introduced in combination teachers, linguists, and researchers from other international locations all over the world. Right through the three-day discussion board, individuals mentioned fresh trends in Kurdish Research, instructional cooperation, and long term tasks.
Key subjects incorporated the standardization of the Kurdish language, methodological trends in Kurdish Research, present tendencies within the box, the Kurds and Kurdistan, studies in Kurdish-language schooling in Europe, and transnational views. The cultural program additionally featured an artwork exhibition for youngsters attending with their households, performances of the Kurdish nationwide anthem “Ey Reqîb,” and musical concert events.
Akademiya Cudî li Swîsreyê Foruma Navneteweyî ya Kurdolojiyê rêxistin kir
Zarokên Kurdan di destên wan de ala Kurdistanê sirûda Ey Reqîb dixwînin. %.twitter.com/t7R7arXd38
Lecturers from Across the International Collected
Held beneath the theme “Kurdish Studies in the New World Order: Language, Identity, Politics and International Relations,” the First Global Discussion board of Kurdish Research came about between 10 and 12 July throughout the cooperation of Cûdî Academy and the Mala Kurdan (Federation of Kurdish Properties).
The discussion board welcomed a lot of teachers and mavens from the US, Israel, Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece, and Norway. Individuals incorporated Prof. Dr. Ofra Bengio, Prof. Dr. Michael Chyet, Prof. Dr. Khanna Omarkhali, Prof. Dr. Yaron Matras, Dr. Janroj Yılmaz Keleş, Dr. Farangis Ghaderi, Dr. Michiel Leezenberg, Affiliate Professor Boris James, Dr. Thomas Schmidinger, Prof. Dr. Katharina Brizić, Dr. Maria Six-Hohenbalken, Dr. Agnes Grond, Katia Zagoritou, Prof. Dr. Salih Akın, and writer-director Essmat Sophie.
Yekemîn Foruma Navneteweyî ya Kurdolojiyê ji aliyê Akademiya Cûdî ve hat rêxistinkirin. Di Rewşa Nû ya Dinyayê de, Xebatên Kurdînasiyê: Ziman, Nasname, Siyaset û Pêwendiyên Navneteweyî roja 10 – 12ê Tîrmehê, bi hevkariya Federasyona Mala Kurdan û Akademiya Cûdî hat rêxistinkirin %.twitter.com/ZNMU8XYgL9
Present Problems in Kurdish Research Mentioned
The instructional periods tested the present state of Kurdish Research international, analysis methodologies, the have an effect on of new trends within the Center East at the Kurdish other people, the standardization of Kurdish, diaspora research, and world instructional cooperation.
Individuals additionally exchanged perspectives on growing joint analysis tasks, strengthening world medical networks, and organising sustainable instructional partnerships within the box of Kurdish Research.
Clinical Discussions Accompanied by means of Cultural Occasions
Along with its instructional periods, the discussion board additionally hosted quite a lot of cultural actions. This system incorporated musical performances, conventional folks dance displays, and different cultural occasions, whilst individuals stayed at the side of their households on the camp venue. Particular actions have been additionally arranged for youngsters.
Prof. Dr. Ofra Bengio from Israel A few of the Visitors
Prof. Dr. Ofra Bengio, Senior Analysis Fellow on the Moshe Dayan Middle for Center Jap and African Research at Tel Aviv College and Head of the Middle’s Kurdish Research Program, described the discussion board as a perfect good fortune and expressed her wonder.
Prof. Bengio said:
I’ve participated in masses of platforms, together with many Kurdish ones, however I’ve by no means observed an environment like this. It looks like a circle of relatives, but everyone seems to be an highbrow and has a career. Frankly, till a couple of months in the past I had nearly misplaced hope within the Kurds. The place had younger other people such as you been? Significantly, the place have been you?
Emphasizing that Kurdish team spirit and harmony are inevitable, Prof. Bengio additionally warned Kurds in opposition to political actors whom she described as “Trojan horses.”
From left to proper: Discussion board officers Mecit Calayir, Ofra Bengio, and Michael L. Chyet.
“We Need to Make Kurdish an Economic Language”
Probably the most global’s most famous philologists, Prof. Dr. Michael L. Chyet, who speaks greater than thirty languages, said that Kurdish must change into a language of the economic system.
Emphasizing that financial price is among the major components figuring out the significance of a language, Chyet mentioned that Kurdish is an exceptionally wealthy language however has now not but change into a language of financial process. He stressed out that efforts must be made to deal with this shortcoming and highlighted the significance of making sure that the traditional richness of Kurdish additionally reveals its position within the financial sphere.
Mala Kurdan Federation
The Mala Kurdan Federation is a platform based in Switzerland in 2022 by means of a gaggle of Kurdish college graduates. Along with branches in the US, Canada, and the UK, the group has branches all through the 4 portions of Kurdistan and in just about each and every Eu nation. It operates within the fields of schooling, tradition, and humanitarian help.
The federation delivers meals and monetary help to Kurds suffering from the warfare in Rojava, supplies scholarships for college students, and organizes English-language lessons. It contains quite a lot of departments devoted to schooling, tradition, and discussion, in addition to a non secular frame referred to as the Kurdistan Students Initiative. Bringing in combination Kurds from various political backgrounds—together with secular, spiritual, and liberal circles—the group targets to advertise the average just right of Kurdish society.
Kurdish spiritual pupil Murshid al-Khaznawi braids a tender lady’s hair in a symbolic act of harmony, announcing:“They do not understand how precious our daughters are to us.” %.twitter.com/nZ27m2dNim
The non secular chief of the Kurdistan Students Initiative, which is based totally in Germany, is the Syrian Kurdish spiritual pupil Sheikh Maşuk Mürşid Khaznawi. Sheikh Khaznawi, who declined an be offering from the al-Julani govt to speculate inside of spiritual affairs, has additionally been the topic of grievance from some Islamist circles in Turkey because of his perspectives relating to Israel.
Born in 1993 in Diyarbakır, he labored for a duration in safety gadgets in Turkey after finishing his undergraduate research. He later served as a reporter and editor for quite a lot of native media organizations in Istanbul.
In 2021, he based and turned into the writer of the newspaper Yeşil Beykoz.
In 2023, he attracted public consideration together with his article titled “Hamas’s Immoral War Tactic: A Rocket Launcher in Front of a School”, printed at the Turkish-language information website ‘Haber Israel’.
His analysis pursuits come with Kurdish id, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and Center Jap politics. He specifically specializes in the influences and similarities of historic Zoroastrian and Jewish ideals on Islam.
He recently is living in Germany.
