Publication alert! KSJ just published a new article by Ergin Öpengin and Adnan Çelik on the Irish poet Alan Ward, his time in Diyarbakir in the 1960s, and subsequent involvement in Kurdish linguistics. Dig into this fascinating story: it's open access! brill.com/view/journals/…

NEW: ‘A Cartography of Genocide’. Since October 2023, we have collected and analysed data related to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Our findings indicate that Israel has systematically targeted all aspects of civilian life. tinyurl.com/bdcrnzka

🚀 4-year, salaried doctoral position in Turkish Studies at the University of Vienna! ⤵️

So this is, apparently, an actual German document for the purposes of evaluating the loyalty (to Germany, one supposes) and beliefs of people applying for citizenship, issued by the State of Baden-Württemberg. And I just don't know what to say anymore.

Some highlights from Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt speaking at the UN. “What kind of message are liberal universities in the liberal West sending to students? ‘Yes, we can teach human rights from our podiums in universities. But then, don’t dare fighting to have them become a reality for all’”

A big CONGRATULATIONS to Marlene Schäfers for winning this book prize! The ethnography is a wonderful read and definitely a book that should be on everybody's "to read"-list!

Die Verknüpfung von Zugehörigkeits-, Aufenthalts- und Fördergarantien an ein Bekenntnis zu einem Staat, der sich derzeit vor Internationalem Gerichtshof wegen des Vorwurfs des Völkermords verantworten muss, wirkt an Zynismus wirklich schwer zu überbieten. spiegel.de/politik/deutsc…

Nachdem ich den Textentwurf gelesen habe, möchte ich zweierlei anmerken: 1. Der Text ist in den konkreten Forderungen nicht verändert ggü der Fassung vom letzten Jahr. Was sich in den letzten Monaten in Gaza abgespielt hat, wurde nicht berücksichtigt./1 spiegel.de/politik/deutsc…

Germany's new "Resolution against Antisemitism" is a self-serving joke: full of contradictions, abusing Holocaust memory to legitimize repression, racism, xenophobia, geopolitical interests, undermine Jewish pluralism & harm Jews it claims to serve. spiegel.de/politik/deutsc… 🧵(1/)

When *Kurdish Studies* was sold to a predatory publisher, they stole our entire archive. 10 yrs hard labour. 10 yrs knowledge production. Now, De Gruyter Brill ➡️ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social has republished the old issues as *Kurdish Studies Archive*. Open access. #KurdishStudies brill.com/ksa

All the academics this morning promoting their books on fascism

Allen, die heute im Bundestag über die sogenannte Antisemitismus Resolution abstimmen, sagen wir mit Esther Bejarano: "Es ist ganz besonders wichtig, dass alle in Deutschland in denen ein menschliches Herz pocht, endlich erkennen, dass Kritik an der Politik Israels nicht mit

For over a year, we’ve been shouting: Germany’s so-called fight against antisemitism, led by liberals, is a regressive tool to align with a pariah state committing war crimes like candy and let antisemitic forces like the AfD hide their hate. No one in this parliament gave a fuck

✨Out now: *Kurdish Women through History, Culture, and Resistance* edited by Shahrzad Mojab.✨ Promises to be a landmark volume! Honoured to have contributed a chapter on Kurdish women's voices. If you can: get your library to order this! mazdapublishers.com/book/kurdish-w…

Looking forward to being part of this workshop on academic publishing hosted by the Kurdish Gender Studies Network this Friday!

Check out the newest issue of the Kurdish Studies Journal! #KurdishStudies

10 years of Kurdish Studies is now open access! Brill has published the *Kurdish Studies Archive* i.e. the entire back archive of our journal! 📚📔📚 #KurdishStudies An incredible resource for all scholars in the field - check out the link below 👇 brill.com/display/packag…

Vol. 3, No. 1 of the Kurdish Studies Journal is out now! Thanks to all authors, reviewers, editors, translators, copy-editors, and typesetters who have made this possible!