Bernameya seminerê
The Diverse Heritage of Yezidi Tradition
13. XI. 2013 Collegium Maius,
Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall Jagiellonian University
Seminar is held in memory of Prof. Ordixanê Calîl
10.00-10.30 Opening of the Seminar
with the participation of
Prof. Dorota Szumska, The Vice-Dean of The Faculty of Philology of Jagiellonian University
Mr Ziyad Raoof, The Representative of Kurdistan Regional Government to Poland
Session I (10.30-12.00)
Prof. Christine Allison (University of Exeter) The Orphanage Generation: Yezidi Cultural Production in the Former Soviet Union
Prof. Philip Kreyenbroek (University of Göttingen) The links between Yezidism and Zoroastrianism in the light of new evidence.
Prof. Martin van Bruinessen (Utrecht University) Veneration of Satan among the Ahl-i Haqq (Yarsan) of Dalahu, South Kurdistan
Dr Artur Rodziewicz (Warsaw University of Life Sciences) Eros and the Pearl. Love as the Cosmogonic Factor in the Yezidi Theology and Some Ancient Cosmogonies.
Coffee Break
Session II (12.30-14.00)
Dr Joanna Bocheńska (Jagiellonian University) Yezidi Inspirations of Contemporary Kurdish Literature.
Karol Kaczorowski (Jagiellonian University) Yezidism and the complex of Proto-Indo-Iranian religion.
Dr Marcin Rzepka (Pontifical University of Jan Paul II) Discovering communities, inventing beliefs. Christian missionary attitudes towards Yezidis in the 19th century.
The seminar is organized in the scope of research project How to make a voice audible? Continuity and change of Kurdish culture and of social reality in postcolonial perspective financed by the National Science Center of Poland
Section of Kurdish Studies
Department of Iranian Studies
Institute of Oriental Studies
Jagiellonian University
Partners
University of Göttingen
National Science Center of Poland
Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in Poland
Media Patronage
Portal Forum Żydzi-Chrześcijanie-Muzułmanie
www.kurdishstudies.pl
