Program seminariów 2015/2016
Poniżej przedstawiamy abstrakty wykładów przedstawianych na seminarium Studia kurdyjskie w perspektywie postkolonialnej w roku akademickim 2015/2016. Na wykłady i dyskusje zapraszamy do Instytutu Orientalistyki, ul. Mickiewicza 3, do sali 402, w każdy piątek w godzinach 14.45-16.30.
Foreign policy and Kurdish-Assyrian relations_p.1
03.06.2016
Krzysztof Lalik
The Impact of foreign policy on Kurdish-Assyrian relations. The case of Bedr Chan’s massacre and Turkish involvement
Foreign policy and colonial policy in postcolonial studies is frequently associated with western colonial superpowers like Great Britain, France, Germany or Italy and their involvement in the Middle and Far East, especially in 19th and 20th centuries. However, from the perspective of indigenous peoples the policy of regional superpowers like Ottoman Empire or Persia can also be perceived as a kind of foreign policy or colonial power since this policy repeatedly controlled rules of life of these local societies without their consent and even explicitly against their traditional rules and powers. A good example of such dependence is Ottoman policy towards Kurdish and Assyrian tribes in 19th and beginning of 20th century.
Dehumanization & infrahumanization in Turkey
20.05.2016
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
Dehumanization & Infrahumanization in Turkey
Dehumanization&infrahumanization in Turkey: an overview of the existing research on the field regarding the relationship between the Turks and the Kurds In my last presentation I will refer to the research done in Turkey on dehumanization/infrahumanization, especially to the unpublished MA written by Ahmet Demirdağ entitled "Barış sürecinin desteklemesinde insanlıktan uzaklaştırmanın etkisi" (The influence of the infrahumanization on the level of support of the peace process, 2014, Ankara University ) which seems to be the only study on the infrahumanization done in Turkey with regards to the relationship between the Kurds and Turks.
The other dimensions of dehumanization
06.05.2016
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
The other dimensions of dehumanization
In my presentation I will refer to other studies on the dehumanization which define the phenomenon in a bit different framework focusing on the “human nature” (Haslam, 2006) or “human potencials” (Tarnowska, Sławuta, Kofta, 2012). I will also refer to the study done among Polish students regarding their attitude toward Jewish people which showed that the direct reminding about the past guilt of one community against the other fosters dehumanization of the other group while stressing similarities of values and behaviour fosters humanizing of others (Tarnowska, Sławuta, Kofta, 2012). This should be taken into account when discussing the contemporary complicated relationship between the Turks and the Kurds which are still so much affected by past and current conflicts.
The discreet charm of the infrahumanization
29.04.2016
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
The discreet charm of the infrahumanization
The recent research results in social psychology indicate that we tend to infrahumanize others that is to deny them the so called secondary (or uniquely human) emotions that is those which develop through the process of education and culturalization. Contrary to the secondary emotions - primary emotions such as fear or joy - are not uniquely human because they can be attributed to animals as well. This process of denying uniquely human emotions, called infrahumanization (Leyens, 2000, 2007), happens unconsciously. What is also very interesting the distinction of primary and secondary emotions, introduced long time ago into psychology seems to be shared by lay men too.
Dehumanisation and the power of humanisation_1
22.04.2016
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
The abyss of dehumanisation and the power of humanisation. Toward a new image of the Kurds
The long lasting conflicts and wars that the Kurds have been the part of, the ban on Kurdish language and culture that made their cultural production invisible and unknown for the rest of the world, but also the strong politicization of their cultural activity resulted in a poor and distorted image of the Kurds outside their community. Their image is often associated with war or social crises (that is the ability to fight and grieve) but rarely with the ability to think, feel or act and resolve own problems. Thus they are denied very important dimensions of so called “humanity”. As shown in the recent socio psychological research this process is strengthen by the general human tendency to “infrahumanise” others. This tendency should be distinguished from the well known extreme of the deliberate policy of dehumanisation which is associated with genocide.
Kurdystan na przełomie XIX/XX wieku: translacje, konwersje
15.04.2016
Dr Marcin Rzepka
Kurdystan na przełomie XIX/XX wieku: translacje, konwersje
Część 3: Książka i kultury druku
Zmiany społeczno-kulturowe wśród chrześcijan zamieszkujących Kurdystan w XIX wieku wywołane obecnością Europejczyków oraz Amerykanów oddziałują również na Kurdów. Pojawienie się druku oraz szeroka dystrybucja książek przyczyniają się do powolnego redefiniowania własnych tradycji a przy tym również kształtowania nacjonalizmu, asyryjskiego, kurdyjskiego. W badaniach kultur druku w Kurdystanie wykorzystano teoretyczne ujęcia i propozycje amerykańskiej badaczki Elizabeth Eisenstein.
Kurdistan at the turn of the 20th century_2
08.04.2016
Dr Marcin Rzepka
Kurdistan at the turn of the 20th century: transformation, conversion, translation. Part 2
The intensive contacts between Kurds and Western missionaries in the 19th century resulted in significant cultural and social changes, which developed new concept of identity, highly hybridized “liquid identity” , it also determined growth of new cultural values and self-awareness of both Kurds and missionaries. To exemplify such contacts and changes the terms as transformation, conversion (e.g. Said Kurdistani) and translation (Gospel) are going to be used.
Kurdistan at the turn of the 20th century_1
01.04.2016
Dr Marcin Rzepka
Kurdistan at the turn of the 20th century: transformation, conversion, translation. Part 1: Kurds and Chrisitians in Urmi
The intensive contacts between Kurds and Western missionaries in the 19th century resulted in significant cultural and social changes, which developed new concept of identity, highly hybridized “liquid identity” , it also determined growth of new cultural values and self-awareness of both Kurds and missionaries. To exemplify such contacts and changes the terms as transformation, conversion and translation are going to be used. They are adopted to study societies in a micro-scale in Urmia, Hamadan and Kermanshah.
Summary of the seminars held during the winter semester
29.01.2016
Summarry of the seminars held in winter semester of 205/2016 academic year.
Kurdish Fairy Tales
22.01.2016
Kurdish Fairy Tales
Aras Rizgar, Mardin Artuklu University, Institute of Living Languages, Kurdish Language and Culture
Kurdish Traditional Music
15.01.2016
Kurdish Traditional Music
Mesut Yeşilkaya, Mardin Artuklu University, Institute of Living Languages, Kurdish Language and Culture
A Brief Study of Contrastive Views on Zazaki
08.01.2016
A Brief Study of Contrastive Views on Zazaki
Esat ŞANLI, Mardin Artuklu University, Institute of Living Languages, Kurdish Language and Culture
Lutherans and Kurds, part I
04.12.2015
Dr Marcin Rzepka
Lutherans and Kurds: historical encounters and cultural transactions. Part I: Early Lutheran encounters with Islam and the first Lutheran missionary enterprise in Kurdistan.
Lutherans and Kurds, part III
Lutherans and Kurds, part III
18.12.2015
Dr Marcin Rzepka
Lutherans and Kurds: historical encounters and cultural transactions. Part III: Lutherans, Kurds and the Islamic revolution in Iran.
Origins of national movements in Ottoman Empire
27.11.2015
Krzysztof Lalik
Origins of national movements in Ottoman Empire
The rise of nationalism of 'small nations'_p. II
20.11.2015
Krzysztof Lalik
The rise of nationalism of ‘small nations’: Europe and Ottoman Empire_part II
The rise of nationalism among ‘small nations’
13.11.2015
Krzysztof Lalik
The rise of nationalism among ‘small nations’: Europe and Ottoman Empire
Traditional Sense of Honour and Modern Dignity
06.11.2015
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
From The Traditional Sense of Honour Toward The Modern Dignity. The Continuity and Change of Kurdish Culture and of Social Reality
A story of the lost honour and recovered dignity
30.10.2015
A story of the lost honour and recovered dignity.
Goranî Welatî Daykim (Marooned in Iraq, 2002, Iran) by Bahman Qubadî
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
The Honour World of Kurdish Traditional Narratives
25.10.2015
The Honour World of Kurdish Traditional Narratives
Dr Joanna Bocheńska
Honour Code
16.10.2015
The reinterpretation of honour as the important part of modernizing processes. Kwam Anthony Appiah and his book The Honor Code. How Moral Revolutions Happen.
Dr Joanna Bocheńska