Program seminariów 2015/2016

• 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my last presentation I will refer to the research done in Turkey on dehumanization/infrahumanization, especially to the unpublished MA written by Ahmet Demirdağ entitled "Barış sürecinin desteklemesinde insanlıktan uzaklaştırmanın etkisi" (The influence of the infrahumanization on the level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