Kurdistan, 1983-2013

Presiding : M. Bernard DORIN, French Ambassador

Speakers :

• M. Hamit BOZARSLAN, EHESS, Paris
  « Turkish Kurdistan, from the military regime to the AKP »
• M. Khaled SALEH, Kurdistan University
  « Iraqi Kurdistan caught between Saddam Hussein and Nuri al-Maliki »
• M. Chris KUTSCHERA, Journalist, France
  « The Iranian Kurds caught between armed struggle and civil resistance »
• Ms. Sève IZOULI-AYDIN, Lawyer, Paris
  « The fate of the Kurds in Syria »
• M. Celilê CELIL, Emeritus Professor
  « Kurdish Communities in the former Soviet Republics »

Kurdish society at the turn of the millennium

Presiding : M. Kendal Nezan, Kurdish Institute of Paris

Speakers :

• Ms. Nazand BEGIKHANI, Bristol University
  « Honour-based violence, moving towards action in Iraqi Kurdistan and the UK Kurdish Diaspora »
• M. Khalid Khayati, Linköping University
  « The devolopment of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe »
• M. Philip Kreyenbroek, Göttingen University
  « Development of the religious area »
• M. Ephrem-Isa YOUSIF, philosopher and writer
  « The various forms of Christianity in Kurdistan »

Language, literature and artistic creation in Kurdistan

Presiding : Ms. Joyce BLAU, INALCO

Speakers :

• M. Michiel Leezenberg, Amsterdam University
  « Linguistic discussion in Kurdistan »
• M. Reşo ZÎLAN, Kurdish Institute of Paris
  « Linguistic research in the Diaspora »
• Ms. Clémence SCALBERT, Exeter University
  « The Kurmanji editorial field »
• M. Salih AKIN, Rouen University
  « Language and identity in the European Diaspora »
• Ms. Khanna OMARKHALI, Göttingen University
  « Kurdish studies in Europe »
• M. Najat ABDULLA, Kurdish Scientific Academy
  « Kurdish Studies in Kurdistan »

Final discussion

Presiding : M. Gérard Chaliand, Writer and expert in Geopolitics

Speakers :

• M. Bernard Dorin, French Ambassador
• M. Kendal Nezan, Kurdish institute of Paris
• M. Jonathan Randal, Journalist, former Washington Post correspondent