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Kurdish Studies Archive
Vol. 4 No. 2 2016. Special Issue: Yezidism and Yezidi Studies in the Early 21st Century
Kurdish Studies Archive publishes the content of volumes 1 to 10 of Kurdish Studies. This interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal was dedicated to publishing high-quality research and scholarship. Since 2023 the journal has been continued as the new Kurdish Studies Journal, published by Brill, and focuses on research, scholarship, and debates in the field of Kurdish studies in a multidisciplinary fashion covering a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, economics, history, society, gender, minorities, politics, health, law, environment, language, media, culture, arts, and education.
Editorial
Martin van Bruinessen
Introduction to the special issue
Yezidism and Yezidi Studies in the early 21st century
âPhilip G. Kreyenbroek and Khanna Omarkhali
Research articles
The displacement of the Yezidis after the rise of ISIS in Northern Iraq
âIrene Dulz
Hola hola Tawûsî Melek, hola hola Åehidêt Åingalê: Persecution and the development of Yezidi ritual life
âEszter Spät
The gendering of victimhood: Western media and the Sinjar genocide
âVeronica Buffon and Christine Allison
Review article
Yezidi Spirits? On the question of Yezidi beliefs: A review article
âPhilip G. Kreyenbroek and Khanna Omarkhali
Interview
Transformations in the Yezidi tradition after the ISIS attacks: An interview with Ilhan Kizilhan
â Khanna Omarkhali
Book reviews
Twana Faris Bawa, The Privatisation of Security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
âGönenç Uysal
Marianna Charountaki, The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East since 1945
âMichael M. Gunter
Ramazan Aras, The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey. Political Violence, Fear and Pain
âMartin van Bruinessen
Senem Aslan, Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent
âMustafa Gurbuz
Michael M. Gunter, The Kurds: A Modern History
âVera Eccarius-Kelly
Djene Rhys Bajalan and Sara Zandi Karimi (eds.), Studies in Kurdish History: Empire, Ethnicity and Identity
âSacha Alsancakli
Scholars and students of Kurdish Studies in all its aspects such as culture, history, society, politics, economics, religions, and languages.