The first issue of Kurdish Studies is out‏

3 11 2013

Kurdish Studies

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

ISSN: 2051-4883 | e-ISNN: 2051-4891

www.kurdishstudies.net

http://metapress.com/content/l1477t15336x/

Kurdish Studies journal is an interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high quality research and scholarship. Kurdish Studies journal is initiated by the members of the Kurdish Studies Network (KSN) and supported by a large group of academics from different disciplines. The journal aligns itself with KSN’s mission to revitalise and reorient 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.

Kurdish Studies offers a universally accessible venue where sound scholarship and research as well as reviews and debates are disseminated. The journal establishes a genuine forum for serious discussion and exchange within the Kurdish Studies community, reaching out to a broad audience of students, professionals, policy makers and enthusiasts alike. Kurdish Studies aims to maintain a fair balance between theoretical analyses and empirical studies. Critical and novel approaches and methods are particularly welcome.

Table of contents

Editorial

Martin van Bruinessen
http://metapress.com/content/a00052586p6q32nn/

Turkey, the Kurds, and the legal contours of the right to self-determination

Derya Bayir

http://metapress.com/content/th638244116m4500/

Science-based truth as news: Knowledge production and media in Iraqi Kurdistan

Andrea Fischer-Tahir

http://metapress.com/content/365q358182j5p602/

Women’s activism in Iraqi Kurdistan: Achievements, shortcomings and obstacles

Choman Hardi

http://metapress.com/content/j71xu72228441534/