{"id":11865,"date":"2024-09-18T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/?p=11865"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:08:23","slug":"panel-resisting-erasure-with-kamal-soleimani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/panel-resisting-erasure-with-kamal-soleimani\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel: Resisting Erasure with Kamal Soleimani"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11865\" class=\"elementor elementor-11865\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2f5a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c2f5a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df59371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df59371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resisting Erasure: The Role of Kurdish Lexicography in Preserving Language and Identity<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5821613 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5821613\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6b8c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c6b8c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States deliberately attempt to strip Kurdish language of its political and cultural significance by marginalizing it, reducing it to a dialect, a folkloric artifact, or a local tradition. These strategic maneuvers are designed to undermine its role in national identity and imagination and push it toward extinction.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence Kurdish lexicography is essential, not only for the preservation of the Kurdish language but also for resisting systematic oppression. Over the past century, Kurdish lexicographers have labored tirelessly to document and enrich their language. They face severe challenges, including relentless political and cultural hostility, poverty, imprisonment, and repressive state restrictions. But their work is crucial in countering marginalization. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This presentation will spotlight the profound contributions of Kurdish lexicography, emphasizing its critical role in safeguarding linguistic heritage and resisting the erasure of Kurdish cultural and political presence. It will argue for renewed recognition of its vital impact on the cultural and literary landscape.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12158\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/oldsite\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamal-Soleimani-photo.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Kamal Soleimani\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamal-Soleimani-photo.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamal-Soleimani-photo-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamal-Soleimani-photo-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Kamal Soleimani <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">specializes in Islamic and Middle Eastern history and politics. He holds a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern history from Columbia University (2014) and has taught at Turkish and American universities. He is currently a professor-researcher at El Colegio de M\u00e9xico. He is the author of several books examining the pivotal role that Islam played in the rise of nationalism among Arabs, Turks, and Kurds. He has also authored over a dozen scholarly articles that have appeared in major academic journals including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security Dialogue, Current Anthropology, Nations and Nationalism, Third World Quarterly, Ethnicities, The British Journal of Sociology, Postcolonial Studies, Middle East Studies, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Muslim World.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Host: Janet Biehl<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ab7ab6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ab7ab6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc334e3\" data-id=\"fc334e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a3b67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47a3b67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NYKFF8 Discussion<br> \nSunday, October 13 @5:15pm\u20136pm<br>\nat Village East by Angelika, 181-189 2nd Avenue, #2114<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-708dd5e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"708dd5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae9b5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fae9b5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resisting Erasure: The Role of Kurdish Lexicography in Preserving Language and Identity States deliberately attempt to strip Kurdish language of its political and cultural significance by marginalizing it, reducing it to a dialect, a folkloric artifact, or a local tradition. 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