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We warmly invite the submission of papers for the third Kurdish Studies Conference organised by LSE and the University of Sheffield on Wednesday 11–Friday 13 June 2025.
This interdisciplinary event builds on the conferences held at Sheffield in 2024 and LSE in 2023, and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.
The Kurdish Studies Series encourages dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provides a network for scholars, students and all others with related research interests. Over the past six years, the series has hosted 21 public events and published ten monographs and edited volumes as part of the I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury Kurdish Studies Series.
The conference welcomes paper submissions with social sciences and humanities disciplinary approaches to any aspect of Kurdish studies. These might include but are not limited to: history; political movements; social movements; gender; political representation; governance; displacement; anthropology; nationalism; ethnography, ecology, political economy; international relations; cultural studies; diaspora; security; and religion. The conference seeks to promote, share and celebrate recent research across this growing field and encourage connections between scholars, students, professionals and members of the public.
Conference fees information will be released in October 2024. Thanks to generous financial support, a travel fund will be available for applications from students and early career scholars without other sources of funding.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be on a single Word document and should include:
- Paper title
- Relevant keywords
- Abstract (maximum 200 words)
- Short biography
Only one paper may be submitted per person.
Panel applications are very welcome and should include four papers.
To apply to the travel fund, please submit this form in the same email as your paper application.
Please submit applications to: Kurdish.studies@lse.ac.uk.
The deadline for paper submissions and travel fund applications is 21 November 2024.
Notification of paper acceptances and travel fund will be made by 10 January 2025.
Registration for the conference will open in December 2024.
For any enquiries, please contact: Kurdish.studies@lse.ac.uk.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Conference Convenors: Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe
Conference Manager: Nadine Almanasfi
Advisory Committee: Fulya Atacan, Arda Bilgen, Marouf Cabi, Mostafa Khalili, Kamaran Palani, Veli Yadirgi
Download the full call for papers
Download the travel fund application