This PhD study examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for Kurdish-Iranian society in the twentieth century. It identifies a dual process of socio-economic transformation and homogenisation of culture and identity, the dialectics of which (re)formed the economic…
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Through an analysis of the Iraq’s engineered genocides against Kurds during the years of Saddam Hussein’s regime, this work aimed to reveal the weakness of the current political and social situation in Iraq. The purpose was to offer an overview of the dangers posed by the curren…
This thesis examines the transformation of the Kurdish national struggle in Turkey from a political movement to a social movement. The Thesis will argue that the Kurdish national struggle during the Twentieth Century in Turkey was largely a failure, and that the emergence of the…
This dissertation explores the overlapping histories over the past century of state violence against both Armenian and Kurdish communities in the province of Van in southeastern Anatolia, with attention to the politics of memory as well as the material environment. It addresses …
Church planting among Muslims is not an easy task. After over twelve years of experience church planting in the Middle East, the most difficult aspect has been gathering believers together to form a church. Both evangelism and discipleship have been much easier by comparison. It…
The purpose of this researcher is to examine the differences and similarities in expectations among three groups of parents. No such studies have been conducted using the identified populations. There are no studies in Norway especially on the Kurds, and no researcher focuses pr…
Peace and Conflict Studies was unknown as a field of academic inquiry in Iraq when the 21st century began. Just over a decade later, formal institutional entities had been established to explore the subject at three Iraqi universities. Using a participatory action research metho…
This is a research case study of an International Higher Education Partnership (IHEP) between Vanguard University of Southern California (VUSC) and the University of Duhok (UoD) in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq funded by the British Council DelPHE-Iraq project targeting …
In general, the Kurdish people, an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group in Iraq, have a positive attitude towards the English language, and English is more highly appreciated than Arabic. Since achieving autonomy in 1991, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has taken some dramati…
This dissertation is about the making of the modern Ottoman state in its eastern periphery through an analysis of the Tanzimat policies in land and taxation between the 1840s and early 1870s. With this new reform program, the Ottoman state established new institutions, such as p…
The end of the First World War in 1918 signalled the downfall of the old order in the Middle East by the virtual death of the Ottoman Empire, with its ancient social, economic and political system. The consolidation of Britain's strategic, economic and political position in that…
In a system of multi-ethnic states, one of the gravest threats to international order is secession. If groups within already established states have the right to self-determination, then virtually every state in the system faces the risk of dismemberment. Since 1945, scores of s…
The Hamidiye Light Cavalry, a special militia organized by the Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II in 1890 out of select Kurdish tribes, was an important institution in its day, and impacted many aspects of the lives of its members, their neighbors, and the larger society of which they…
The literature on the case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq focuses mainly on the historical aspect of the Kurds' struggle against successive Iraqi regimes. The literature lacks a solid theoretical and analytical framework for examining the feasibility of an independent Kurdish S…