PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE
THE ZAZA PEOPLE:
HISTORY, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, IDENTITY
October 28-30, 2011
Yerevan, Armenia
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ZAZA STUDIES,
In commemoration of the 155th anniversary of the great German-Armenian scholar, pioneer of the Zaza Studies, Academician FRIEDRICH CARL ANDREAS (BAGRATOUNI) (1846-1930)
The Conference is organized by the International Journal “Iran and the Caucasus” (BRILL, Leiden-Boston) in the Framework of the Celebration of its 15-th Anniversary, in cooperation with Modus Vivendi Center, Yerevan; Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan; International Society for the Study of Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus (ISSTIC), and ARMACAD (supported by Hyksos Foundation).
Conference venue: Congress Hotel, Yerevan, 1 Italy str., Yerevan, Armenia
PROGRAMME
DAY 1, October 28, 2011
Registration and Opening Ceremony
08.30 – 10.00: Registration
10.00 – 11.40: Opening Ceremony
Official Greetings
Opening Speeches
• Prof. Dr. Garnik Asatrian (Yerevan State University), Editor-in Chief, Iran and the Caucasus, Chairman of the Organising Committee
Zaza Studies: Formation, History, and Perspectives
• Dr. Ara Papian (President, Modus Vivendi Centre, Yerevan)
Academic Gatherings as an Efficient Tool of Public Diplomacy
• Prof., Dr. Uwe Bläsing (Leiden University), Associate Editor, Iran and the Caucasus.
‘Iran and the Caucasus’ and the Study of Iranian Ethnic Groups of the Region
Key Speeches:
• Victoria Arakelova (Armenia) – The Alevis, Shi‘a Underground
• Tigran Sarukhanyan (Armenia) – Carl Friedrich Andreas (1846-1930) and Zaza Studies
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee Break
SESSION I (12.00 – 13.30)
Chair: Garnik Asatrian
HISTORY AND IDENTITY ISSUE
• Garry Trompf (Australia) – Reflections on Ethno-Religious Minorities in the Near East
• Chris Gratien (USA) – Kozan, Zeytun, Dersim: Resettlement, Ethnicity and the Frontiers of the Ottoman State
• Victor Nadein-Raevskij (Russia) – The Zaza People in Turkey: The Problem of Identity
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
SESSION II (14.30-16.00)
Chair: Ara Papian
• Eberhard Werner (Germany) – The Struggle for Zaza Identity – Cognitive Anthropology:Emic and Etic Aspects of the Zaza Worldview
• Seyfi Cengiz (Germany) – Some introductory remarks on Dersim.
• Nodar Mosaki (Russia) – The Zazas: A Kurdish Sub-ethnic Group or a Separate People? Idiom, Literature, Politics, Identity and Zaza Intellectuals’ Activities.
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee Break
SESSION III (16.15 – 17.45)
Chair: Garry Trompf
• Serdar Yildirim (Turkey) – The Use of the Name “Zaza” and the Understanding of “Kurdishness” among Zaza Villages of Lice and Hani
• Munzur Chem (Germany) – Tha Zazas and their Ethnic Identity
• Ceyhan Suvari and Elif Kanca (Turkey) – The Identity of Zaza in Turkish and Kurdish Literature
17.45.-18.00 Coffee Break
SESSION IV (18.00. – 19.30.)
Chair: Victoria Arakelova
RELIGION, SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURE
• Raisa Amirbekian (Armenia) – The Zaza Weaving Tradition as a Phenomenon of the Iranian – Mesopotamian – Caucasian Cultural Contact Zone (Preliminary Analysis)
• Nadire Güntaş Aldatmaz (Turkey) – The System of Beliefs among the Dersim Population.
• Tereza Amryan (Armenia) – Some Parallels of the Alevi Zaza Religion and Other Non-Dogmatic Systems in the Region (the Yezidi Religion, the Ahl-i Haqq, etc.)
20.00 Welcome Party with Zaza and Armenian Music.
Playing: Cemil Qocgiri (Germany) and Shirak Shahrikian (Armenia)
DAY 2, October 29, 2011
SESSION V (10.00 – 11.30)
Chair: Victor Nadein-Raevskij
• Victoria Arakelova (Armenia) and Christine Grigorian (Armenia) – The Halvory Vank: An Armenian Monastery and Zaza Sanctuary
• Annika Törne (Germany). Memories of Violence and Supression: Zaza Alevi Dedes in Dersim.
• Garik Grigorian (Armenia). Pre-Islamic Elements in the Alevi Zaza Religion
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 14.00 Cultural Programme: Visit to the Historical Museum (Including the New Collection of Recent Archaeological Findings)
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch
SESSION VI (15.00 – 16.30)
Chair: Adriano Rossi
LANGUAGE
• Johnny Cheung (The Netherlands) – The Zazaki Verbal System vis-à-vis Kurdish and the Other Neighbouring Languages
• Vardan Voskanian (Armenia) – A Note on the Zazaki “Partridge”
• Mesut Keskin (Germany) – Notes on Zaza-Armenian Language Contact
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break
SESSION VII (17.00 – 18.30)
Chair: Johnny Cheung
• Adriano Rossi (Italy) – Once again on Iranian *kund
• Uwe Bläsing (The Netherlands) – An Enigmatic Name for Wild Pears in Zazaki
• Memet Ali Demirdağ (Turkey) – Zazaki – the Language in Danger: Socioliguistic Approach
19.00 Dinner
DAY 3, October 30, 2011
09.00 – 13.00 Cultural Programme: Visit to the pagan temple of Garni (I c. B.C.) and the XII-century Monastery Complex of Geghard.
13.00-14.00 Lunch
SESSION VIII (14.00 – 15.30)
Chair: Vardan Voskanian
• Nazmi Çiçek (Turkey) – The Effect of Turkish as Official Language on Bilingualism in the Village of Êxê Bulgurcuk
• Ardashir Zolfaghari (Iran) – Kurdish, Zazaki and Awromani
• Bilal Zilan (Turkey)- The Work on Standartization of the Vate Group. Çalışma Grubu’nun Standartlaşma Çalışmaları
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
SESSION IX (16.00 – 17.00)
Chair: Mesut Keskin
LITERATURE
• Adnan Oktay (Turkey) – Melaye Ehmede Xasi’s Mevlid: One of the Zaza Books’ Evaluation with the Techniques Of Classic Literature
• Nezvat Anuk (Turkey) – The Chronological Analysis of Zazaki Tales
17.00 – 17.15 Coffee break
SESSION X (17.15 – 17.45)
Chair: Adnan Oktay
• Lorin Demirel (Turkey) – The Genre of Novel in the Zaza Literature
• Ahmet Kirkan (Turkey) – Osman Efendi from Siverek and his poem on Mewlidi “BİYİŞE PEXEMBERİ”
17.45 – 18.00 Coffee Break
18.00 CLOSING CEREMONY
A Farewell Party with Zaza and Armenian music.
Playing: Cemil Qocgiri (Germany) and Shirak Shahrikian (Armenia)
19.00
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