CONF/CfP - The Zaza People and the Anatolian Alevi Phenomenon, 4-5 June 2016, Yerevan

2^nd International Conference on Zaza Studies

(Call for papers)

International Journal ‘Iran and the Caucasus’ (BRILL, Leiden-Boston)

in the Framework of the Celebration of its 20th Anniversary,

in cooperation with

Modus Vivendi Center, Yerevan;

Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan

and Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan

organizes the 2^nd International Conference on Zaza Studies

THE ZAZA PEOPLE AND THE ANATOLIAN ALEVI PHENOMENON

The Conference will be held in Yerevan on June 4-5, 2016.

The current, 2^nd International Conference on Zaza Studies will focus on the Zaza religious identities, various aspects of the Zaza history, culture, language, folklore, as well as wider – on such a complex phenomenon as Anatolian culture and its peculiarities in different ethnic environments.

The 1^st International Conference on Zaza Studies “The Zaza People: History, Language, Culture, Identity” was held by the same Organizers in 2011,October 28-30, on the occasion of the 15^th Anniversary of “Iran and the Caucasus”, and was dedicated to the memory of Academician Friedrich Carl Andreas, the pioneer of the field (http://armacad.info/the-zaza-people-language-culture-identity-28-30-oct-2011-yerevan-armenia; the program http://armacad.info/programme and abstracts http://armacad.info/abstracts). The interim colloquium “The Alevi Zazas and their Neighbours” was held in Yerevan, in 2014, October 25-27.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 31, 2015. Abstracts must contain:

Name(s)
Affiliation
E-mail address
Title of the paper
A short abstract with a clearly stated thesis (up to 300 words)

Please email abstracts in Word document format to:

Vahe Boyajian (Secretary, Organizing Committee) – vaheboyajian@iae.am and caucasoiranica@gmail.com with the note in the Subject field “Zaza Studies-2”

Food and cultural program during the gathering will be covered by the Organizers. We will likely have a limited number of travel and accommodation grants available for a number of participants.

CONF/CfP - The Zaza People and the Anatolian Alevi Phenomenon, 4-5 June 2016, Yerevan

Deadline:

December 31, 2015

Disciplines:

History, Iranian Studies, Religious Studies

Event Date:

June 04, 2016 - June 05, 2016

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