PROGRAMME of the
2nd International Conference on Zaza Studies
THE ZAZA PEOPLE AND THE ANATOLIAN ALEVI PHENOMENON
Conference ABSTRACTS are available here
June 4-5, 2016 Yerevan, Armenia
Conference venue: Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University,
Yerevan, Armenia
The Conference is organized by the International Journal ‘Iran and the Caucasus: Research Papers from the Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan (Brill: Leiden-Boston), in the Framework of the Celebration of its 20-th Anniversary, in cooperation with Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan, and Modus Vivendi Center, Yerevan; Informational support – ARMACAD, Yerevan.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
GARNIK ASATRIAN, Chairman (Yerevan); ARA PAPIAN, Co-chairman (Yerevan); VAHE S. BOYAJIAN (Yerevan); VICTORIA ARAKELOVA (Yerevan); JOHNNY CHEUNG (Paris); KHACHIK GEVORGIAN (Yerevan); TIMIRLAN AYTBEROV (Makhachkala); MESUT KESKIN (Berlin); NADIRE GÜNTAŞ ALDATMAZ (Mardin); MAHMOUD JONEYDI-JAFARI (Tehran); ABBASALI MADIH (Birjand); EBRAHIM SAFARI (Rasht)
DAY 1
June 4, 2016
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:30 Opening Ceremony
Official Greetings
- Garnik Asatrian, Editor -in-Chief, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill: Leiden-Boston
- Pargev Avetisyan, Vice Rector, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
- Hüseyin Çelik (Zürich)
- Timirlan Aytberov (Makhachkala)
Report of the Organising Committee
- Ara Papian, President, Modus Vivendi Centre, Yerevan
Key Speeches:
- Wolfgang Schulze (Münich) – History and Language
- Levon Yepiskoposyan (Yerevan) – Genetic History of Human Populations
- Garnik Asatrian (Yerevan) – Present State of the Zaza Studies
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
- Mesut Keskin (Berlin) – About Lingual Conservatism in the Zaza Oral Literature and Religious Poetry
- Saro Dadyan (Istanbul) – Difficulties of Zaza, Kurdish and Alavei Identity in Turkey According to Movies of Yılmaz Güney
- Cangül Akdaş, Zelal Mevlütoğlu (Istanbul) – A Structural Review on the Western Type Movie in the East: My Sweet Paper Land
- Nurettin Beltekin (Mardin) – Kurdish Zazas in Scientific Knowledge of the State
- Özcan Yilmaz (Geneva) – Alevism in Dersim: An Example of the Invention of Tradition Contributing to Assimilation of the Dersimis
- Hranush Kharatyan (Yerevan) – Accidentality and Programming in the “Group” Orientations of Dersim Population
- Abbas Ali Madih (Birjand) – Qumes in Ancient Geographical Texts
- Fırat Taş (Mush) – The Perception of Identity and the Projection of Social Identity of Varto Alevis
- Victoria Arakelova (Yerevan) – Anatolian Culture as a Common Element of the Alevi identity
Chairs: Yana Amelina, Timirlan Aytberov
- Timirlan Aytberov (Makhachkala) – К вопросу о распространении крайне-шиитских верований в нагорном Дагестане
- Samvel Markarian (Yerevan) – Дейламитские миграции в 9-10 веках
- Mahmoud Joneydi-Jafari (Tehran) – On Alevi Customs and Beliefs
- Anton Evstratov (Yerevan) – Пантюркизм vs. Паниранизм в борьбе за Курдистан
- Ani Grigoryan (Yerevan) – The Alevis of Dersim in the Eyes of the Armenian Authors of the 20th Century
June 5, 2016
- Kristine Grigorian (Yerevan) – On the Armenian-Zaza Sacral Topography of Dersim
- Nadire Güntaş Aldatmaz, Güllüşah Ceyhan (Izmir) – Analysis of “Hızır” Perception and Related Rituals in Alevism Depending on Different Ethnicities
- Ebrahim Safari (Rasht) – On the Origins of the Al-e Buyids
- Erwan Kerivel (Paris) – Sons of the Sun: Iranian Mithraism and Similarities between Armenian Paganism and Dersim Zaza Alevism
- İbrahim Burçin Asna (Mush) – Holy Sites in Karêr region
- Zeynep Arslan (Vienna) – Alevi Movement and the Democratic Rights
- Nezvat Anuk (Mush) – The Institute for the Study of Turkish Culture and the Efforts of Assimilating Zaza People
- Johnny Cheung (Paris) – How “Alevite” are the Zaza of Dersim?
- Filiz Celik (London) – Traumatic Effects of Dersim Massacre (1937-38) on Generational Continuity of Alevi Way of Life and the Native Language
- Ergin Öpengin (Bamberg), Nezvat Anuk (Mush) – Tense-sensitive case-syncretism in the Mutki dialect of Zazaki
- Gohar Hakobian (Yerevan) – Lexical similarities of Zazaki and Talyshi
- Mesut Arslan, Ahmet Kirkan (Diyarbakır) – Alevi Zaza ve Sünni Zazalardaki Ortak Mitolojik Figürler
- Semih Gezer, İbrahim Burçin Asna (Mush) – The Analysing Form and Genre in Zazaki Classical Literature
SESSION VIII (16:30 – 18:00) VARIA
Chairs: Mahmoud Joneydi-Jafari, Amir Zeyghami
- Amir Zeyghami (Yerevan) – On Historical Geography of Deylam
- Armin Heydarian (Rasht) – On the Common Origins of Zaza and Talyshes
- Shabnam Sadrjamali (Tehran-Yerevan) – The Bavandi Clan Against the Alavis of Tabaristan
- Roshanak Goldust (Rasht) – The Role of the Deylamites in the Iranian Culture and Arts
- Elahe Taghvaei (Yerevan) – Linguistic Similarities between Zazaki, Mazandarani and Persian