Workshop on “Oral scripture”: the construction of sacred texts of the minority religions of Kurdistan
Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Janroj in News
“Oral scripture”: the construction of sacred texts of the minority religions of Kurdistan
Tuesday 15 June, 2-6pm, seminar room 1, IAIS, Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter
The dominance of orality in the performance and transmission of the Yezidi and Yaresan religions of Kurdistan and Western Iran has been the object of scholarly interest for almost two decades. This workshop will provide the occasion for a detailed discussion of the sacred texts of these religions – how their sacrality isconstructed, performed and conceived, and what marks them out from other elements of spoken discourse. It will bring together specialists on the two religions and their texts, and on Kurdish discourse (in its various dialects) more generally and reflect their research currently in progress.
The workshop will take the form of an informal round-table discussion, centred around the following presentations:
Prof. Christine Allison Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter
Opening remarks: oral texts and textual authority in Kurdish
Dr. Alexandra Argenti-Pillen Department of Social Anthropology, UCL
The representation of Kurmanci narratives: A dialogue with other genres
Prof. Philip Kreyenbroek Georg-August Universität, Göttingen
Oral and Written Sacred Texts: Zoroastrianism, Yezidism, Yarsanism
Dr. Eszter Spät Central European University, Budapest
Yezidi sacred texts in Iraq: tradition and change
Yiannis Kanakis Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter
The sound as holy text in Yaresan rituals
For further information contact: Prof Christine Allison ca239@exeter.ac.uk
