Among other things, in this simple page you can find the details of my publications and conference papers. For further information please feel free to contact me.
Research Interests
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Language ideologies, discourse and discrimination
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Postcolonial Theory
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Nations, nationalisms and national identities
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Processes and politics of state formation and nation-building
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Modern Middle Eastern, Turkish and Kurdish history and politics
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Torture
Teaching Experience
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Language and Identity
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Discourse analysis
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Introduction to Postcolonial Theory
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Nations and Nationalism in Europe
Selected Publications
Books:
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu & Cengiz Güneş (eds), "The Kurdish Question in Turkey: New Perspectives on Conflict, Representation and Reconciliation", (forthcoming).
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, "Nationalism, Torture and Turkification: Voices from the Diyarbakır Military Prison, 2010 (forthcoming).
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu & John T. Parry (eds), Rights, Citizenship & Torture: Perspectives on Evil, Law and the State. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2009.
Book chapters:
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, "Turkish Orientalism and the Repression of the Kurdish Language in Turkey" in Language, Education and Identity in Kurdistan: From Genocide to Rights. Social, Juridical and Political Studies, Amir Hassanpour, Jaffer Sheyholislami and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (eds), Clevedon: Multilingual Matters: Linguistic Diversity and and Language Rights Series, 2010 (forthcoming).
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, "Torture and Turkification in the Diyarbakır Military Prison" in Rights, Citizenship & Torture: Perspectives on Evil, Law and the State, Welat Zeydanlıoğlu and John T. Parry (eds), Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2009, pp. -- (download chapter).
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, "The White Turkish Man's Burden" : Orientalism, Kemalism and the Kurds in Turkey" in Guido Rings and Anne Ife (eds), Neo-colonial Mentalities in Contemporary Europe? Language and Discourse in the Construction of Identities, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, pp.155-174, ISBN-13: 978-1847185129, (download chapter in English / Türkçe).
Journal articles:
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu & İpek Demir, "Representations of Iraqi Kurds in the Turkish Press During the 2003 Iraqi War: The Case of Hürriyet", submitted to Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu & Guido Rings, "Antagonistic Perspectives: Turkish and European Official Discourse on Kurds", Storia della Storiografia, 43 (2003): 30-61.
Work in progress:
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu & İpek Demir, "Notions of Identity and Belonging among Kurdish Youth in London", to be submitted to Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Welat Zeydanlıoğlu & Ellinor Hamren, "The Kurdish Diaspora in Sweden", to be submitted to a reputable academic journal.
Book Reviews
Metin Heper, The State & Kurds in Turkey: The Question of Assimilation. Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K.: Macmillan Palgrave, 2007, for the Nationalities Papers (forthcoming).
Özgür Heval Çınar & Coşkun Üsterci (eds), Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society. London & New York: Zed Books, 2009, for the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 23 (4) (forthcoming).
Kerim Yıldız & Mark Muller, The European Union and Turkish Accession: Human Rights and the Kurds. London and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2008, for the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 17 Issue 1, pp. 140-141.
Recent Conferences
' The Kurds and Kurdistan: History, Politics & Culture', Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter, 2-3 April, 2009.
'Coercive Networks: Violence, Punishment and the Colonial Condition', Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 9 May, 2008.
'Evil, Law & the State: Issues in State Power and Violence', Inter-Disciplinary.NET, Salzburg, Austria, 7-9 March, 2008.
'Thinking Through Turkey: Theorising the Political', Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 14-16 June, 2007.
'Refugees at the End of Empire', Department of History, De Montfort University, Leicester, 29-30 June, 2007.
'Neo-colonial Mentalities in Contemporary Europe? Language and Discourse in the Contruction of Identities', Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London, 23-24 February, 2007.
'From Orientalism to Postcoloniality', Södertörns University College, Stockholm, 28-30 April, 2006.
Invited Talks
Talk on Turkey, Near & Middle East History Seminar Series, Department of History, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, February, 2008.
Panel on "The Rise of Turkish Nationalism during the EU Process" at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (6 Feb), organised by the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) and University of Essex (7 Feb), organised by the Turkish Soceity of University of Essex, 2008.
Panel on "The Kurdish Question" at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, organised by the Kurdish Studies and Students Organisation (KSSO), July, 2007.
Interviews:
"Kemalizm Kürtleri ötekileştirdi" (Part 1) (Yeni Özgür Politika - 27/02/2008).
"Irkçılığın cevabı ırkçılık olamaz" (Part 2) (Yeni Özgür Politika - 28/02/2008).
"Kemalizm kendi Doğu'sunu yaratarak Kürtleri ötekileştirdi" (File 1 & File 2) (Telgraf Londra - 19/02/2008).
Languages:
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English, Swedish and Turkish (fluent written and spoken)
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Kurdish (Kurmanji) (intermediate written and spoken)
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French (reading ability)
Academic Affiliations
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Member of Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN)
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Founding member of the Research Unit for Intercultural and Transcultural Studies (RUITS), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
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On the Steering Group of the "Evil, Law & the State" Project, Inter-Disciplinary.Net
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