Curriculum Vitae
Education
August 2011 to present
Ph.D. Candidate of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment (IMPRS REMEP) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany
Completion of MA and BA in Social Sciences
Master of Social Science in Sociology, Middle East Studies, and Philosophy at the University of Uppsala
Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology, International Relations and Gender Studies at the University of Uppsala and University of Gothenburg
Exchange Student, 2008-2009
University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Enrolled at the Department of History, Department of Philosophy, and Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Experience
August-September 2014
Fieldwork on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s genocidal attacks against Ezidis/Yazidis in Iraq
March 2012- September 2013
Ph.D. fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
July-September 2010
Pre-Ph.D. study: Research on the role of survivor organizations in the pursuit of justice in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
August-October 2009
Independent research on Yaresanians’ political and historical condition, a non-Muslim minority group in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and western European countries countries. The result is to be publish in near future: "Yari and Yaresan: Difficult Condition"
April-November 2008
Fieldwork/Empirical research for Master Thesis in South Africa: "Color-Line: Minority Students' Encounters at the University of Stellenbosch"
September-November 2007
Fieldwork/Empirical research for Bachelor Thesis in Sweden: "The Sub-Alternized Other: A Qualitative Study of “Non”-European Immigrants in Sweden - a Postcolonial Perspective"
Teaching Experience
Summer Semester, April 7-July 14, 2014
“Anthropography of Genocide” at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Organization of Conferences and Workshops
June 22-23, 2015
International Conference: Ezidis violent history and current persecution. Institute of Social Anthropology, Vienna University. Organized with Maria Six-Hohenbalken (Institute of Social Anthropology in Vienna)
December 10-13, 2014
International Conference: Surviving Genocide: On What Remains and the Possibility of Representation. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany. Co-organizers: Maria Six-Hohenbalken (Institute of Social Anthropology in Vienna) and Ralph Buchenhorst (Graduate School, “Society and Culture in Motion,” University of Halle-Wittenberg)
February 27, 2013
Workshop: Experiences, Narratives and Claims: Exploring Survivors’ Responses to “Past” and Present Injustices. International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment. Heppenheim, Germany. Co-organizers: Daniel Bonnard and Gustavo R. Paez
October 11-12, 2013
Workshop: On Mediation: Forms, Models and Theories. International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Halle, Germany. Co-organizer: Stefanie Bognitz
February 5, 2012
Workshop: Scrutinizing Transitional Justice. International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Hinterzarten, Germany. Co-organizers: Stefanie Bognitz, Gustavo R. Paez and Daniel Bonnard
Invited Lectures and Commentaries
May 21, 2015
Title: “Denial of History: Al-Anfal Operations 1987-1991.” Public Library, Kalar, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
May 3, 2015
Title: “Science, Race, Genocide, and Modernity.” Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey.
October 29, 2014
Title: “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s Genocidal Attack against Ezidis in Iraq.” Institute of Social Anthropology, Vienna, Austria
September 18, 2014
“Displacement and Suffering: From Anfal to ISIS.” Presentation and panel discussion at the Department of Social Sciences, American University of Iraq – Sulaimani. Organized by Dr. Edith Szanto.
April 13, 2014
Title: “1001 Apples: A memory from elsewhere”
Organizer: London Kurdish Film Festival, at the British Academy of Film and Television Art (BAFTA), London
April 29, 2013
Chair and Discussant for “Silent Witness: The Mass Graves of al Hatra - Forensic evidence of the crimes of the Baathist Regime in Iraq” presented by Sinje Stoyke at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany
April 4, 2014
Title: “Writing Kurdish Genocide or the Iraqi State as Writing”
Columbia University, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, New York
September 7, 2013
Title: “Genocides, Genocide Convention and Sovereignty: Al-Anfal Operations and the Anticipation of Justice.” University of Kurdistan – Hawler. Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
November 18, 2012
Title: “Anfal or Genocide: Travelling Modes of Translation”
University of Salahaddin, Department of Sociology and Social Work. Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
October 17, 2012
Title: “Common Pains and Common Claims: The Case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq”
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region
June 6, 2012
Title: “De Facto Sovereignty vs. Human Rights”
American University of Iraq. Sulaimani, Kurdistan region
December 10, 2010
Title: “Yari and Yaresan: Difficult Condition”
Hønefoss Universities and Colleges in Buskerud, Norway
July 7-10, 2010
Title: “Education and the Self”
Three-day seminar on "Education and Development" organized by local associations. Oslo, Norway
April 8-9, 2010
Title: “Socialization and the Self”
Two-day seminar on "Society and Culture" arranged by local associations. Paris, France
Conference and Workshop Presentations
April 29-30, 2015
Title: The Traveling Modern Bureaucracy: The Iraqi Ba’thi State and the Testimony of Sexual Violence and Rape during the al-Anfal. Kurdology Center, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
December 10-13, 2014
Title: “Carrying Loss and Death: On Memory of Justice, and Remembrance of the Future.” International Conference. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany
November 13, 2014
Title: “Farman 74: Ezidis at the Edge of the Universe.” Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April 2, 2014
Title: “The Force of Writing in Genocide. On Sexual Violence in the al-Anfal Operations and Beyond.” Annual Conference, “Gender Violence, Conflict and the State.” Lehman College, Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies, New York
April 18-20, 2013
Title: “The Ba’th Regime's State of Dehumanization: The al-Anfal Operations against Kurds.” 18th Annual ASN World Convention, Columbia University, New York
February 27, 2013
Title: “Narrating the Unsettled: Orchestrating a Shift from Inhumanity to Universality.” International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment. Heppenheim, Germany
October 11-15, 2012
Title: “The Ba’th Regime’s State of Exception: Configuration of de facto Sovereignty or Operation Al-Anfal.” 2nd World Kurdish Conference. Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq
October 4-6, 2012
Title: “Common Pains and Common Claims: The Case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq”
The First Biennial Conference. Maputo, Mozambique
June 27, 2012
Title: “The Ba’thi Mode: Formation of Authority, Violence and Life”
2nd Annual Conference on the Middle East. American University of Iraq. Sulaimani, Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Memberships and Affiliations
International Association of Genocide Scholars
International Network of Genocide Scholars
Law, Organization, Science and Technology, Halle Germany
Kurdish Studies Network
Selected Media Interviews
“Genocide and Justice”: Rojhalat TV, Cologne, Germany:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXaQAZI-i6I
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCP3_hfkXWs
“The Ezidi Genocide and the Need for International Recognition”: NRTTV, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzY0NNDk0c
“Genocide of Middle Eastern Nations”: Kurdsat TV, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwv3kHMvYSU
Interview with Rudaw journalist, Amy Guttman: http://rudaw.net/mobile/english/culture/17042014
Languages
Bilingual: Pahlawani (Gurani) and Farsi
Swedish (fluent, academic)
English (fluent, academic)
Sorani Kurdish (fluent, academic)
Arabic (fluent)
Norwegian (reading & communication skill)
German (basic knowledge)