Soviet Nationality Policy Towards Kurds, 1917–1956 DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204cs Author: J. Otto Pohl Affiliation: Independent researcher Email: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English / Czech version Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 93–106 (14 pages) Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s…
The Role of Language in Understanding Conflict
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190205 Author: Jakub Kovář Address: Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States E-mail: kovar42@seznam.cz Language: English Issue: (19) 2/2022 Page Range: 107-133 No. of Pages: 27 Keywords: metaphor, generative metaphor, patterns of speech, categorization, euphemism, language, conflict Abstract: This paper explores the ways in which metaphors and other distinctive patterns of…
Ázerbájdžán
Ázerbájdžán / Azerbaijan Author: Lenka Klugerová, Vít Polák Publikováno: 1. 11. 2022 English version: HTML Ázerbájdžán, země pro mnohé neznámá a pro některé z nás vůbec první muslimskou zemí, kterou jsme měli tu čest navštívit. Když jsem poprvé doma zmínila, že bych se chtěla vydat do tohoto koutu světa, všichni rodinný příslušníci, a i blízké okolí…
Azerbaijan
Ázerbájdžán / Azerbaijan Author: Lenka Klugerová, Vít Polák Published: 1 November 2022 Česká verze: HTML Azerbaijan – a land unknown to many and, for some of us, the very first Muslim country we have ever had the honour to visit. When I first mentioned at home that I wanted to venture to this corner of…
Islám: hledání cesty k zítřku
Islam: Seeking a way forwards DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180101cs Author: Luboš Kropáček Affiliation: Univerzita Karlova, Husitská teologická fakulta, Katedra religionistiky, Pacovská 350/4, 140 21 Praha 4 Email: Lubos.Kropacek@ff.cuni.cz Language: English / Czech version Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 3–17 (15 pages) Keywords: Organization of Islamic conference / cooperation (OIC); Islamic-Christian relations; so-called Islamic state (Da’ish); Islamism; Meccan Charter;…
Islam: Seeking a way forwards
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180101en Author: Luboš Kropáček Affiliation: Charles University, Hussite Theological Faculty, Department of Religious Studies, Pacovská 350/4, 140 21 Praha 4 Email: Lubos.Kropacek@ff.cuni.cz Language: English / Czech version Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 18–33 (16 pages) Keywords: Organization of Islamic conference / cooperation (OIC); Islamic-Christian relations; so-called Islamic state (Da’ish); Islamism; Meccan Charter; recent developments in…
Asimilační politika Číny v ujgurské oblasti Sin-ťiang
China’s Assimilation Policy in the Uyghur Region of Xinjiang DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180102cs Author: James A. Millward Address: Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States ICC – Edward B. Bunn S. J. Intercultural Center 610 E-mail: millwarj@georgetown.edu Language: Czech / Russian version Issue: 1/2022 (18) Page Range: 34–44 No. of Pages: 11 Keywords:…
Ассимиляционная политика Китая в уйгурском регионе Синьцзян
China’s Assimilation Policy in the Uyghur Region of Xinjiang DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180102ru Author: James A. Millward Address: Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States ICC – Edward B. Bunn S. J. Intercultural Center 610 E-mail: millwarj@georgetown.edu Language: Czech / Russian version Issue: 1/2022 (18) Page Range: 45–56 No. of Pages: 11 Keywords:…
A Dozen Years of Central Asia: an archaeologist’s blog
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180103 Author: Heinrich Härke Affiliation: Eberhard‑Karls‑Universität Tübingen, Institute for Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology, Department of Medieval Archaeology, 72070 Tübingen, Germany Email: heinrich.haerke@uni‑tuebingen.de Language: English Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 57–80 (24 pages) Keywords: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, archaeology, politics of archaeology, Dzhankent Abstract The paper provides, in a series of anecdotal observations…
Between Orthopraxy and Orthodoxy: International Yezidi Theological Academy in Tbilisi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180104 Author: Artur Rodziewicz Affiliation: Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw, Żurawia 4, 00-503 Warsaw, Poland Email: a.rodziewic2@uw.edu.pl Language: English Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 81–116 (36 pages) Keywords: Yezidism, Yezidi Diasporas, Georgian Yezidis, Taboos, Orality, Ban on Writing, Theology, Academy Abstract The International Yezidi Theological Academy established in Tbilisi is a…