About Us
How it all began
The ICKL traces its origins to the 1st International Workshop on Variation and Change in Kurdish, held at the University of Bamberg in 2013. This inaugural event was a milestone, bringing together scholars to explore and discuss the nature of Kurdish linguistics. Encouraged by its success, a 2nd International Workshop on Variation and Change in Kurdish was held the following year at the Mardin Artuklu University in Turkey. By its third gathering in 2016, held in Amsterdam, the workshop evolved into the International Conference on Kurdish Linguistics (ICKL), solidifying its role as a biennial meeting point for scholars advancing research on Kurdish and its interactions with neighboring languages.
The Team
Songül Gündoğdu
Muş Alparslan University
Songül’s research focuses on the morphosyntax of Iranian languages, particularly Kurmancî and Zazakî. Her work explores areas such as complex predicates, Ezafe constructions, case and ergativity, argument structure, and negation.
Sara Belelli
University of Tuscia
Sara’s work focuses on documenting and describing contemporary Iranian languages, with a particular focus on Southern Kurdish and Laki. Her research also encompasses lexicographic projects, as well as the study of oral literature and folklore within the Iranian area.
Masoud Mohammadirad
University of Cambridge
Masoud’s research is centered around the synchronic study of Iranian languages and language documentation in the Kurdish region. His work explores areas such as language contact, morphology, semantics, word order, and corpus linguistics.
Mahîr Dogan
University of Bamberg
Mahîr specializes in Zazakî, approaching the language from a synchronic and empirical perspective. His research primarily centers on morphosyntactic analysis, while also addressing sociolinguistic topics, including language documentation, revitalization, and planning.
Past Conferences
Take a look back at previous ICKL conferences, where scholars gathered to advance Kurdish linguistics and its related fields.
September 4-5, 2023, Frankfurt a. M.
ICKL-6
September 24-25, 2021, Graz
ICKL-5
September 2-3, 2019, Rouen
ICKL-4
August 25-26, 2016, Amsterdam
ICKL-3
October 8-9, 2014, Mardin
ICKL-2
August 29-30, 2013, Bamberg
ICKL-1
Images:
Frankfurt: Matthias Münning, Unsplash
Graz: Daniel J. Schwarz, Unsplash
Rouen: Emilie Legendre, Unsplash
Amsterdam: Matheo JBT, Unsplash
Mardin: Ümit Yıldırım, Unsplash
Bamberg: Wolfgang Weiser, Unsplash