We are enormously excited to announce that the 7th International Conference on Kurdish Linguistics (ICKL-7) will be hosted in-person by the General Linguistics Section at the Institute for Oriental Studies at the University of Bamberg (Germany) on August 28-29, 2025.

The ICKL is a biennial conference  serving as a vibrant platform for scholarly exchange among linguists working on any aspect of Kurdish, including the interactions with its neighboring languages. We welcome contributions which address these issues from the perspectives of various subdomains of linguistics, such as sociolinguistics, descriptive and typologically-oriented analyses of phonology and morphosyntax, grammaticalization and historical development, formal approaches to the grammar, pragmatics, language acquisition, language contact, and corpus linguistics. ICKL is meant to provide an environment for collaboration, and a space to share ideas big or small.

Presentation and Participation

Registration is now open! Please secure a free ticket below.

For presenters: please consult our Presenter Guidelines for further information.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Katharina Brizić

Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Haig (to be confirmed)

Call for Papers (closed)

We are excited to announce a call for papers for the 7th International Conference on Kurdish Linguistics (ICKL-7). Abstract submission is open now for 30-minute talks (20-minute + 10-minute for Q&A session) and/or poster presentations.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to Bamberg in 2025!

Authors are invited to submit anonymized abstracts to the following email address: contact@ickl-conference.org.

Deadline for Submission: April 8, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 2025

Organizing Committee

Laurentia Schreiber (local organizer)
Mahîr Dogan (local organizer)
Masoud Mohammadirad
Songül Gündoğdu
Sara Belelli