Kurdology

Kurdology or Kurdish studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Kurds and consists of several disciplines such as culture, history and linguistics.[1] Kurdish studies traces its institutional history to 1916, when in St. Petersburg in the late Russian Empire, during World War I, Kurdish was first taught as a university course by Joseph Orbeli.[2]

  1. ^ Scalbert-Yücel, Clémence; Ray, Marie Le (31 December 2006). "Knowledge, ideology and power. Deconstructing Kurdish Studies". European Journal of Turkish Studies. Social Sciences on Contemporary Turkey (5). doi:10.4000/ejts.777. hdl:10036/37913. ISSN 1773-0546. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ Alsancakli, Sacha (2016). "The Early History of Kurdish Studies (1787–1901)". Die Welt des Islams. 56 (1): 56. doi:10.1163/15700607-00561p05.