News
PACO Special Issue 18(2) 2025: Exploring the Kurdish Movement
The PACO special issue on the Kurdish movement is out, with contributions on power, ideology, and mobilization.
Read more → 15/07/2025
Italian Network of Kurdish Studies
A network of scholars, researchers, and students devoted to Kurdish studies. We promote rigorous academic exchange and collaboration.
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Publication
Introduction - Exploring the Kurdish Movement: Power Relations, Historical Dynamics and Theoretical Perspectives
This editorial positions Kurdish politics at a turning point initiated by the PKK’s 2025 decision to dissolve its armed wing and by concomitant institutional realignments in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Building on feminist, post-colonial, and transnational scholarship, the special issue advances a three-level framework. First, it traces the historically…
Read more → 15/07/2025
Event
The Kurds and “the Others” in a Post‑Sectarian Middle East
RISC conference in Lecce (28–29 September 2023) on post‑sectarian dynamics, Kurdish political transformations, and new forms of mobilisation in the region.
Read more → 28/09/2023
Event
The Kurdistan Freedom Movement at a Crossroads
Rete Italiana di Studi Curdi international study days (Turin, 26-27 March 2026) on the historical roots, ideological shifts, and reconfiguration processes of the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
Read more → 26/03/2026
Event
The Transnationality of the Kurdish Freedom Movement
International workshop in Florence (12 February 2026) on the transnational dimensions of the Kurdish Freedom Movement, with keynotes by Pinar Dinç and Joost Jongerden.
Read more → 12/02/2026
Publication
Imported Criminalisation: The Kurdish Diaspora after Sweden and Finland’s Accession to NATO
This article introduces the concept of ‘imported criminalisation’, where host states adopt the origin country’s securitisation and criminalisation standards against a diaspora. Focusing on the trilateral memorandum between Turkey, Sweden, and Finland over NATO accession, it traces how these dynamics affected the Kurdish diaspora in the Nordics, generating legal grey…
Read more → 01/01/2026
News
PACO Special Issue 18(2) 2025: Exploring the Kurdish Movement
The PACO special issue on the Kurdish movement is out, with contributions on power, ideology, and mobilization.
Read more → 15/07/2025
Publication
Introduction - Exploring the Kurdish Movement: Power Relations, Historical Dynamics and Theoretical Perspectives
This editorial positions Kurdish politics at a turning point initiated by the PKK’s 2025 decision to dissolve its armed wing and by concomitant institutional realignments in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Building on feminist, post-colonial, and transnational scholarship, the special issue advances a three-level framework. First, it traces the historically…
Read more → 15/07/2025
Event
The Kurds and “the Others” in a Post‑Sectarian Middle East
RISC conference in Lecce (28–29 September 2023) on post‑sectarian dynamics, Kurdish political transformations, and new forms of mobilisation in the region.
Read more → 28/09/2023
Event
The Kurdistan Freedom Movement at a Crossroads
Rete Italiana di Studi Curdi international study days (Turin, 26-27 March 2026) on the historical roots, ideological shifts, and reconfiguration processes of the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
Read more → 26/03/2026
Event
The Transnationality of the Kurdish Freedom Movement
International workshop in Florence (12 February 2026) on the transnational dimensions of the Kurdish Freedom Movement, with keynotes by Pinar Dinç and Joost Jongerden.
Read more → 12/02/2026
Publication
Imported Criminalisation: The Kurdish Diaspora after Sweden and Finland’s Accession to NATO
This article introduces the concept of ‘imported criminalisation’, where host states adopt the origin country’s securitisation and criminalisation standards against a diaspora. Focusing on the trilateral memorandum between Turkey, Sweden, and Finland over NATO accession, it traces how these dynamics affected the Kurdish diaspora in the Nordics, generating legal grey…
Read more → 01/01/2026
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The Italian Network of Kurdish Studies is a network of scholars, researchers, and students interested in all fields related to Kurdish studies. The network was created to foster rigorous academic exchange and discussion, encouraging collaboration, knowledge sharing, and new research partnerships.
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