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WiSe 22/23: Iranian-speaking religious minorities

Khanna Usoyan

Comments

In the seminar Iranian-speaking Religious Minorities participants will get the general information of the various religious milieus flourishing beyond the Islamic mainstream. During the seminar it will also be discussed how the religious minority groups operate within the Iranian-speaking regions, which themselves have been subject to numerous conflicts and social as well as political transformations at the turn of the 21st century. Besides the general information about various religious communities, recent developments affecting these communities will be discussed. Among the groups studied are the (neo-)Zoroastrians, Yarisan/Kaka’is (often reffered as Ahl-e Haqq), Yezidis, Alevis, Sufi traditions, Shabaks, Mandaeans, as well as the Jewish and Christian communities. close

Suggested reading

Bruinessen, M. van, Mullas, Sufis and Heretics: The Role of Religion in Kurdish Society, collected articles, The Isis press, Istanbul, 2000; Hutter, M., Iranische Religionen: Zoroastrismus, Yezidentum, Baha?itum, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2019; Kreyenbroek, Ph.G., "Religious Minorities in the Middle East. Transformations of Rituals in the Context of Migration", in R. Langer, R. Motika, M. Ursinus (eds.), Migration und Ritualtransfer. Religiöse Praxis der Aleviten, Jesiden und Nusairier zwischen Vorderem Orient und Westeuropa, Peter Lang, 2005, pp. 35–50; Omarkhali, Kh. (ed.), Religious Minorities in Kurdistan: Beyond the Mainstream, Series: Studies in Ori¬ental Religions, vol. 68, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2014; Sökefeld, M., "Religion or culture? Concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora", in W. Kokot, K. Tölölyan and C. Alfonso (eds), Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research, Routledge, London, 2004, pp. 133-155; Sanasarian, E., Religious Minorities in Iran, Cambridge Middle East Studies 13, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000; Raei, Sh. (ed.), Islamic Alternatives. Non-Mainstream Religion in Persianate Societies, Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica, Neue Folge 16, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2017. close

16 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Thu, 14:00 - 16:00 16 Class schedule

Thu, 2022-10-20 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Khanna Usoyan