Faculty of Humanities

01Departments

• 01

  Department of History and Archaeology

  The Kurdish past in its regional setting, and the evidence it rests on.

  4 disciplinesOne subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.1 courseA set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit.

• 02

  Department of Languages and Linguistics

  Kurdish varieties and the other languages of the region: how they work, how they are learned, recorded and translated.

  4 disciplines1 course

• 03

  Department of Literature

  Kurdish literature, oral and written, read alongside the literatures around it.

  1 discipline0 courses

• 04

  Department of Philosophy and Religion

  Ideas, ethics and the study of religions.

  3 disciplines0 courses

• 05

  Department of Heritage and Digital Humanities

  Keeping Kurdish heritage, and studying it with digital tools.

  2 disciplines0 courses

02Disciplines

Department of History and Archaeology 4

• ProposedA proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides.

  World and regional history

  The history of the lands Kurds have lived in, from the empires that ruled them to the states that divided them in the 20th century.

  0 courses4 fieldsA narrower topic within a discipline.

• Proposed

  Archaeology

  Archaeology reads the past from what people left behind. Sites such as Shanidar Cave and Göbekli Tepe lie in Kurdish-inhabited lands.

  0 courses4 fields

• Open

  Oral history

  Oral history turns the memories of elders, survivors and migrants into evidence, recorded with consent and kept with care.

  1 course4 fields

• Proposed

  History and philosophy of science

  How knowledge of medicine, the sky and number was made, and the part scholars of Kurdish origin played in it.

  0 courses3 fields

Department of Languages and Linguistics 4

• Proposed

  Linguistics

  Linguistics describes sounds, words and grammar. Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani give it much to compare.

  0 courses5 fields

• Proposed

  Language documentation and revitalisation

  Recording speech, dictionaries and grammars while speakers can still pass them on, and helping communities keep smaller varieties in use.

  0 courses4 fields

• Open

  Translation and interpreting

  Translators and interpreters carry meaning between Kurdish and other languages, in courts, clinics, asylum hearings and literature.

  1 course4 fields

• Proposed

  Applied linguistics and language learning

  How people learn a second language and keep two or more, as most Kurdish speakers do.

  0 courses4 fields

Department of Literature 1

• Proposed

  Comparative literature

  Kurdish poetry and prose read beside Arabic, Persian, Turkish and European works, and the literature written in exile.

  0 courses4 fields

Department of Philosophy and Religion 3

• Proposed

  Philosophy

  Philosophy examines knowledge, reality, mind and reasoning.

  0 courses4 fields

• Proposed

  Ethics

  Ethics asks what is right. Here that includes how to remember atrocities and how to research communities at risk.

  0 courses3 fields

• Proposed

  Religious studies

  The study of Islam, Alevism, Yazidism, Yarsan, Christianity, Judaism and secular life among Kurds, with no faith favoured.

  0 courses4 fields

Department of Heritage and Digital Humanities 2

• Proposed

  Heritage studies

  How songs, crafts, sites and festivals such as Newroz are kept, explained and passed on, including heritage at risk.

  0 courses4 fields

• Proposed

  Digital humanities

  Computing applied to Kurdish manuscripts, periodicals and archives: digital editions, maps and searchable texts.

  0 courses4 fields

03Classification

Where the faculty sits in the international lists of fields.

04Courses

A completion recordA record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

05Communities of practice

• Community of practice: Culture, Heritage and Archives

  A proposed community of practiceA group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on heritage records, oral history and archives.

  Proposed

• Community of practice: Education and Language Standards

  A proposed community of practice on course quality and standards for Kurdish varieties and scripts.

  Proposed

• Community of practice: Peer Review

  A proposed community of practice that reviews the network’s content and outputs before use.

  Proposed