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BOOK LAUNCH EVENT_________________________________________
This is a hybrid event.
To join us in-Person at the RAI (50 Fitzroy Street, W1T5BT London), register here:
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ENDURANCR:
SPEAKING KURDISH IN A WARPED WORLD
~ Dr Alex Pillen (Associate Prof in the Anthropology of Language at UCL)
In 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 , Alex Pillen portrays a sense of being unique within Kurdish cultural spheres. How to feel unique despite devastating violence, cultural oppression and assimilation is a question faced by many communities globally. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) is a focal point for such uniqueness.
When a culture is under siege and many have lost a former way of life it may not be clear how a society looks itself in the mirror, finds its reflection. Alex Pillen’s portrayal of 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 locates such lines of reflection within everyday language. The fear of a random geopolitical pair of dice is global, a fear to be honed when reading this account of uniqueness in the face of totalising loss.
Alex Pillen, MD, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at University College London.
She explores language in war-torn societies from a cultural perspective and is the author of A Space That Will Never Be Filled (2017).
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The book will be published by Brill (September 2024).
More info here: https://brill.com/display/title/70944?rskey=FOBFba&result=6
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50 Fitzroy Street, W1T5BT London, United Kingdom, 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 5BT, United Kingdom,London, United Kingdom
