{"id":53606,"date":"2026-03-25T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=53606"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:33:04","slug":"jaffer-sheyholislami-to-publish-first-comprehensive-resource-on-the-kurdish-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2026\/jaffer-sheyholislami-to-publish-first-comprehensive-resource-on-the-kurdish-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaffer Sheyholislami to Publish First Comprehensive Resource on the Kurdish Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Jaffer Sheyholislami to Publish First Comprehensive Resource on the Kurdish Language\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"53615\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"The cover of the Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Languages, next to a headshot of Jaffer Sheyholislami.\" class=\"wp-image-53615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-512x341.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-320x213.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Jaffer-Sheyholislami-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/slals\/people\/sheyholislami-jaffer\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/slals\/people\/sheyholislami-jaffer\/\">Dr. Jaffer Sheyholislami<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/slals\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/slals\/people\/sheyholislami-jaffer\/\">School of Linguistics and Language Studies<\/a>) on the completion of <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">The Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics<\/em>, the first-ever comprehensive resource on the Kurdish language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The handbook brings together contributors with connections to and across Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora, representing a wide range of linguistic traditions, from structural and applied linguistics to literary, cultural, and historical perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">The Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics<\/em> will be published as an open access title, free to read and download as of Jan. 18, 2027. Hardcover versions of the handbook are now available for purchase on the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-oxford-handbook-of-kurdish-linguistics-9780197788936\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-oxford-handbook-of-kurdish-linguistics-9780197788936\">Oxford University Press<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr. Jaffer Sheyholislami (School of Linguistics and Language Studies) on the completion of The Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics, the first-ever comprehensive resource on the Kurdish language. The handbook brings together contributors with connections to and across Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora, representing a wide range of linguistic traditions, from structural and applied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":53615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[50,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-2","category-slals"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53627,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53606\/revisions\/53627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}