Congratulations to Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami, who has received a 2024 Carleton University SSHRC Exchange Grant: Knowledge Mobilization.
Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami
The grant is awarded to mobilize knowledge gained while preparing the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics. Sheyholislami is one of the editors for the handbook, which consists of 27 chapters covering various areas in structural and theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and the language of arts and literature.
Knowledge mobilization includes creating a shared Zotero library of publications and resources on the Kurdish language and linguistics, creating digital maps, and promoting awareness of the resources.
“I believe it is our obligation to raise awareness about the endangerment of minority languages, on the one hand, and assist communities in revitalizing and further developing their languages, on the other, so that they can have access to modern educational institutions that are multilingual, multicultural, and multidisciplinary.”
Jaffer Sheyholislami, quoted in a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences story, “Breaking Barriers by Teaching In (and About) Kurdish” (2021)