Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editorial -- Martin van Bruinessen -- Introduction to the special issue -- Yezidism and Yezidi Studies in the early 21st century --   Philip G. Kreyenbroek and Khanna Omarkhali -- Research articles -- The displacement of the Yezidis after the rise of ISIS in Northern Iraq --   Irene Dulz -- Hola hola Tawûsî Melek, hola hola şehidêt Şingalê : Persecution and the development of Yezidi ritual life --   Eszter Spät -- The gendering of victimhood: Western media and the Sinjar genocide --   Veronica Buffon and Christine Allison -- Review article -- Yezidi Spirits? On the question of Yezidi beliefs: A review article --   Philip G. Kreyenbroek and Khanna Omarkhali -- Interview -- Transformations in the Yezidi tradition after the ISIS attacks: An interview with Ilhan Kizilhan --   Khanna Omarkhali -- Book reviews -- Twana Faris Bawa, The Privatisation of Security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq --   Gönenç Uysal -- Marianna Charountaki, The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East since 1945 --   Michael M. Gunter -- Ramazan Aras, The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey. Political Violence, Fear and Pain --   Martin van Bruinessen -- Senem Aslan, Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent --   Mustafa Gurbuz -- Michael M. Gunter, The Kurds: A Modern History --   Vera Eccarius-Kelly -- Djene Rhys Bajalan and Sara Zandi Karimi (eds.), Studies in Kurdish History: Empire, Ethnicity and Identity --   Sacha Alsancakli.

Kurdish Studies Archive publishes the content of volumes 1 to 10 of Kurdish Studies . This interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal was dedicated to publishing high-quality research and scholarship. Since 2023 the journal has been continued as the new Kurdish Studies Journal , published by Brill, and focuses on research, scholarship, and debates in the field of Kurdish studies in a multidisciplinary fashion covering a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, economics, history, society, gender, minorities, politics, health, law, environment, language, media, culture, arts, and education.

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