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Prof. Amir Hassanpour (Kurdish: Em\u00edr Hesenp\u00far, \u0626\u0647\u200c\u0645\u06cc\u0631 \u062d\u0647\u200c\u0633\u0647\u200c\u0646\u067e\u0648\u0648\u0631) was born in 1943 in Mahabad in Mukr\u00edyan Province in Kurdistan. He passed away at the age of 74 in June 2018 in Toronto, Canada. He did his primary school in Mehabad before he moved to Tehran for his secondary school at Dar-ol-Fonun Secondary School in 1961. He began his undergraduate studies in economics at University of Tehran (1961), and finished a B.A. in English language in 1964. He studied in Teacher’s Training College in Tehran (1965), and for a short time taught in the secondary schools of Mahabad in 1965-66. He was drafted into the Development and Extension Corp of the army and worked at the Land Reform office of Mahabad 1966-68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1968, he began studying linguistics at Tehran University (M.A., 1970) and finished his doctoral work (ABD, 1972), while teaching for a year at the University of Tehran; he went to the university of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where he studied communications (Ph.D, 1989), sociolinguistics and contemporary Middle Eastern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Hassanpour moved to Canada in 1986, and taught communications studies at the University of Windsor and Concordia University in Montreal. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. His research and teaching interests include international communication, Canadian communication and culture, broadcasting policy, communication theory, and Middle Eastern and Kurdish politics and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the author of “Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918-1985” (San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992). He has made numerous contributions to academic journals, the Encyclopedia of Television, and Encyclopaedia Iranica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Language & Literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1.  \u201cKurdi wek zimaneki cut-standard\u201d [Kurdish as a bi-standard language], Rojname<\/em> [Iraq], No. 206, April 24, 2008, p. 11.  [in Kurdish]<\/li>
  2. \u201c\u2018Ferheng\u00ee Zarek\u00ee\u2019 le xul\u00ee t\u00eaknoloj\u00ee ziman da\u201d (\u201c\u2019Oral Dictionary\u2019 in the era of technologies of language), in Selah Payanyani (compiler), A Dictionary of Oral Mukri Kurdish\/Ferheng\u00ee Zarek\u00ee Mukriyan, Vol. 1, Mahabad, Iran, Rahrav Publications, 2006, pp. 13-77<\/li>
  3. \u201cThe tongue has no bone, but it breaks many bones,\u201d Idea&s: The Arts & Science Review [Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto], Autumn 2006, 3 (2), pp. 22-23;  <\/li>
  4. \u201cKurdish on death row,<\/a>\u201d Ideas: The Arts & Science Review [Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto], 3 (2), pp. 32-35.<\/li>
  5. “Kuristan\u2019da Milliyet\u00e7ilik ve Dil, 1918-1985<\/a>“, (Istanbul, Avesta Publishers, 2005) translated by Ibrahim Bingol and Cemil Gundogan, (translation of Amir Hassanpour, Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918-1985.  San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992).<\/li>
  6. 2001  \u201cThe (re)production of patriarchy in the Kurdish language,\u201d in Mojab, Shahrzad (ed.), Women of a Non-State Nation: The Kurds, Costa Mesa, CA, Mazda Publishers, pp. 227-63.<\/li>
  7. \u201cThe politics of a-political linguistics: Linguists and linguicide,<\/a>\u201d in Robert Phillipson (ed.), Rights to Language: Equity, Power and Education, Mahawi, New Jersey, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, In., Publishers, 2000 , pp. 33-39.<\/li>
  8. 1999  “Language rights in the emerging world linguistic order: The state, the market and communication technologies,\u201d in M. Kontra, R. Phillipson & T. Skutnabb-Kangas (eds.), Language: A Right and a Resource: Approaching Linguistic Human Rights. Budapest, Central European University Press, pp. 223-41.<\/li>
  9. “Berengar\u00ee bar\u00ee baw b\u00fbn: Awirr\u00eak le jiyan\u00ee ‘Ebdulrrehman\u00ee Zeb\u00eeh\u00ee ‘ulema’ (1920-198?”)” [Resisting the “status quo”: A look at the life of AbdulRahman Zabihi “Ulama” (1920-198?)], in Ali Kerimi (ed.), Jiyan \u00fb Beserhat\u00ee ‘Ebdulrrehman\u00ee Zeb\u00eeh\u00ee ”Mamosta ‘Ulema,” Goteborg, Sweden, Zagros Media, pp. 15-51.<\/li>
  10. “Berb\u00eeng\u00ee ziman\u00ee  kurd\u00ee berbiden!” [Leave the Kurdish language alone!], in Ali Kerimi (ed.), Jiyan \u00fb Beserhat\u00ee ‘Ebdulrrehman\u00ee Zeb\u00eeh\u00ee ”Mamosta ‘Ulema” Goteborg, Sweden, Zagros Media, pp. 447-63.<\/li>
  11. \u201cThe identity of Hewrami speakers<\/a>: Reflections on the theory and ideology of comparative philology,\u201d in  Anthology of Gorani Kurdish Poetry, edited by A. Soltani, London, Soane Trust for Kurdistan, 1998 , pp. 35-49.<\/li>
  12. \u201cEdeb,\u201d Encyclop\u00e6dia Iranica, Vol. VIII, 1997, p. 174.<\/li>
  13. “The non-education of the Kurds,” (with T. Skutnabb-Kangas & M. Chyet), International Review of Education (special issue: “Education of Minorities”), Vol. 42, No. 4, 1995, pp. 367-379, Translated into Turkish: \u201cK\u00fcrtlerin e\u011fitilmemesi: K\u00fcrdi bir perspektif\u201d (\u201cThe education of the Kurds: A Kurdish perspective,\u201d translated by \u00d6mer Kurhan), Vesta, 2: 248-61, Winter 2004.<\/li>
  14. “The internationalization of language conflict: The case of  Kurdish,” in E. Fraenkel and C. Kramer (eds.), Language Contact-Language Conflict.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1993, pp. 107-55.<\/li>
  15. “The pen and the sword: Literacy, education and revolution in Kurdistan,” in  P. Freebody and A. Welsh (eds.), Knowledge, Culture and Power: International Perspectives on Literacy as Policy and Practice. London: The Falmer Press, pp. 23-54. Translated into Kurdish by Azad Sediq Mihemed in \u00casta, No. 8, September 1997, pp. 14-27.<\/li>
  16. “State policy on the Kurdish language: The politics of status planning,” Kurdish Times [New York], Vol. 4, No. 1-2, Summer\/Fall, 1991, pp. 42-85.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    History and Politics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    1.  \u201cNavad o sevumnin salgard-e zhenoside mellathaye Armani va Ashuri<\/a>\u201d [24 April 2008: 93rd anniversary of the genocide of Armenian and Assyrian nations], Shahrvand [Toronto], Vol. 17, No. 1147, April 24, 2008, pp. 5, 78-80. [in Persian]<\/li>
    2. \u201cHelebce duway bist salan<\/a>\u201d [Halabja twenty years later: Kurdistan as a \u2018Zone of Genocide\u2019] Part I: Kurdistan Report, No. 405, March 16, p. 6: Part II: No. 406, March 17, 2008, p. 6<\/li>
    3. \u201c\u015eerefname: Devletle\u015fme, m\u0171lkilik ve egemenlik,\u201d [Sharafnameh: state ormation, territoriality and sovereignty], Yazinca [Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i \u0170niversitesi, Edebiyat Kul\u0171b\u0171, Istanbul], translated by Onur G\u0171nay and F\u0131rat Boz\u00e7al\u0131,  Sayi, 8, 2007, pp. 1-28. Reprinted as introduction to a new edition of \u015eerefname published by Avesta in Istanbul in 2008.  <\/li>
    4. Review of Hakan Ozoglu book, “Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities<\/a>,” Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries. (SUNY Series in Middle Eastern Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004. xv + 186 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index.) in H-Net Review (H-TURK)<\/li>
    5. \u201cThe dangers of Iran\u2019s Holocaust denial,<\/a>\u201d (with Shahrzad Mojab), Toronto Star, February 14, p. A17.<\/li>
    6. “A Political-social movements. Ethnic and minority: Iran and Afghanistan,\u201d in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (Leiden: Brill), Vol. 2, 2005, pp. 571-73.<\/li>
    7. “Kurds”,@ Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (Detroit: Macmillan Reference), Vol. 2, pp. 632-637.<\/li>
    8. \u201cNinety Years Later: The Armenian Genocide Continues<\/a>,\u201d CTV.ca translated into French by Louise Kiffer: \u201c90 ans plus tard, le g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien se poursuit\u201d (publi\u00e9 le : 11-05-2005)<\/li>
    9. “Kurdish revolts”, @ Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Detroit: Macmillan Reference), Vol. 2, pp. 1339-42;  AAbd al-Rahman Qasemlu,@<\/li>
    10. “Kurdish diaspora”, (with Shahrzad Mojab), @ in Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World (New York: Kluwer Academic, 2004), Vol. 1, 2004, pp. 214-24.<\/li>
    11. \u201cTabligh-e nezhad-parasti va nefrat dar ghaleb-e \u2018name-ye khanandegan\u2019\u201d [Propagating racism and hate under the guise of \u201cletter to the editor\u201d], Shahrvand (Toronto), No. 872, March 16, 2004, p. 2.<\/li>
    12. “Mihan va melat-e Arya-i Tabligh-e nefrat va zhenosid”, @ [The Aryan homeland and nation: The propagation of hate and genocide],  Shahrvand, Vol. 13, No. 886, May 7, 2004, pp. 3, 58, 60-62.<\/li>
    13. \u201cNegahi enteqadi be konfarans-e \u201cadabiyat va khalaqiyat-e honari-ye zanan dar Iran\u201d [A critical Glance at the conference on \u201cWomen\u2019s Literary and Artistic Creativity in Contemporary Iran], Shahrvand (Toronto), No. 941, November 26, 2004.<\/li>
    14. \u201cHonour killing: Nationalist and (post)-modernist politics and perspectives,\u201d Gzing: Cultural-Literary Kurdish Magazine, No. 37, Winter 2003, pp. 19-33. [in Kurdish]<\/li>
    15. \u201cKurdewari, a patriarchal culture: An interview,\u201d [in Kurdish], Gzing: Cultural-Literary Kurdish Magazine, No. 36, Fall 2003, pp. 10-18.<\/li>
    16. \u201cThe making of Kurdish identity: Pre-20th century historical and literary sources,\u201d in Abbas Vali (ed.), Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, pp. 106-162.<\/li>
    17. \u201cDiaspora, homeland and communication technologies,\u201d in Karim H. Karim (ed.), The Media of Diaspora: Mapping the Globe (Routledge, 2003), pp. 76-88.<\/li>
    18. \u201cThoughts on the struggle against \u2018honor killing\u2019,\u201d (with Shahrzad Mojab), The International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol. 16, Nos. 1 and 2, 2002, pp. 83-97.<\/li>
    19. \u201cThe politics and culture of \u2018honour killing\u2019: The murder of Fadime \u015eahindal,\u201d (with Sharzad Mojab), Pakistan Journal of Women\u2019s Studies: Alam-e Niswan, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2002, pp. 57-77.<\/li>
    20. \u201cBerew t\u00eageyi\u015ftin \u0171 berberekan\u00ee kiridin\u00ee Enfal\u201d (Towards understanding and resisting [the genocide of] Anfal), Anfal: A Documentation and Research Magazine, No. 1, 2000, pp. 10-20.<\/li>
    21. “K\u00fcrt Diliyle Ilgili Devlet Politiklari ve Dil Haklar”, (State Policy on the Kurdish Language and Language Rights), translated by Cemil G\u00fcndo, Istanbul, Turkey, Avesta [Publications], 1997.<\/li>
    22. “Review of Agha, Shaikh and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan”, (by Matin van Bruinessen, London, Zed Books, 1992) in Iranian Studies, Vol. 29, Nos 1-2, Winter-Spring, pp. 200-204.<\/li>
    23. “Stal\u00een, qeyran\u00ee \u015fori\u015f\u00ee w r\u00fbxan\u00ee komar\u00ee azerbaycan \u00fb kurdistan” [Stalin, revolutionary situation, and the fall of Azerbaijan and Kurdistan republics], Gzing, No. 13, Fall, pp. 15-25.<\/li>
    24. “The politics of nationality and ethnic diversity,” (with Sh. Mojab), in  S. Rahnema and S. Behdad (eds.), Iran after the Revolution: Crisis of an Islamic State, London, I. B. Tauris, pp. 229-50.<\/li>
    25. “Dimdim,” Encyclop\u00e6dia Iranica, Vol. VII, Costa Mesa, California, Mazda Publishers, pp. 404-405.  <\/li>
    26. “The Kurdish experience,” Middle East Report, Vol. 24, No. 4 (189), July-August, 1994, pp. 2-7, 23.   <\/li>
    27. Review of “Azerbaijan: Ethnicity and Autonomy in Twentieth-Century Iran”, (by T. Atabaki, London: The British Academic Press, 1993), in CIRA Newsletter<\/a>, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 10-12.<\/li>
    28. Review of “A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan” (ed., Gerard Chaliand, New York, Olive Branch Press, 1993), in Middle East Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 731-32.<\/li>
    29. Review of “The Kurds of Iraq: Tragedy and Hope” (Michael Gunter, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1992), in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 1, July, pp. 90-91.<\/li>
    30. “Kurdish studies: Orientalist, positivist and critical approaches,” review article in Middle East Journal, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 119-122; rejoinder, Ibid., Vol. 47, No. 3, 1993, pp. 572-76.<\/li>
    31. Review of “The Kurds: A Concise Handbook<\/a>” ( by M. Izady, Washington: Crane Russak, 1992) in CIRA Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1993, pp. 14-16.<\/li>
    32. “Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918-1985<\/a>“,  San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.<\/li>
    33. “Bayt [popular ballad],” “Bukan,” and “\u00c7ahriq,” Encyclop\u00e6dia Iranica, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Vol. IV, 1989, pp. 11-12, 511, 644-45.<\/li>
    34. “Bahdinan” and “Baradust,” Encyclop\u00e6dia Iranica, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Vol. III, 1988, pp. 485, 739-40.<\/li>
    35. “Kurdistan Missionary’–unikt historiskt dokument,” Svensk-Kurdisk Journal [Stockholm], Nr. 8, 1987, pp. 16-18.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Media and Culture<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      1. \u201cTab\u2019id va teknolozhi-ye ertebatat\u201d (Exile and communication technologies), Arash (Persian language magazine, Paris), No. 100, 2007,  pp. 368-61.<\/li>
      2. In Encyclopedia of Television, H. Newcomb (ed.), Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Second Revised Edition, 2005: