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Curriculum Vitae Qader Saleem Shammo

Qader Saleem Shammo is a scholar belonging to the Yezidi religious minority. He has taught several years at the University of Duhok in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Currently, he is working with Prof. Dr. Maisel on establishing Yezidi Studies as an academic discipline. Since the 1st of May 2022, he is working as a teacher for special tasks at the University of Leipzig, Oriental Institute in Germany. He is a researcher at the Center for Genocide Studies at the University of Duhok.

Specialization

Modern History, Politic, and Minorities’ Issues particularly Yezidis in Iraq

Education

Since September 2021 doing Habilitation project at the Oriental Institute of Leipzig University in Germany.

  • 1999 - 2003: Duhok University/ College of Arts/ Department of History.
  • 2005 - 2007: Master’s degree from History Department, Mosul University. The topic of Thesis "Mawqif al-Kūrd min Ḥarb al-Istiqlāl at-Turkīyah 1919 - 1922 (The Position of Kurds Towards the Turkish Independence War 1919 - 1922)".
  • 2013 - 2016: Promotion at the Goethe-Frankfurt University, Germany. The topic of Dissertation "The People Who Struggle for Survival: Yezidis in Iraq: Between Citizenship and Policies of Marginalization (1958 – 2005)".
  • March 2017 - July 2021: Post-Doctoral research at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The research topic “Islamic State Genocide of Yezidis: The Present Face of Historical Islamic Invasions against Yezidis”.

Professional Career and Work Experience:

  • 2004- 2017: Assistant Lecturer at University of Duhok, College of Arts, Department of History, in Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • 2008 – 2009: Editor in Chief Dengê Lalish (newspaper), published from Cultural and Social Lalish Centre.
  • 2010 - 2011: Editor in Chief of Lalish Media Network, www.lalishduhok.org.
  • 2010 – 2011: Editing Secretary of Lalish (magazine), published from Cultural and Social Lalish Centre in Duhok.
  • 2010 – 2013: A member of High Corporation of Yezidi Cultural and Social Lalish Centre in Duhok, Kurdistan Region – Iraq.
  • 2017- 2021: Teacher at University of Duhok, College of Humanities, Department of History, in Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • Since 01.08.2021: Research contractor with the University of Leipzig. I am also carrying out my habilitation project at the Oriental Institute since September 1st, 2021 where I am associated with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Maisel, professor for Arabic Linguistics and Translation and plan to submit my habilitation to the Faculty of History, Art and Regional Studies at the University of Leipzig in 2023.
  • 2023-2025: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Lehrstuhl für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft (LMU München): Yezidi-Projekt

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