Dr. Qader Saleem Shammo
Research Fellow
Current Positions
- Scientific Researcher, Near and Middle East Studies, LMU Munich
- Lecturer, Oriental Institute, University of Leipzig
- Project Coordinator for “Yezidi Studies”, Leipzig University
- Co-founder and Director of Yezidi Studies Center, Leipzig University
Academic Projects and Collaborations
1st Project (LMU Munich, Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies)
From Fatwā to Genocide: Historic and Contemporary Manifestations of the Islamic Genocide against the Yezidis
- Conducted independent postdoctoral research at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaplony.
- Duration: March 2017 - Summer 2021.
2nd Project (LMU Munich, Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies):
Brutale Behandlung führt zu Schutz: Die Neubeurteilung der Schutzbedürftigkeit der Yeziden durch sunnitische Gelehrte
- Duration: June 15, 2023 - February 15, 2025.
- Partners:
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Maisel (University of Leipzig)
- Dr. Christoph Günther (University of Erfurt)
- University of Duhok
- Yezidi Studies Center
3rd Project: Yezidi Studies Program (University of Leipzig, Oriental Institute)
- Started Date: January 1, 2023
- Aim: Institutionalizing Yezidi Studies as an academic discipline
4th Project: (LMU Munich, Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies)
The Yezidis in Kurdish Nationalist and Islamic Discourses after the 2014 Genocide
- Duration: February 15 – December 31, 2025
- Partners:
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Maisel
- Prof. Dr. Robert Langer (Universität der Bundeswehr Munich)
- Yezidi Studies Center, Leipzig
- Duhok Polytechnic University (DPU) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Academic Conferences & Workshops
- Oct 9–10, 2015
- “The Yezidi Fermans – Genocides Perpetrated by the Ottomans,” International Conference, Oldenburg.
- Jan 19, 2024
- “Yezidi Periodicals (since the 1990s),” Medienworkshop, LMU Munich.
- May 29, 2024
- “Reevaluating Islamic Perspectives on Yezidis in Post-2014 Genocide,” University of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
- 3rd August 2024
- “Future Prospects for the Yezidis: The Role of Academia in Documenting the Yezidi Genocide and Advancing Justice,” University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
- Oct 1–5, 2024
- “Yezidi Studies at Leipzig University,” Workshop at Yerevan State University, Armenia.
Curriculum Vitae
- 2003
- BA in History, University of Duhok /College of Arts/ Department of History.
- 2007
- MA in History, Mosul University/History Department. MA Thesis: "Mawqif al-Kūrd min Ḥarb al-Istiqlāl at-Turkīyah 1919 - 1922 (The Position of Kurds Towards the Turkish Independence War 1919 - 1922).
- 2004 - 2017
- Assistant Lecturer, Department of History, College of Arts, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region – Iraq
- Winter 2008–2009
- Research methods approach, Kurdology
- 2008 - 2009
- Chief Editor, Dengê Lalish Newspaper
- Summer 2009
- Research methods approach, Kurdology
- Winter 2009–2010
- Contemporary History of Iraq, History of Europe in the Middle Ages, Contemporary Kurdish History
- Summer 2010
- : Contemporary History of Iraq, History of Europe in the Middle Ages, Contemporary Kurdish History
- 2010 - 2011
- Chief Editor, Lalish Magazine
- 2010 - 2013
- Board Member, High Corporation of Yezidi Cultural and Social Lalish Centre, Duhok
- 2016
- PhD in History and Ethnology, Goethe-Frankfurt University, Germany. Dissertation: People Who Struggle for Survival: Yezidis in Iraq Between Citizenship and Policies of Marginalization (1958 - 2005)
- Winter 2017–2018
- History of the Great Powers
- 2017 - 2021
- Lecturer, Department of History, College of Humanities, University of Duhok
- Since 2021
- Researcher, Center for Genocide Studies, University of Duhok
- Since June 2023
- Researcher (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), LMU Munich
- Since 2022
- Lecturer, Project Coordinator for Yezidi Studies and Co-Founder of Yezidi Studies Center, University of Leipzig.
- Winter 2023–24
- Religiöse Texte und Orte im Ezidentum, University of Leipzig
- Summer 2024
- Die Geschichte der Eziden im Osmanischen Reich, University of Leipzig
- Summer 2024
- Kurdish Language Course, LMU Munich & University of Leipzig
- Winter 2024–25
- Sprache und Identität der Eziden, University of Leipzig
- Summer 2025
- Islamische Quellen zu den Eziden, University of Leipzig