Dr. Bajalan is an Assistant Professor of History
at Missouri State University and has studied and taught in Turkey, Great
Britain, and Iraqi Kurdistan. He holds a Ph.D. in Oriental Studies from the
University of Oxford and focuses his research on ethno-national activism of
Kurds in the late Ottoman Empire. He is currently finalizing a monography on
Kurdish participation in Ottoman affairs leading up to World War I.
In this video, Dr.
Bajalan will draw on his extensive research into Kurdish history to discuss
contemporary issues and identity in Kurdistan.
