Eszter Spät
Academic rank:
Research Fellow
Position:
PhD degree awarded
Position (magyar):
PhD fokozattal végzett
Department of Medieval Studies
Academic/Professional Experience and Achievements:
She obtained her Ph.D. at the Central European University, Department of Medieval Studies in 2009. Her post-doctoral research, “Processes of Integration, Identity Construction and the Role of Religion: The Case of the Iraqi Yezidis,” studies the role Yezidi religion in the Kurdish national movement, as well as the impact of modernity and Kurdish nationalism on the construction of Yezidi identity, and the transformation of Yezidi oral tradition and religious institutions in Northern Iraq.
Year of enrollment:
2000/2001