Author: Michael James Erdman
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Orientalisme à la ougrienne: Károly Jenő Ujfalvy de Mezőkövesd
In the third chapter of his work Orientalism, Edward Said explores the impact that the 19th century craze for geography had on the development of a European ideology of the East. Said’s particular focus is on the Arab regions of Western Asia. As such, his primary talking points are those British and French scholars…
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A Celebration of Russia’s Indigenous Languages
The United Nations has declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL2019). As we come to the end of this year-long celebration of linguistic indigeneity, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on a space not often associated with contemporary debates on indigenous and minority languages in the Anglophone world: Russia. The…
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On Vampires, Ghouls and Witches
As a child, I liked to believe that I had a particular connection to the Dracula myth. My grandmother was from a town called Tusnád, now Tușnad, Harghita Prefecture, Romania. It lies about 70 km north from Brașov (called Brasó in Hungarian), and 100 km from Castelul Bran, erstwhile castle of the now infamous Vlad…
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On Kurdish Periodicals
I suppose that my first post should be a form of welcome, but I feel that getting down to business is perhaps a bit more in order. I’m taking this opportunity to share the work that an Intern that I had the great pleasure of working with, Shkow Sharif, put together regarding a mid-20th century…
From Altay to Yughur 