Understanding Ethnonationalistic Conflict and its Transnational Spillover from an Anthropological Perspective

• Project/Area Number: 23K18760
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0106:Political science and related fields
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: KHALILI MOSTAFA 京都大学, 白眉センター, 特定助教 (50977288)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-08-31 – 2025-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: minority nationalism / ethnicity / Kurds / transnationalisim / borderland

Outline of Research at the Start

This research takes an anthropological approach to elucidate the ways in which ethnic perception influences people’s (dis)engagement in ethnonntionalistic conflicts and its transnational spillover. The case study considered is the Kurds living in the tri-border region of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.