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Jan Yasin SUNCA
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Institut d'études européennes (bureau R41.4.103) Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 39 1050 Bruxelles Belgique Adresse postale |
Bio
Dr. Jan Yasin SUNCA is an FNRS postdoctoral researcher at REPI - Recherche et études en politique internationale at ULB – Université libre de Bruxelles. He is conducting a research project on the colonial legacies of the nation-state as a failed project of self-determination and struggles for decolonisation in the postcolonial space, through the experiences of Rojava, North and East Syria, and Chiapas, Mexico.
He obtained a master’s degree in political science from ULB and a joint PhD in political science and sociology from Ghent University (Belgium) and Bielefeld University (Germany). His doctoral research focused on the emergence and materialization of resistance-based political projects against hegemonic world order(s), through a case study on democratic confederalism and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). His research is broadly inscribed in decolonial historical sociology of the international, with a particular emphasis on the theory of the nation-state, experiences of statelessness, decolonial politics, and postcolonial nationalism.
He has (co-)taught courses on revolutions, nationalism, world history, and political violence at Bielefeld University, Université Catholique de Lille, and Université libre de Bruxelles. Before embarking on academic research, he advised European institutions and several NGOs on relations between the EU, Turkey, and the Kurds, particularly focusing on the dynamics of peace and conflict resolution.
He obtained a master’s degree in political science from ULB and a joint PhD in political science and sociology from Ghent University (Belgium) and Bielefeld University (Germany). His doctoral research focused on the emergence and materialization of resistance-based political projects against hegemonic world order(s), through a case study on democratic confederalism and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). His research is broadly inscribed in decolonial historical sociology of the international, with a particular emphasis on the theory of the nation-state, experiences of statelessness, decolonial politics, and postcolonial nationalism.
He has (co-)taught courses on revolutions, nationalism, world history, and political violence at Bielefeld University, Université Catholique de Lille, and Université libre de Bruxelles. Before embarking on academic research, he advised European institutions and several NGOs on relations between the EU, Turkey, and the Kurds, particularly focusing on the dynamics of peace and conflict resolution.
Domaines d’intérêt
- Historical sociology of international relations
- Self-determination, the nation-state and autonomy
- Conflict analysis and critical peace studies
- Theoretical focus:
- Coloniality of power and decolonisation
- Hegemonic world order(s)
- Subalternity and resistance in IR
- The critique of postcolonial nationalism
Regions of interest
- Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria (with a particular focus on the Kurdish political space)
- A developing focus on Latin America (particularly Mexico and Colombia)
- EU -Turkey relations
Travaux sélectionnés
- (Forthcoming). Reflecting on coloniality of power, colonial violence, and decolonization through the University of Rojava. In R. D'Souza & S. Thobani (Eds.), “Decolonizing Knowledge: Looking Back, Moving Forward“. London: Bloomsbury.
- (Forthcoming). Tangible limits of liminal democratization: The EU, Turkey’s Kurdish question, and blacklisting. In L. Akyüz, E. Ç. Çığ, M. Kutun, & H. Altun (Eds.), “Exiled Intellectuals: Encounters, Conflicts, and Experiences in Transnational Context“. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- (2024). Inter-subaltern hierarchies. In “Post- and decolonial approaches in peace and conflict studies” (Virtual Encyclopaedia). Germany: Postcolonial Hierarchies Research Network.
- (2023a). Unpacking inter-subaltern hierarchies: Gramsci, postcolonial nationalism, and the Kurdish third way. “Ethnopolitics”. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2023.2265636
- (2023b). Decolonial politics: State, statelessness and coexistence in peace. “Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding”. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2212992
- (2023c). Colonial continuities in the Kurdish liberation. “The Commentaries”, 3(1), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.33182/tc.v3i1.2915
- (2022). “The Regional Kurdish Question in a Global World: Mentalities, Policies, Geopolitical Dynamics“. Istanbul: Hafıza Merkezi.
- (2021). The revolution in Rojava and the international. In M. Albert, S. Holtgreve, & K. Preuss (Eds.), “Envisioning the World: Mapping and Making the Global” (pp. 105-124). Bielefeld: Transcript. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839455296-009
- (2020). The bifurcated trajectory of nation formation in Kurdistan: Democratic confederalism, nationalism, and the crisis of capitalist modernity. “Nations and Nationalism”, 26(4), 979-993. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12609
- (2016). “Infrastructures for Peace in Turkey: A Mapping Study“. Berlin: Berghof Foundation.
Mis à jour le 3 septembre 2024