Katia Zagoritou

Katia Zagoritou is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Peloponnese in the Department of Political Science and International Relations (PSIR), in Greece, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS). In 2019, she obtained her Master’s degree in Mediterranean Studies at the same department. Her research interests focus on the Kurdish question, Kurdish politics and history, social movements in the Middle East, with an emphasis on the Kurdish Movement(s) and the Kurdish women’s movement, political violence and new models of governance. She has published analysis articles regarding these issues in English and Greek, and has contributed to edited volumes. She has presented parts of her ongoing PhD research at international conferences (UK, USA, Kurdistan Region of Iraq). Besides Greek, she speaks English, French, Italian, and studies Kurmanji and Arabic.