Few would dispute that the Middle East has underwent dramatic social and political changes in the past decade. One important aspect of this changing Middle East is the weakening or failure of state authority accompanied by the rise of non-state armed groups. As a result, the Kurds and their "question" have increasingly become part of the larger changes and power contestation among regional and global actors. These changes on the ground have also produced a growing academic interest in the Kurds and their struggle for recognition. Scholars from diverse disciplines have tackled Kurdish question from a number of competing and at times conflicting perspectives. The division of the large Kurdish population between four key Middle Eastern states, coupled with the competing ideologies embraced by the main Kurdish groups in the Kurdish Middle East, have greatly influenced the fledgling Kurdish studies as a sub-discipline. In this paper, I aim to outline the challenges and opportunities that the emerging Kurdish studies is likely to face in the coming years.