Uyghur History & Culture – Central Asia Program

Book launch featuring Dr. Eric Schluessel Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:00–2:30 p.m. (EST) Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E ST NW, Washington, DC Room 602 This will be a hybrid event:…

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Eastern Turkistan Folklore: Uyghur Music and Dance Archive Recordings (video)

24 January, 2018

A collection of music and dance performances from East Turkistan / Xinjiang, China recorded in the 1980s.

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Ancient China: Satellite and Drone Imagery of Prehistoric Silk Road Corridor Reveals Long-lost Irrigation Network

8 January, 2018

Author: Kastalia Medrano Source: Newsweek Archaeologists have discovered an ancient irrigation system in northwestern China that explains how the region’s herding communities were able grow crops in one of the…

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Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi

26 December, 2017

Author: Darren Byler, University of Washington Source: Central Asian Survey Abstract: Over the past two decades, state-directed Han settlement and capitalist development in the Uyghur homeland in Chinese Central…

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Urbanization, Climate Change Erode Nomadic Lifestyle

19 December, 2017

Author: Li You Source: Sixth Tone As the nomadic people of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region begin their annual migration to warmer pastures, the snow has yet to fall. For thousands…

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A Nearly Perfect Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Eastern Turkistan People’s Revolutionary Party

6 December, 2017

Author: Michael Evans, Indiana University Source: ProQuest (Link: https://search.proquest.com/openview/11e8fd9da1420389db71eea5b201f824/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y) Preview: In the summer of 1969, China and the Soviet Union teetered at the brink of war. Looking to exploit a…