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:… Continue reading The Tarikh-i Hamidi: A Late-Qing Uyghur History
Category: Uyghur History & Culture
Eastern Turkistan Folklore: Uyghur Music and Dance Archive Recordings (video)
A collection of music and dance performances from East Turkistan / Xinjiang, China recorded in the 1980s.
Ancient China: Satellite and Drone Imagery of Prehistoric Silk Road Corridor Reveals Long-lost Irrigation Network
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… Continue reading Ancient China: Satellite and Drone Imagery of Prehistoric Silk Road Corridor Reveals Long-lost Irrigation Network
Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi
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… Continue reading Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi
Urbanization, Climate Change Erode Nomadic Lifestyle
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… Continue reading Urbanization, Climate Change Erode Nomadic Lifestyle
A Nearly Perfect Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Eastern Turkistan People’s Revolutionary Party
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… Continue reading A Nearly Perfect Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Eastern Turkistan People’s Revolutionary Party
