Uyghur Neighborhoods in Kazakhstan
with Sean Roberts, Associate Professor and Director, International Development Studies Program, GWUWith the fall of the Soviet Union, the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan, like many others in the former USSR, began to resurrect and re-invent traditional cultural practices that had been repressed during the Soviet period as either contrary to socialist atheism or as remnants of a “feudal past.” These traditions… Continue reading Uyghur Neighborhoods in Kazakhstan
First International Conference on Uyghur Studies – History, Culture, and Society
The Uyghurs are one of the ten most populous stateless nations in the world. While they have a long history of cultural accomplishments and political influences, they have remained marginal in international scholarship given their ambiguous position both in regional studies and in geopolitics. Nonetheless, given their contribution to global and regional historical and cultural… Continue reading First International Conference on Uyghur Studies – History, Culture, and Society
Develop the West Workshop
Develop the West Workshop Agenda
BRUSSELS and PARIS – Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies
The 2015 Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies will take place in Brussels and Paris from November 17-20, 2015. At the conference there will be several cultural events and exhibits organized for the participants. This event promises to provide stimulating conversation on many pressing topics in the region. View the program here.
MOSCOW – Third International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, Society
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The Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today
Symposium Agenda 9:00-9:40 Refreshments and Registration 9:40-10:00 Opening Remarks 10:00 – 12:00: Session A: Challenges in Uyghur Education & China’s Harsh Policy towards Uyghurs Chair: Rishat Abbas, Pfizer, USA 1. Rebecca Clothey, Drexel University, USA, “Education Policy Appropriation, Ethnic Segregation and Cultural Transmission in Urumqi” 2. Nury A. Turkel, Lawyer, USA, “China’s Re-Education Detention Centers:… Continue reading The Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today
Book presentation: “Mystical Forest: Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon”
Born in Shor-Tyube, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, in 1951, Dungan ethnographer and creative writer Ali Dzhon is widely regarded as the pre-eminent writer on the material and spiritual culture and history of the Dungan people, the Sinophone Muslims of Central Asia. Mystical Forest makes available for the first time in English a significant collection of Dzhon’s… Continue reading Book presentation: “Mystical Forest: Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon”
