INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON By: Gulnisa Nazarova Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Gulnisa Nazarova is John D. Soper Senior Lecturer of Uyghur Language in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. Her ongoing research explores the experiences of some of the thousands of Uyghurs who emigrated from Xinjiang in the People’s Republic of China to Soviet Central Asia in the 1950s and 196 ...

Uyghur Academy is pleased to host a “Symposium on Solutions for the Dangerous Situation of Uyghurs Today”. This one-day event will be held From 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2018 on the Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, Istanbul / TURKEY. If you need more information please contact Mr. Abdulhamit Karahan,  Phone: +905306677851,   E-mail: uyghurakademy@gmail.com,   Web sites: www.akademiye.org/en ...

Uyghur American Association, Uyghur Academy & UHRP are pleased to host a “Symposium on the Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today” This one-day event will be held from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm on Friday, May 25th, 2018 at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Room #214 Elliott School’s Address: 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 412, Was ...

Symposium Agenda 8:00-8:30 Refreshments and Registration 8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks 8:45–10:15: Session A Challenges and New Opportunities in Uyghur Education Chair: Rebecca Clothey, Drexel University 1. Nabijan Tursun, Radio Free Asia, USA, “Formation and Development of Uyghur Modern Higher Education and Uyghur Scholars Elites” 2. Mettursun Beydulla, Independent Scholar, USA, “Education Among Uyghurs at Hom ...

The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) announces the publication of Uyghur Voices on Education: China’s Assimilative ‘Bilingual Education’ Policy in East Turkestan. Since UHRP’s first report on bilingual education in 2007, the Chinese government has accelerated and expanded an education policy that has effectively marginalized the Uyghur language from the education system in East Turkestan. The ‘bilingual e ...