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20.11.2015
Uyghur Issue: History, Culture and Society
About this event
20 November 2015 from 10:00 until 18:00
ATTENTION CHANGEMENT D’ADRESSE : INALCO – 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, and Society
Organised by CERI-Sciences Po and Central Asia Program at the George Washington University
9:00-10:30am China’s Political Strategies in Xinjiang
Chair: Hélène Le Bail, CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, France
Dru Gladney, Pomona College, USA
China’s Policy toward Ethnic Minorities
Sean R. Roberts, George Washington University, USA
Development with Chinese Characteristics: The Implications of Top-Down Development in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Kilic Kanat, Penn State University, USA
The Evolution of the Perception of the Uyghur Resistance in China
10:30-11:00am Coffee break
11:00-12:30pm Uyghur Identity. Resistance, Adaptation, Resilience
Chair: Sean R. Roberts, George Washington University, USA
Lauren Hansen, Cornell University, USA
Buying In or Selling Out? Middle Class Sensibilities in the Uyghur City
David Brophy, Sydney University, Australia
A Second-Generation Xinjiang Historiography: The Comprehensive History Project
Rachel Harris, SOAS, London University, UK
Song and Dance in Xinjiang: the New Battleground
1:30-3:00pm The Transformations of Uyghur National and Religious Identities
Chair: Rémi Castets, Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux, France
Rémi Castets, Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux, France
Islam and Politics: Ideological Paths and Mutations of Uyghur Islamo-Nationalism
Mamtimin Ala, Independent scholar, Australia
‘I am not a White Flag’: The re-formation of Uighur Nationalism under Chinese Rule
Rian Thum, Loyola University New Orleans, USA
The Twelve Imams in Sunni Khotan
3:00-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30-5:00pm An Internationalized Uyghur Identity
Chair: Bayram Balci, CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, France
Ablet Kamalov, Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstann
Uyghur Diaspora in Central Asia. Challenges and Opportunities
Chienyu Shih, Chuhai College, Hong Kong
Shaping Uyghur Identity through Cultural Activities: Meshrep among Various Uyghur Diasporas Communities in Europe
Responsable scientifique : Bayram Balci, CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS
ATTENTION CHANGEMENT D’ADRESSE : INALCO – 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
INSCRIPTION OBLIGATOIRE auprès de bayram.balci@sciencespo.fr