06-23-2004, 04:08 PM
The demise of the Soviet Union and emergence of new independent states
Central Asia stimulated the growth of Uyghur Nationalism in predominantly
Muslim East Turkistan, also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region of
China.
Anti-Chinese actions during the last decade culminated in a series of
sanguinary uprisings making Uyghur separatism one of the most serious
internal problems of China. Islamic religious identity of the Uyghurs also
complicates the ethnic conflict in this part of the world. The lecture will
look at two dimensions of the Uyghur identity in a Global Era, nationalism
and Islam, and the role of Islam in shaping Uyghur Ethno-Nationalism.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
2:30 PM, LJ 119
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
202-707-3302 for more info
www.uyghuramerican.org