Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

Overview of the Past and Present of Uyghurs

In Commemoration of Yusup Has Hajip’s 1000th Birthday and the 34th Anniversary of the December 12th Uyghur Student Movement in Urumchi Date and Time: Saturday, November 23, 2019; 1 ...

Congratulatory Letter

The European Union Parliament has awarded Associate Professor Ilham Tohti, who is an economist in a Chinese prison with Sakharov Prize for free speech. The Uyghur Academy would lik ...

The Han supremacists

Sinicization is defined as bringing people who are not of Chinese descent under the influence of the Chinese culture. Truly speaking, it is a process where societies that are tradi ...

China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture

WashingonPost BEIJING — For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions of his fellow m ...

Uyghur love in a time of interethnic marriage

By Darren Byler SupChina Since 2018, there has been a notable rise in articles promoting marriage between Han men and Uyghur women. At a time when many people across China think o ...

‘My Parents Were Disappeared’: NYC Foreign Student Fears Going Home to China

NBCN In 2015, Aierken “Alfred” Ailapati left his home and family in Xinjiang, China, to study finance at a university in New York City. Now, Alfred says he can't remember the last ...

ئالدىدا – Before

نىمشېھىت Nimshehit Translated by Aziz Isa Elkun ۋەسلىدىن ئۆزگە كېرەكمەس ماڭا جانان ئالدىدا ئارزۇيۇم سەن ئېرۇرسەن تەن بىلەن جان ئالدىدا بىرگۈلى رەنا ئېرۇرسەن باغۇ بوستان ئالدىدا ...

ئالدىدا – Before

Posted by: Uyghur Academy Posted date: June 25, 2019 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

نىمشېھىت Nimshehit Translated by Aziz Isa Elkun ۋەسلىدىن ئۆزگە كېرەكمەس ماڭا جانان ئالدىدا ئارزۇيۇم سەن ئېرۇرسەن تەن بىلەن جان ئالدىدا بىرگۈلى رەنا ئېرۇرسەن باغۇ بوستان ئالدىدا تا زىيارەت قىلـمىسام مەن سېنى ئىمكان ئالدىدا يۈزلۈرۈم شەرمەندە بولسۇن تاڭلا سۇبھان ئالدىدا I need nothing except only the love of my beloved You are the greatest hope of my soul and body You are the finest rose in a land of gard ...

Uyghur migration from China to Soviet Central Asia in the 1950s and 1960s

Posted by: Otkur Buğra Posted date: October 23, 2018 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

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 ...

Symposium on Solutions for the Dangerous Situation of Uyghurs Today

Posted by: Uyghur Academy Posted date: May 31, 2018 In: Activities, Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

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: uyghuracademy@gmail.com, Web sites: www.akademiye.org/en ...

Symposium on the Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today

Posted by: Uyghur Academy Posted date: May 14, 2018 In: Activities, General, Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

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 on Education and the Uyghur Diaspora

Posted by: Uyghur Academy Posted date: September 22, 2017 In: Activities, Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

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 ...