with Alexandre Toumarkine, INALCO – CERMOM - CETOBaC, Joanna Smith Finley, Newcastle University, Muyesser Abdul’ehed Hendan, Independent Uyghur language teacher, Eric Schluessel, The George Washington University, Sam Tynen, Czech Academy of Science, Joshua Freeman, Princeton University - East Asian Studies, Stéphane Dudoignon, CNRS – UMR 8582 GSRL, Mukaddas Mijit, ULB/EAS, Timothy Grose, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Nimrod Baranovitch, The University of Haifa, Darren Byler, Simon Fraser University

In collaboration with Inalco (Institut National des langues et civilisations orientales), CERMOM (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche Moyen-Orient), - EHESS (École des hautes études en sciences sociales), CETOBAC (Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques), European Uyghur Institute & FNRS (Fonds de la recherche scientifique)

This two-day (hybrid) conference brings together a diverse group of individuals, academics, teachers, translators and artists, whose work focuses on Uyghur people, their history, language, cultural productions, and society. The questions we would like to discuss include: What is at stake in the production and transmission of Uyghur cultural artefacts? How does the growth of scientific literature based on Uyghur sources impact our (mis)conceptions regarding the region’s history, its people, their language, cultural practices, and society? What are the different perspectives brought forward by contemporary Uyghur artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, and poets on what is happening in their homeland?

Thursday 4th & Friday 5th November 2021

INALCO et EHESS (Paris)

Please note that registration is mandatory to join the conference either online or physically. Links and venues will be sent by email to participants who registered at least 48h before the beginning of the conference.

Please write to : uyghur.studies@uyghur-institute.org