Işık Kuşçu Bonnenfant – The Uighurs of Turkey and Europe: Homeland, Identity, and Transnational Activism – 10/1/2018
Mercredi 10 janvier 2018 à 18h à l’IFEAIşık Kuşçu-Bonnenfant (Université technique du Moyen-Orient) intervention en anglais inscription avant le 10 janvier à midi : https://www.inscription-facile.com/form/aHHqwja176SwfCeLYr3U The Uighurs of Turkey and Europe: Homeland, Identity, and Transnational Activism Uyghur diaspora communities reside in a vast geographic area stretching from Central Asia to Turkey, from Europe to the United States and from Canada to Australia. Since the 1950s, they have engaged in a wide array of activities to transnationalize the case of Uyghurs in the homeland. This presentation will analyze how Uyghur diasporic identity and activities evolved through various mobilizing discourses, practices and frameworks effectuated by the elite. The activities of the Uyghur diaspora during three substantial time periods will be observed. Such

