Remote Xuar

Important update 📢 Our official project account is transitioning from X to BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/remote… Our X account remains a reliable source of information about past project events and activities. Stay connected with us on #BlueskySocial! 🦋

Join us for the upcoming Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 17 December at 14:00 CET 👉 Mirshad Ghalip will explore the #UyghurDiaspora's fight to preserve their language 🗣️ and culture amidst existential threats. MS Teams: shorturl.at/KBv1g #UyghurIdentity #LanguageIdeology

Testimonies and Their Surroundings 📹 A #documentary about mass incarceration in #Xinjiang (2017-2020), on which @rune_s_r and Zarina Mukanova collaborated, is now available on theracialimaginary.org/viewing-room/t…. The documentary was supported by The #RacialImaginaryInstitute.

Last month, the 1st International Congress of Secular Uyghur Youth took place in Paris. Sonya Imin represented #RemoteXuar by sharing her #artivism 🎨 experiences in support of the #Uyghur cause, highlighting the power of art in the fight for #HumanRights: lagenerale.fr/fr/projet/prem…

In his recent interview 💬 with @u_Dialog, @rune_s_r sheds light on critical issues in #Uyghur society and #UyghurDiaspora, focusing on women's rights, #LGBTQ+ rights, and their broader implications: youtube.com/watch?v=FU6cYr… #HumanRights ⚖️

Episode 2 of the Remote Chay podcast is now available! In this episode, @RianThum from @OfficialUoM reflects on the history of #Xinjiang and #UyghurStudies 🎓 through his own journey as a historian and an anthropologist. Listen here: remote-xuar.com/pocast 🎧

How can we find a balance between #safety 🛡️ and accessibility? At the next Inner #Asia #Colloquium, @YalkunUluyol will discuss the challenges of conducting interviews on sensitive political issues. Join us on 29 November at 16:00 CET via MS Teams: shorturl.at/HDjGj

Today at 4 pm 🕓 "Endless Night" seminar at @EHESS_fr, co-hosted by @rune_s_r, will welcome @HannahTheaker1 from @PlymUni who will be speaking about #sinicization of #Islam in #China. Join via this link: bbb.ehess.fr/b/clo-ck8-koc-… Read more: ehess.fr/fr/personne/ha… 🕌🇨🇳

🎉 Big news! We’ve just launched our new #RemoteChay podcast ! Tune in for insights, interviews, and stories related to #RemoteEthnography. Don’t miss Episode 1 – available now on #RemoteXuar website: remote-xuar.com/pocast  🎙️ #PodcastLaunch

Join ChinaFile for a film screening of NIKAH followed by a discussion with the filmmakers Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan on Mon Oct 28, 6-8PM @AsiaSociety 725 Park Avenue New York. Get your tickets here!🎟️ asiasociety.org/new-york/event…

How does the #UyghurDiaspora engage with art 🎨 and visual culture? Read a new blog post about the first-hand experience of Sonya Imin who attended a film festival 🎞️ an art exhibition 🖼️ and a youth arts program in #Kazakhstan and #Uzbekistan: remote-xuar.com/post/reflectio…

Past screening at IAAS @Harvard on 22/10: iaas.fas.harvard.edu/news/2024/10/f…

Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan's film Nikah 🎬 is on its #US 🇺🇸 screening tour!  25/10: screening and discussion organized by @gwusigurcenter at @ElliottSchoolGW sigur.elliott.gwu.edu/2024/10/03/10-… 28/10: screening and discussion at @AsiaSociety New York asiasociety.org/new-york/event…

"A Day in History: The Persecution of #Uyghurs in #China" A public discussion with @BjoernAlpermann and Uyghur activist Shahnura Kasim, organized by @AStARUB, will take place today at 18:00 at @ruhrunibochum 🇩🇪  Anyone in the area is cordially invited to attend!

The #CCP is set to reinvigorate one of its most controversial campaigns targeting #WesternRegions, home to many ethnic minorities 🧕 The blog post by @BjoernAlpermann explores what the consequences will be for these minorities: remote-xuar.com/post/new-era-w… 🌏

A new #Uyghur language book collection 📚 at @PULibrary should be accessible to all Uyghurs abroad, not just to students and researchers, @rune_s_r points out in his latest commentary for @RFA_UyghurNews: rfa.org/uyghur/xewerle…

Raising awareness about the difficult situation of the #Uyghurs while also showcasing their rich culture — that was Uyghur Night 🌙 organized on 27 Sept at @unidue, where @rune_s_r was an invited speaker 🗣️ @UyghurYouthDE @turkunid

Starting in 5 min! x.com/Remote_Xuar/st…

Big congratulations to Tereza Motalová from the #EUVIP_team for completing the 'Data Steward' certificate program at @univienna! 🎓 postgraduatecenter.at/en/programs/co… Her participation was supported by both @EUVIP_project and @Remote_Xuar #Twinning projects, coordinated by @UPOlomouc 🇨🇿

After a long summer break, it’s time for the Inner #Asia #Colloquium again! On October 4 at 15:00 CET, @Rachel_A_Harris, @rune_s_r, and Zarina Mukanova will debate the methodologies of ethnographic interviews with #exiles 🎙️ Join the talk at msteams.link/OCJD 👥