Ayup Abduweli, Chinese Linguistic Imperialism and Uyghur Resistance

Name: Ayup Abduweli, Chinese Linguistic Imperialism and Uyghur Resistance
Start: 2025-09-11T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Hall Center for the Humanities

Schedule

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Hall Center for the Humanities | Lawrence, KS

Abduweli Ayup is a linguist and writer specializing in Uyghur language education. In this presentation, he will show the film All Static and Noise, a documentary on China's Uyghur detention camps, and discuss his work promoting the Uyghur language. The film and presentation (75 minutes) will be followed by Q&A and a reception.
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Political Science, the Hall Center for the Humanities, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU International Affairs, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies.