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ArgumentThe Uyghurs are one of the ten most populous stateless nations in the world. While they have a long history of cultural accomplishments and political influences, they have remained marginal in international scholarship given their ambiguous position both in regional studies and in geopolitics.&#160;This conference is the second attempt to bring together a broad spectrum of the international community of scholars whose research is focused on the Uyghur people&#8217;s history, culture, society.The conference is organised by the Central Asia Program of The George Washington University (US) and its first part is hosted by the Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) on november 17 and 18. The second part will be organized in Paris (France) separately at the INALCO (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations) on november 19 and last day will be held in the Sciences-Po de Paris.&#160;&#160;ProgrammeUlB Solbosch, salle H. JanneInstitut de sociologie (15ème étage) &#8211; avenue Jeanne 44, 1050 BruxellesTuesday, November 17, 2015Université Libre de Bruxelles 9.00-9.30. Opening RemarksAndrea Rea, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, ULBSean R. Roberts, George Washington University, USAVanessa Frangville, Chair Holder in Chinese Studies, ULB9:30-11:00am. Xinjiang in the Context of China&#8217;s Global PolicyChair: Sean R. Roberts (George Washington University, USA)Andrew Fischer (Erasmus University Rotterdam),&#160;Labour Transitions and Social Inequalities in Tibet and Xinjiang: a comparative analysis of the structural foundations of discrimination and protestElizabeth Wishnick (Montclair College),&#160;Xinjiang and One Belt One RoadSean Roberts (George Washington University),&#160;Is there an Uyghur Islamist Terrorist Threat?11:00-11:30am. Coffee-break 11:30am-1:00pm. Security and Social Changes in XinjiangChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University)Michael Dillon ( Indepent scholar, formerly Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, UK),&#160;Conflict in Xinjiang: Resistance and ResolutionYitzhak Shichor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem),&#160;Suppressing Uyghur Unrest in Xinjiang: the Role of Military, Para-Military and Non-Military ForcesNimrod Baranovitch (Haifa University, Israel),&#160;The Impact of Environmental Degradation in Xinjiang on Uyghur Discontent1:00-2:00pm. Lunch 2:00-3:30pm. Societal Evolutions in Xinjiang and among the Diaspora Chair: Rémi Castets ( Michel de Montaign University)Andrei Ostrovskii (Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences),&#160;Energy Resources of Xinjiang as the Driving Force for the Development of the RegionElena Bazhenova (Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences),&#160;Socio-Economic Development of Xinjiang as the Key Point for China &#8216;Silk Road Economic Belt&#8217;Henryk Szadziewski (University of Leeds),&#160;Uyghur Asylum Seekers Since 2009. Observations From Within The Diaspora4:00-5:00pm. The Chinese School System and Uyghur ResponsesChair: Nimrod Baranovitch (Haifa University, Israel) Hanna Burdorf (Newcastle University)Hanna Burdorf (Newcastle University),&#160;Sinicization of the school system in the Xinjiang regionTimothy A. Grose (Rosse-Hulman Institute of Technology),&#160;Protested Homecomings: Xinjiang Class Graduates and Reaclimating to life in XinjiangWednesday, November 18, 2015Université Libre de Bruxelles9:00-10:30am. Uyghur Modes of Resistance and ResilienceChair: Yitzhak Shichor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)Nathan Light (Uppsala University, Sweden),&#160;Uyghur Culture, Performance and Identity in Contemporary ChinaDilnur Reyhan (INALCO, Paris),&#160;Uighur Web: Production Discrimination and Otherness - Representations of Uighur Women in the Digital SpaceJean-Paul Loubes (Laboratory Architecture of Paris-La Villette),&#160;The Fabrication of a Sacred Place: the Cave of the Seven Sleepers of Tuyuk (Xinjiang)10:30-11:00am. Coffee-break 11-12:30pm. A Vivid Uyghur CultureChair: Vanessa Frangville (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Michal Zelcer-Lavid (Bar Ilan University)Michal Zelcer-Lavid (Bar Ilan University),&#160;"Green-Colored-Uyghur-Poet": Religious Identity in Contemporary Uyghur PoetryElise Anderson (Indiana University), &#8220;The real teachers are those in schools&#8221;: Modes of On ikki muqam Transmission in Contemporary XinjiangMukaddas Mijit (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense),&#160;Uyghur Youth Music: The Parallel World12:30-1:30pm. Lunch 1:30-3:30pm. Regional Actors and International RespsonsesChair: Aude Merlin (Université Libre de Bruxelles, CEVIPOL)Isabelle Facon (Fondation pour la recherche stratégique),&#160;The new Sino-Russian partnership on the global and the regional scenesAnna Bondarenko (Independent Scholar, formerly Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia),&#160;Multilateral Cooperation between the Altai Territory of the Russian Federation and XinjiangSebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University),&#160;Central Asia&#8217;s Position on Uyghur Issue. Caught between Russia and ChinaYunus Koç (Hacettepe University),&#160;Turkey's political stance about the Uyghur issue3:30-5:00pm. Screening of &#8216;The Silk Road of Pop&#8217; followed by a Q &#38; AIntroduction by and Q &#38; A with Stijn Deklerck, co-producer and Mukaddas Mijit, research consultant of the filmInfo: www.ltc.ulb.ac.be - www.philosoc.ulb.ac.beContact and registration: Prof. Vanessa Frangville, Vanessa.frangville@ulb.ac.beINALCO andCentral Asia Programat the George Washington UniversityThursday, November 19, 2015Salons de l&#8217;INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 ParisThursday, November 19, 2015, INALCO, Paris 9:00-11:00am. Reassessing the Role of Russia in 19th and 20th centuries XinjiangChair: Catherine Poujol (INALCO)Alexsander Vasilyev (Central Eurasian Research Center of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia),&#160;Alternate Approaches in the Russian Policy to Yakub-beg&#8217;s State in the 1870-1880sNabijan Tursun (Independent Scholar, USA),&#160;Uyghur Sources and Soviet Archival Documents on the Early 20th Century Uyghur HistoryVladimir Boyko (Altai State Pedagogical Academy; Research Associate at Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia),&#160;Conflicting Governance/Statehood Schemes in Xinjiang 1940s: An Ethno-Political DimensionValerii Barmin (Altai State Pedagogical Academy, Russia),&#160;The role of the Soviet Union in the establishment and operation of the unrecognized Republic of East Turkestan and the position of the United States (1944-1945)11:00-11:30am. Coffee-break 11:30am-13:00pm. Multiplicity of Religious Practices in the Uyghur Culture through CenturiesChair: Rémy Dor (INALCO)Dmitri Vasilyev (Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia),&#160;Traces of Uyghur - Manichean Culture in Rock Drawings in Midlle Yenisei BasinArienne Dwyer (University of Kansas, USA),&#160;Good and Evil Spirits in the late 19th Century Tarim BasinSabine Trebinjac ( Laboratory of Ethnology and Comparative Sociology (LESC), CNRS and Nanterre Univesrity, France),&#160;Loplik Living Souls: What Revival&#160;?13:00-14:00pm. Lunch 14:00-17:30pm. New Scholarship on Uyghur SourcesChair: Dilnur Reyhan (INALCO, Paris)Dinara Dubrovskaia (Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia),&#160;Sui China and Xi-Yu: Pei Ju's PerspectiveDolkum Kamberi (Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C.),&#160;Unearthed Täklimakanian Civilization &#38; Uyghur UrbicultureAleksandr Kadyrbaev (Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia),&#160;Uighur medieval written in China during the reign of the Mongol: Yuan Dynasty - Uyghurs as the bearers of the Mongols15:30-16:00pm. Coffee-break Sergey Dmitriev (Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Institute of Asian and African States, Moscow State University, Russia),&#160;Some sources about Boquq Khan (epigraphy, numismatic and anthropology)Ablet Semet (Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany),&#160;A Brief Study of Late Ottoman Sources on the UyghursErkin Emet (Ankara University, Turkey),&#160;General Overview of Scientific Studies Conducted in Turkey in Relation to East Turkistan and Uighurs from the end of 1920s up to TodayCERI-Sciences Po, and Central Asia Programat the George Washington UniversityNovember 20, 2015 56Rue Jacob, 75007 ParisFriday, November 20, 2015,Salons de l&#8217;INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris9:00-10:30am. China&#8217;s Political Strategies in XinjiangChair: Hélène Le Bail (CERI)Dru Gladney (Pomona College, USA),&#160;China&#8217;s Policy toward Ethnic MinoritiesSean R. Roberts (George Washington University, USA),&#160;Development with Chinese Characteristics: The Implications of Top-Down Development in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous RegionKilic Kanat (Penn State University, USA),&#160;The Evolution of the Perception of the Uyghur Resistance in China10:30-11:00am. Coffee-break 11-12:30pm. Uyghur Identity. Resistance, Adaptation, ResilienceChair: Sean R. Roberts (George Washington University, USA) Lauren Hansen (Cornell University, USA)Lauren Hansen (Cornell University, USA),&#160;Buying In or Selling Out? Middle Class Sensibilities in the Uyghur CityDavid Brophy (Sydney University, Australia),&#160;A Second-Generation Xinjiang Historiography: The Comprehensive History ProjectRachel Harris (SOAS, London University, UK),&#160;Song and Dance in Xinjiang: the New Battleground12:30-1:30pm. Lunch 1:30-3:00pm. The Transformations of Uyghur National and Religious IdentitiesChair: Rémi Castets ( Michel de Montagne University, Bordeaux, France)Rémi Castets ( Michel de Montagne University, Bordeaux, France),&#160;Islam and Politics: Ideological Paths and Mutations of Uyghur Islamo-NationalismMamtimin Ala (Independent scholar, Australia),&#160;&#8216;I am not a White Flag&#8217;: The re-formation of Uighur Nationalism under Chinese RuleRian Thum (Lyola University, New Orleans),&#160;The Twelve Imams in Sunni Khotan3:00-3:30pm. Coffee-break 3:30-5:00pm. An Internationalized Uyghur IdentityChair: Bayram Balci (CERI)Joanne Smith (Newcastle University, UK),&#160;Regard sur les Ouighour-e-s: &#8216;Small politics&#8217;, Cultural Advocacy and Gender Wars among the Parisian Uyghur DiasporaAblet Kamalov (Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan),&#160;Uyghur Diaspora in Central Asia. Challenges and OpportunitiesChienyu Shih (Chuhai College, Hong Kong),&#160;Shaping Uyghur Identity through Cultural Activities: Meshrep among Various Uyghur Diasporas Communities in Europe