Uighur Genocide and Cultural Memory
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Bearing witness to one of the most significant human rights issues of our time, this illuminating discussion examines China's systematic persecution of its Uighur Muslim population. Presented by The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, Uighur Genocide and Cultural Memory brings together two distinguished scholars on Thursday, January 23 at FIU's Green School International Pavilion.
Dr. Tamar Mayer, Robert R. Churchill Professor Emerita of Geosciences at Middlebury College and current Visiting Research Scholar at Brandeis University, will present her research on the ongoing crisis in China's Xinjiang region. Her expertise in nationalism, landscape and the memory of stateless nations offers context for understanding the cultural dimensions of this conflict.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Linda Kinstler, a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and award-winning author. Kinstler's book "Come to This Court and Cry" won the 2023 Whiting Award in Nonfiction.
This free event provides an opportunity to gain deeper insight into one of today's most pressing humanitarian concerns through the lens of academic research and investigative journalism.