June 2023
Lecture with Dr. Ablet Kamalov: Great Game and Migration of the 1950-60s from China to Kazakhstan
This presentation will focus on the migration of Kazakhs, Uyghurs, Russians and some other ethnic groups from Xinjiang province of China to Soviet Kazakhstan in the 1950-60s. Discussion of the migration based on analysis of…
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Lecture with Dr. Kenneth Yin: “Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Sino-Muslim Folkloric Narrative Tradition of Central Asia”
First migrating from northwest China to Russian Central Asia after the suppression of the Dungan Revolt (1862–1877) under the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, the Dungan people boast a rich oral tradition, which served as an important…
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