For this first public event presented in conjunction with the Spring 2021 course “Human Rights in China,” join us for a panel discussion of the ongoing Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang.
Panelists:
Teng Biao
Pozen Visiting Professor, academic lawyer and human rights activist
Magnus Fiskesjö
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University
Ilshat H. Kokbore
Activist and former president, Uyghur American Association
Zubayra Shamseden
Chinese Language Outreach Coordinator, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Tursunay Ziyawdun
Camp survivor, native Uyghur from East Turkistan (aka Xinjiang)
Moderator:
Johanna Ransmeier
Associate Professor of History and the College, University of Chicago
Presented in partnership with the Department of History and the Center for East Asian Studies.