First International Conference on Uyghur Studies : History, Culture, and Society — Central Asia Program Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian studies Elliott School of International Affairs The George Washington University Washington (Etats-Unis), 25-27/09/2014

The Uyghurs are one of the ten most populous stateless nations in the world. While the Uyghur people 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. Nonetheless, given the contribution of Uyghurs to global and regional historical and cultural processes, there has developed a transnational community of scholars whose research is focuse..