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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · 21d

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · 21d

How do the socio-political dynamics of #Islamophobia 🕌 on #China's social media help establish boundaries of Chinese #national identity?

@davidstroup.bsky.social will address this issue at the upcoming Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 29 September at 15:00 CET: www.remote-xuar.com/events/loath...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Sep 4

A big thank you to @bennoweiner.bsky.social for such an insightful talk and discussion! 👏 It was a joy having you with us.

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Aug 26

Making Minorities in Late Republican and Early #Maoist #China: A View from the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands 👇

We are pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Benno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social at Palacký University Olomouc next week!

www.remote-xuar.com/events/makin...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Aug 13

The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium is coming! Join the talk on 📆 2 September at 10:00 CEST (bit.ly/4mguLhA) to learn how #cadre management shapes #China’s strategy for governing #Tibet in #XiJinping’s ‘New Era’: www.remote-xuar.com/events/stabi...

🎤 Speaker: @doctordev.bsky.social

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jul 3

Until July 27, 2025, the exhibition FOR REAL FOR REAL 🎨📹is on view at #daadgalerie in Berlin, bringing together artists who explore the poetics and complexity of being. Rune Steenberg participated in the opening event with a reading session:

www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/fo...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jul 3

The conference was the culmination of a collaborative research project and it examined how people create and experience worlds, both real and imagined, across different scales ⚖️ - from local to global. More about the project: www.worldmaking-china.org/en/projekte/...

Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jul 3

Björn Alpermann presented his paper, “Ethnic Blending through Resettlement and #Urbanization 🏙️: #Bingtuan Expansion in South #Xinjiang,” at the Scales of Worldmaking conference, organized by Joint Center for Advanced Studies in #Würzburg:

www.worldmaking-china.org/annual-confe...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jul 2

"‘Musapir’ means ‘someone living outside their community, an outcast, a stranger—someone to have pity on,’ explains Rune Steenberg in an article about global brands that use #Uyghur workers in #Chinese factories: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... 🏭

Published by @tbij.bsky.social

China’s economy runs on Uyghur forced labour

More than 100 global brands are linked to a scheme that ships Xinjiang ethnic minorities to work in factories thousands of miles away

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jul 2

At the 6th Annual #CASNIG conference in #Bishkek, Rune Steenberg presented on colonial architecture, symbolism, and #ethnicization in #Kashgar’s urban landscape—and how it’s transformed since 2017. He also highlighted #RemoteEthnography as a key methodological approach: www.auca.kg/en/auca_news...

Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jul 2

18 July at 15:00 CET 👉 In our next Inner #Asia #Colloquium talk, @bennoweiner.bsky.social examines the incorporation of the #Amdo region of Eastern #Tibet into the #PRC and its enduring implications for borderland communities: www.remote-xuar.com/events/makin...

Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/3EWmhfE

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jun 27

An #American-Uyghur wedding 👰🤵 in #Xinjiang, described in our latest blog post, highlights how love can become a marketable product in times of political crisis: www.remote-xuar.com/post/love-as...

Love as a Commodity in a Time of Political Crisis: An American-Uyghur Wedding in Rural Southern Xinjiang

Author: Marcel McDonald27 June 2025An unusual wedding ceremony took place on May 7 in Tazghun village in Yengisheher county of Kashgar, in Xinjiang, in the far northwest of China. What made it unusua...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Jun 27

In the latest episode of #RemoteChay podcast, we speak with Rebecca Clothey & Dilmurat Mahmut about the challenges #Uyghurs face in preserving culture and identity in the #diaspora. Based on their 2024 book: doi.org/10.4324/9781... 📖

www.remote-xuar.com/podcast

Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · May 26

Co-organized by #RemoteXUAR at Palacký University Olomouc, the workshop aimed to enhance the skills and capacities of local research support staff 📈

EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · May 26

A big thank you to all participants of #RMA Power Week!⚡

This intensive 5-day workshop focused on #EU project management, science communication, research data management, and #AI in project workflows:
www.euvip-project.com/podrobnosti-...

Expert-led, hands-on, and full of insight 🧠

#HorizonEU

Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · May 24

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · May 24

While #China’s coastal cities dominate #urbanisation debates, the Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 5 June at 14:00 CET shifts focus to #Xinjiang. It explores how #Uyghur middle-class citizens navigate #ethnicity, status & state relations through #architecture 🏙️

Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/44cO1qz

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · May 14

23 May at 15:00 CET 👉 The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium challenges the idea that #Islam 🕌 was only securitized after 9/11. Malika Abdulbakieva traces the roots back to Russian #colonialism in #CentralAsia:

www.remote-xuar.com/events/colon...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · May 6

27 May 14:00 - 15:30

Beyond #Xinjiang

Join our online seminar exploring how #China’s securitization policies impact #Muslim minorities 🕌 — with a focus on #Uyghur and #Hui communities: www.remote-xuar.com/events/beyon...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · May 5

In the new episode of #RemoteChay podcast, Yalkun Uluyol shares how his #Uyghur identity shaped interviews on sensitive topics — from politics to trauma. He reflects on the ethics and expectations researchers face in such charged conversations 💬:

www.remote-xuar.com/podcast

Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Apr 24

#China's state-led #environmentalism 🌿 is reshaping life on its western frontiers — but often at the expense of #ethnic minority herders. Join our Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 9 May to learn how these environmental policies have been negotiated on the ground:

www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Apr 9

How does #Chinese territorial planning 🏗️ under the Belt and Road Initiative impact local communities in #Xinjiang?

Don't miss @mariehiliquin.bsky.social's upcoming talk at the Inner #Asia #Colloquium: www.remote-xuar.com/events/belt-...

MS Teams: bit.ly/4kWoacg

#BRI #urbanplanning #Kashgar

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Apr 4

A Critical Global Perspective on the #Uyghur Region 🎧

In the latest episode of the #RemoteChay podcast, Darren Byler and Rune Steenberg analyse key turning points in #Xinjiang's current situation within contexts that go far beyond geopolitics: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast

@dbyler.bsky.social

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Mar 24

The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium is coming up on April 4!

Learn about the process of building a thriving Uyghur community 🏗️ with its own schools 🏫 courts, economy, police, and defense in northern Syria following the turbulent aftermath of the Syrian Revolution in 2012.

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · Mar 6

TESTIMONIES / about mass #incarceration in #Xinjiang (2017-2020): www.theracialimaginary.org/viewing-room...

NIKAH / "The #Wedding" about the challenges Uyghur women face in #China: icarusfilms.com/df-nikah

I AM HERE / on what it means to be #Uyghur: msh.ulb.ac.be/en/agenda/fi...