For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 4:00 pm on Nov 11 for campus access.
Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event. Registrants will receive an email from CU Guest Access with the QR code before or on the day of the event. NOTE: You cannot access campus using the QR code from Eventbrite.
Speaker: Abduweli Ayup, Uyghur scholar and rights advocate
Moderator: Tenzin Dorjee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Introduced by: Kristy Kelly, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Abduweli Ayup is a leading Uyghur scholar, poet, and human rights activist. Born in Kashgar, Ayup was detained in 2013 for advocating Uyghur-language education. The event will include the screening of the short film Behind the Mask, which recounts Ayup’s extraordinary confrontation with a former camp guard, the toll his activism has taken on his family, and his lifelong struggle to protect the Uyghur language from Beijing's assimilationist policies.
This event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Registration:
- To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
- To attend this event online, please register HERE.
