Islam in China: Past and Present
Thursday, October 21, 2010
5:00 to 6:30 pm
UK Student Center Room 230
Speaker: Professor Yang Zhongdong
Professor Yang is from Xinjiang University's School of Humanities. He is currently a
visiting scholar at the University of Southern California (USC). Born in Urumqi, the
capital of the Xinjiang Province, Professor Yang is a Hui, a Muslim ethnic minority.
As a scholar in Hui Studies, Professor Yang emphasizes the importance of the
ethnological discipline in his research. His current research at USC involves
comparing how religion and ethnicity shape the identity of Muslim minorities in the
U.S. and China.
Free and open to the public
For more information email sdarrat@uky.edu or call 859-257-7037
Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Division of Russian and Eastern Studies
Islamic Studies Program
Co-sponsored by the Asia Center and the International Studies Program at UK
