Beijing Oct 19-20 Event: First Int’l Symposium on Uyghur Folk Dastan (داستان) in China

Event: First Int’l Symposium on Uyghur Folk Dastan in China (首届中国维吾尔族民间达斯坦国际学术研讨会)

Venue: 北京市海淀区三里河路7号 新疆维吾尔自治区政府驻京办事处1号楼

Sponsors: CASS Institute of Ethnic Literature (中国社会科学院民族文学研究所), Xinjiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles (新疆维吾尔自治区文学艺术界联)

Organizer: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Folklore Association (新疆维吾尔自治区民间文艺家协会)

Attendees: 50 dastan ( داستان , 达斯坦, destanı) scholars from China, Japan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey

Background reading:

• 互动百科：达斯坦
• 试论维吾尔民间达斯坦《玉素甫—艾赫麦德》的流传现状
• Uyghur Dastan “Training Session” Held in Xinjiang’s Hami