כנסים ואירועים

The Annual Conference of Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS2026), Nazarba University, Astana, June 16–19, 2026. Paper: “Jews in Kashgar: Reconstructing a Small Diasporic Presence on the Sino Central Asian Frontier, 1880 to 1949.”

Workshop on Jews in Turkestan and Eastern Turkestan Connections and Disruptions, Oriental Institute, Prague, May 14, 2025. Paper: “Uyghur-Jewish Encounters in Western China’s Region.”

Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, May 13, 2025. Paper: “China in the Middle East: Interests, War, and Strategic Challenges.”

Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland, webinar, April 28, 2025. Paper: “Strategic Crossroads: China–Israel Engagement in a Shifting Middle East.”

Korea, China, and the Middle East from Israeli Perspective, Sogang University, Seoul, April 9, 2024. Paper: “Holding Both Ends of the Rope: China’s Stance in the Swords of Iron War.”

South Korea and the Middle East Relationship in 2024, The ASAN Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul, April 8, 2024. Paper: “China-Iran’s Relations, Influences, and Interests in the Middle East.”

The Korean Peninsula – A Multidisciplinary Perspective, Bar-Ilan University, June 21–22, 2023. Paper: “The BRI Initiative and the Korean Dilemma: Regional Alliances Under Chinese Influence.”

The 15th Biennial Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, Tel Aviv University, June 4–5, 2023. Paper with Ran Shauli and Alon Levkowitz: “Localized Tropes of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in East-Asian Political Discourses: Three Case Studies.”

Seminar on Korea–Middle East Relations, Korea University, Seoul, May 30, 2023. Paper: “Chinese Interest in the Middle East: The China-US-Israel Triangle.”

The 16th Annual Conference on Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, November 24–25, 2022. Paper: “Masculinity and Heroes in Modern Uyghur Literature.”

The Holocaust and Asia: Refugees, Memory, and Material Culture. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (online), August 8-19, 2022. Paper presented: “The Uyghurs and the Holocaust: Identification, Narratives, and Commemoration.”

Regional Security in the Balkans, Sofia University, Sofia, June 8-9, 2022. Paper presented: “China's 'Belt and Road Initiative’: Perspectives and Influences in the Balkans.”

30 Years for China-Israel Relation: Multidimensional Perspective, Bar-Ilan University (webinar), January 5, 2022. Paper presented: “Regional Security and the Effects of the BRI Initiative on the Middle East.”

The 20th Annual Conference of Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), George Washington University, Washington DC, October 10-13, 2019. Paper presented: "Masculinity and Heroes in Modern Uyghur Literature."

The 14th Annual Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, The Hebrew University, May 23-24, 2018. Paper presented: Modern Education and Literary Tradition: A Comparative View on the Development of Modern Uyghur and Tibetan Literature."

The 3rd International Symposium on Cultural Inclusion, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, December 8-9, 2017, paper presented: "Secular/Religious Education and Literary Tradition: A Comparative View on the Development of Modern Uyghur and Tibetan Literature."

Tibet Colloquium, Institute for African and Asian Studies, Berlin, June 24, 2017, paper presented: Modern Education and Literary Tradition: A Comparative View on the Development of Modern Uyghur and Tibetan Literature."

IBZ Annual Research around the World Symposium, IBZ center Berlin, November 20, 2016, paper presented: “Written Identity: Ethno-nationalism in Contemporary Uyghur and Tibetan Literature.”

The 13th Annual Conference of Asia Studies in Israel, Tel-Hai College, June 18-19 2016, paper presented: "Green-Colored-Uyghur-Poet: Religious Identity in Contemporary Uyghur Poetry."

The 2nd International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture and Society, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, November 17-20 2015, paper presented: "Green-Colored-Uyghur-Poet: Religious Identity in Contemporary Uyghur Poetry."

The 9th Conference of Sapir Forum for Debate and Research of Culture, May 22-23, 2013, paper presented: "Identity and Religious Protest: The Uyghur Case in China" (in Hebrew).

The 8th Conference of Sapir Forum for Debate and Research of Culture, June 10, 2012' paper presented: "Ethics and Moral Dilemmas in Research on Protest in Modern China" (in Hebrew).

The 9th Annual Conference of Asia Studies in Israel, University of Haifa, April 26-27 2010, paper presented: "’The Big Bad Wolf’: The Image of the Uyghur Man in Contemporary Uyghur Literature” (in Hebrew).

Monotheism in Asia, Bar-Ilan University, March 17-18, 2009, paper presented: “Religion in Tibetan and Uyghur Literature: A Comparative Perspective” (in Hebrew).

The 6th Annual Conference of Asia Studies in Israel, University of Haifa, June 11-12, 2007, paper presented: “The Status of Literature in Tibet: Nationalism, Modernism and Human Rights” (in Hebrew).

The 5th Annual Conference of Asia Studies in Israel, Tel-Aviv University, June 11-12, 2006, paper presented: “Between Independence to Integration: A Comparative Research of China's Contemporary Tibetan, Mongolian and Uyghur Literature” (in Hebrew).

Literature and Ethnicity in Tibet, University of Haifa, January 3, 2006, paper presented: “Nationalism in Tibetan Literature: A Discussion on Dhondup Gyal's Work” (in Hebrew).

Ethnical Identities and National Aspiration in Asia: The State of Research, University of Haifa, May 3, 2005, Paper presented: “Between Independence to Integration: A Comparative Research of China's Contemporary Tibetan, Mongolian and Uyghur Literature” (in Hebrew).