Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry
The Herbert and Valmae Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry is a philanthropically funded, interdisciplinary research centre based at The Australian National University. The Project supports research into the causes, histories and effects of ethnic, cultural, religious, and sexual bigotry and animosity. It promotes public discussion on how such intolerance can be combatted and how co-existence can be promoted through social, research and educational programs.
Highlights
My parents came to Australia to give their family opportunities, to live without fear and for freedom. The freedom to be Uyghur. I’m grateful my parents chose to come to Australia and it’s really heartbreaking to realise if they stayed in Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (East Turkistan) it could have been me in those internment camps.
- Subhi Bora, Australian Uyghur
Acknowledgment of Country
We acknowledge, celebrate and pay our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
