Monday 19 May 2025 9:30am to 4:30pm
Mond Building Seminar Room & Zoom
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Khoshuuds and Their Journey Through History
This workshop will focus on the Khoshuud Mongols, who played a pivotal role in the political history of Inner and Central Asia during the 16th and 18th centuries. While their political prominence later declined, several enclaves throughout Eurasia continue to closely identify with the Khoshuud’s legacy today. However, despite their historical significance and in comparison to other Mongol groups, the transborder history of the Khoshuuds is still underexplored. This is likely due to the vast geography, dispersal of the populations, and identity projects leading to different ethnonyms. Meanwhile, Khoshuuds provide valuable comparative material capable of challenging conventional categories in Mongol nation- building, which are also entrenched in academic studies, like the divisions between Western and Eastern Mongols, along with broader notions of identity, borders, and ethnicity. Therefore, this workshop, supported by MIASU, presents contributions examining Khoshuud’s presence across regions and historical periods.