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Read more at: Lent Term Research Seminar Programme

Lent Term Research Seminar Programme

17 January 2025

We are pleased to share the seminar programme for the Lent term. Please click here or follow the links on the right

Read more at: New PhD Studentship Opportunity at the MIASU

New PhD Studentship Opportunity at the MIASU

6 January 2025

Applications are invited for the Sigrid Rausing MIASU PhD Studentship in the Social Anthropology of Inner Asia. The studentship is funded by a generous donation from the Sigrid Rausing Trust. Please see the link for further information. Closing date: Wednesday 30 April 2025

Read more at: Upcoming Conference – 9 & 10 January 2025 – "Food System Temporalities"

Upcoming Conference – 9 & 10 January 2025 – "Food System Temporalities"

16 December 2024

This two-day conference seeks to examine the temporality of food production, circulation, and consumption. By highlighting how time and its reckoning shape and are shaped by the pursuit of the edible, our aim is to move beyond simplistic dichotomies between capitalist acceleration and slow food sustainability to elucidate...

Read more at: Upcoming Conference – 12 December – "Law and water management: regulation, non-human personhood, and practices of cooperation from an interdisciplinary perspective"

Upcoming Conference – 12 December – "Law and water management: regulation, non-human personhood, and practices of cooperation from an interdisciplinary perspective"

2 December 2024

Sayana Namsareva and Joseph Bristley of the MIASU 'Resource Frontiers' project will host this conference at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge on 12 December 2024. Entitled “Law and water management: regulation, non-human personhood, and practices of cooperation from an interdisciplinary perspective.” , you can see...

Read more at: MIASU Research Seminar – 26 November – Saranzaya Manalsuren

MIASU Research Seminar – 26 November – Saranzaya Manalsuren

11 November 2024

The final MIASU research seminar of the Michaelmas term will be taking place on Tuesday November 26, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Saranzaya Manalsuren: Gendering Regimes in a Changing Society: A Qualitative Study of Women Managers in Post-Socialist Mongolia The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join...

Read more at: MIASU Research Seminar – 12 November – Sayana Namsaraeva & Joseph Bristley

MIASU Research Seminar – 12 November – Sayana Namsaraeva & Joseph Bristley

6 November 2024

The next MIASU research seminar of the Michaelmas term will be taking place on Tuesday October 29, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Sayana Namsaraeva & Joseph Bristley: Forests and rivers: a history of environmental governance in the Selenge basin The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely...

Read more at: MIASU Research Seminar – 29 October – Roman Osharov

MIASU Research Seminar – 29 October – Roman Osharov

16 October 2024

The first MIASU research seminar of the Michaelmas term will be taking place on Tuesday October 29, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Roman Osharov: A Blueprint for the Empire: Customary Law and the Production of Knowledge in the Caucasus and Transcaspia, 1870-1890 The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can...

Read more at: Welcoming MIASU's Second Postdoctoral Fellow

Welcoming MIASU's Second Postdoctoral Fellow

5 September 2024

As a result of a generous donation from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Joseph Bristley as Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellow. The post runs for four years and Joseph will take up this post in October 2025. Aside from playing a key role in...

Read more at: The Second Biennial Cambridge Mongolia Forum: August 2024, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Second Biennial Cambridge Mongolia Forum: August 2024, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

5 August 2024

The second Cambridge Mongolia Forum will be held in Ulaanbaatar on 19 & 20 August . Entitled "WORLD PROBLEM, NOMAD SOLUTION", MIASU members and affiliates will be participating including David Sneath, Uradyn Bulag and Elizabeth Fox. You can see the full programme which includes instructions on how to join remotely here

Read more at: Upcoming conference – 02 July 2024 – 'Interrogating the Cooperative governance of water in Inner Asia'

Upcoming conference – 02 July 2024 – 'Interrogating the Cooperative governance of water in Inner Asia'

28 June 2024

Hosted by the National University of Mongolia, this event critically interrogates what cooperation in water management means in everyday life in Inner Asia. Please find further information in the programme To join remotely please send an email here to register and receive the zoom link

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