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Easter Term 2021 We would like to welcome the following visitors this term: September 2019 – September 2021: Zhou Yong , University of Oslo, working on his postdoctoral research: “Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) and Natural Resources Exploitation: Institutionalizing Indigenous Peoples´ Rights in China”. Funded by the...

King’s College is now receiving applications to a new PhD studentship in ‘Silk Road Studies’. Studies on topics in the countries/regions of the Silk Road are encouraged. Further information is available here: https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2021/new-silk-roads-phd-studentship-ope...

The Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit is delighted to announce that the newly established Caroline Humphrey Chair in the Anthropology of Inner Asia has been awarded to Professor David Sneath . This newly endowed chair has been funded by a major donation by the Sigrid Rausing Trust, which has also funded the MIASU Early-...

We are pleased to share the upcoming schedule of lectures, seminars and conferences for the King’s College Silk Roads Programme. This includes a talk with MIASU's Professor Caroline Humphrey on March 5th. SILK ROADS PROGRAMME EVENTS King's has initiated a programme for the study of the history and culture of the Silk Road...