We welcome the following visiting scholars this term –
January 2018 – December 2019: Valeriya Gazizova, post doctoral research associate working on her project:
‘Clandestine Buddhism’ in Soviet Kalmykia (1958-1988) and its role in the post-Soviet Buddhist revival’. The project is funded by the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation in Buddhist Studies
September 2019 – November 2019: Mari Valdur, PhD student, University of Helsinki, working on her project:
‘Abortion and the Bone Marrow: Womanhood and (In)formality at the Margins of Kinship in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’. The project is funded by the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HYMY).
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 Research Council of Norway
October 2019 – December 2019: Zhanna Yusha, visiting scholar from the Russian Academy of Sciences, researching her topic:
‘Myth and ritual of the Tuvans of China, Russia and Mongolia’ funded by the Sigrid Rausing Scholarly Exchange Programme