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Easter Term 2021We 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 Research Council of Norway.Ap…

The Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit and the “Sinophone Borderlands: Interaction at the Edges” Project (Palacky University) are pleased to present this workshop taking place on Thursday 25 March, 10:00am GMT (ZOOM).The workshop proposes to examine how humans and plants (as non-humans) are engaged together in Inner Asia, and in the medical and eco…

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-open-applicants

The next online MIASU research seminar will be on Tuesday March 9, 4.30–6.00pm, with Yana Bezirganova: Writing Buryatia: the Future of Mongolian ScriptFull details hereFull seminar programme for this termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.uk to join the MIASU mailing list

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-Career Postdoctoral Fellows…

The next MIASU research seminar will be on Tuesday February 23, 4.30–6.00pm, with Kenneth Linden: Veterinary Science, Zud, and Wolves: An Environmental and Animal History of Collectivization in MongoliaFull details hereFull seminar programme for this termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.…

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 EVENTSKing's has initiated a programme for the study of the history and culture of the Silk Road countries, societies, and …

We are pleased to have available a recording of Professor Atwood's talk which he gave as part of the MIASU Lent Term Research Seminar Series on February 9 2021.  Please contact miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.uk for the link. Full talk details here

We are pleased to announce that, in 2021, Brill will publish in Open Access all 'Inner Asia' research articles by authors affiliated to institutions in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, and Austria. Participating institutions are listed below. These articles are sponsored by national consortia in a Transformative Agreement, which also gives …

The next fortnightly research seminar will take place on Tuesday February 9 with Chris Atwood: Why the Mongol Conquests? Sources and Explanations of the 1211 Campaigns against North ChinaFull details hereFull seminar programme for this termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.uk to join t…

is on Tuesday January 26, 4.30–6.00pm, with Nicola Di Cosmo: Towards a Climate History of the Mongol Empire: Assumptions,Methods and PerspectivesFull details hereFull seminar programme for this termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.uk to join the MIASU mailing list

Lent Term 2021MIASU visiting scholars continue to be with us virtually this term due to the Covid-19 situation.We would like to welcome the following virtual visitors: September 2019 – September 2021: Zhou Yong, University of Oslo, working on his postdoctoral research: “Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) and Natural Resources Exploitation: Institu…

Sargai Sha, former MIASU visiting scholar, updates us on her conservation project in Inner Mongolia in this short video: 

Please see link on the right or here for the research seminar programme for the Lent term. Download PDF

We are pleased to share a further newsletter from the SEMS, Paris.