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In May 2020 this AHRC 4 year project begins and seeks to ethnographically explore the politics of linking health and cultural heritage. More specifically, it aims to understand how the politics of culture affect health-related practices by asking: In what ways do geopolitical forces and national constructions of culture shape practices that influen…

All MIASU fortnightly live seminars are cancelled for the rest of the Easter term.

There will be NO MIASU SEMINAR on Tuesday March 10, it has been cancelled due to strike action. Apologies for the inconvenience. The seminar which was to be given by Dr Agnieszka Joniak–Lüthi and Dr Thomas White will now go ahead during the Easter term, on 5 May. 

is on 25 February with Natalia Ryzhova:Who is fighting for the militarized islands on the Sino-Russian border?

is on 11 February with Yong Zhou: Institutionalizing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in China:  From a PaternalisticEvolutionist Paradigm to Self-determined Development

The MIASU reading group run by Dr Joseph Bristley continues this term, with the second session taking place in the Mond Seminar Room, Free School Lane on Thursday 30th January 2020 (17:00 – 18:00). All are welcome, and there is no need to register.

is on Tuesday 28 January with Sayana Namsaraeva:Dystopian Mongolia: Reconceptualization of the Home Country by Mongolian Asylum Seekers in the UK

Lent Term 2020We welcome the following visiting scholars 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 NorwayNovember 20…

Prof. Caroline Humphrey and Dr Sayana Namsaraeva recently visited the Shanghai International Studies University and its Eurasian Studies Unit.Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to joint research and scientific co-operation in the field of Inner Asian Studies. During the visit to SISU, Prof. C…

There will be NO MIASU SEMINAR on Tuesday November 26 as it has been cancelled due to strike action. Apologies for the inconvenience. The seminar which was to be given by Dr Agnieszka Joniak–Lüthi and Dr Thomas White will go ahead during the Lent term. 

We are pleased to announce the launch of another MIASU reading group which will take place twice termly for for this academic year. The Michaelmas sessions will take place on Thursdays 14th and 28th November at 5pm-6pm in the Mond Building Seminar room, Free School Lane. All are welcome, and there is no need to register.Please see further details o…

is on Tuesday 12 November with Anna Sehnalova: Mountain Deities and Their Treasures: Tibetan Non-Buddhist Cosmologies and Possible Indigenous Origins of the Tibetan gTer ma tradition

On Friday 1 November, MIASU, CamCREES and the University of Arkansas jointly hosted this conference bringing together leading experts on the themes of identity and politics in the Russian republic of Kalmykia, a Buddhist practicing region located in the country’s southeast. Presentations discussed the topics of religion, identity, memory, and depor…

is on Tuesday October 29 with Valeriya Gazizova:Buddhist, Soviet and Kalmyk:‘Secret’ Lamas of Late Socialism, Their Loci of Worship and Patterns of Transmission

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 'MIASU Reading & Research Group'.We will meet twice a term, to discuss either articles and chapters written by members of the group, or literature relevant to group members' research interests. The group will welcome all students (undergrads/masters/PhDs), scholars (junior & eminent) and anyone with inte…