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 is on Tuesday October 15 with Edward Holland & Elivira Churyumova:Kalmyk refugees and the narration of displacement in post-World War II Europe

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 StudiesSept…

On Wednesday 18 September the MIASU was delighted to welcome Mongolia's Cultural Envoy, Unurmaa Janchiv, and State Epic Storyteller, Baatarjav Erdenetsogt.Baatarjav Erdenetsogt is a Mongolian heritage carrier of the legendary tradition of epic storytelling (tuuli) and overtone singer. He plays an ancient wooden flute (tsuur) and lute (tovshuur), wh…

 is on Tuesday October 15 with Edward Holland & Elivira Churyumova:Kalmyk refugees and the narration of displacement in post-World War II Europe

Himalayan Connections a four year collaborative project with the University of Oslo.The project is led by Professor Hanna Havnevik PI from Oslo, Dr Hildegard Diemberger PI from Cambridge and Dr Bhaskar Vira Co-I Cambridge, with two post-doctoral researchers:Dr Astrid Hovden (Oslo) and Dr Riamsara Kuyakanon Knapp (Cambridge)

Inner AsiaThe Unit has a peer-reviewed journal Inner Asia published by Brill and a book series, the Inner Asia Series, published by Global Oriental/Brill.To contribute to journal please see our 'notes for contributors' which gives details of format and procedure.Subscribe to the journal and view our back issues list and abstracts