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Read more at: Easter Term 2023 – Seminar Programme

Easter Term 2023 – Seminar Programme

19 April 2023

We are pleased to share the seminar programme for the Easter term. Please follow the links on the right or click here


Read more at: Lunchtime Seminar - 30 March – Sait Ocakli

Lunchtime Seminar - 30 March – Sait Ocakli

28 March 2023

Please join us for this in-person lunchtime talk on Thursday 30 March at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with Sait Ocakli (Üsküdar University & MIASU visiting scholar) The Nogays and the World Around Them: Shifting Alliances and Allegiances in Northern Black Sea Steppes (1550-1700)


Read more at: Online Event – Healing Heritage and Cultural Change: Inner Asian Shamanism

Online Event – Healing Heritage and Cultural Change: Inner Asian Shamanism

10 March 2023

This event, which is part of the Cambridge Festival, is facilitated by the research team from the MIASU project ‘Mongolian Cosmopolitical Heritage: tracing divergent healing practices across the Mongolian–Chinese border’, Elizabeth Turk and Uranchimeg Ujeed, plus two Curatorial Fellows from Mongolia and Inner Mongolia...


Read more at: Lunchtime Seminar - 10 March – Uranchimeg Ujeed & Daruhan Peng

Lunchtime Seminar - 10 March – Uranchimeg Ujeed & Daruhan Peng

8 March 2023

Please join us for this in-person lunchtime talk on Friday 10 March at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with Uranchimeg Ujeed (University of Cambridge) & Daruhan Peng (Inner Mongolia University): A mysterious Khitan Tomb: Possible evidence of Proto-Mongolic shaman


Read more at: Next MIASU Research Seminar – 7 March – Orhon Myadar

Next MIASU Research Seminar – 7 March – Orhon Myadar

24 February 2023

The final in-person MIASU research seminar of the Lent term will be taking place on Tuesday March 7, 4.30–6.00pm, in the Mond Building Seminar Room, and will be given by Orhon Myadar: Nomadic Imaginaries and Performative Realities The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to...


Read more at: Lunchtime Seminar - 24 January – Theo Hughes-Morgan

Lunchtime Seminar - 24 January – Theo Hughes-Morgan

20 February 2023

Please join us for this in-person lunchtime talk at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with Theo Hughes-Morgan (University of Cambridge): Notes on the ownership of water in a Himalayan village


Read more at: 'Mongolia – Challenges and Prospects in 2023': New report out now co-authored by MIASU's Elizabeth Fox

'Mongolia – Challenges and Prospects in 2023': New report out now co-authored by MIASU's Elizabeth Fox

9 February 2023

A new joint policy paper is now out, co-authored by Dr Elizabeth Fox (Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge) and Professor Kerry Brown (Kings College London). The report outlines: Mongolia's key strategic position, between China and Russia, and the issues it faces as it emerges from the COVID-19...


Read more at: Next MIASU Research Seminar – Monday 20 February – Charles Ramble

Next MIASU Research Seminar – Monday 20 February – Charles Ramble

6 February 2023

The next MIASU research seminar of the Lent term will be taking place on Monday February 20, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Charles Ramble: Deferring Environmental Responsibility? The Evolution of Tibetan Serpent-Spirits in a Buddhist Climate The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book...


Read more at: Next MIASU Research Seminar – 7 February – Martin Saxer

Next MIASU Research Seminar – 7 February – Martin Saxer

26 January 2023

The next MIASU research seminar of the Lent term will be taking place on Tuesday February 7, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Martin Saxer: Places in Knots: Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas and Beyond The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU...


Read more at: Lunchtime Seminar - 31 January – Wan De Jia

Lunchtime Seminar - 31 January – Wan De Jia

25 January 2023

Please join us for this in-person lunchtime talk at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with MIASU visiting scholar Wandejia : The Colours and Shapes of Bla Soul of the Bon Religion of Prommi People