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The second Cambridge Mongolia Forum will be held in Ulaanbaatar on 19 & 20 August. Entitled  "WORLD PROBLEM, NOMAD SOLUTION", MIASU members and affiliates will be participating including David Sneath, Uradyn Bulag and Elizabeth Fox. You can see the full programme which includes instructions on how to join remotely here

Hosted by the National University of Mongolia, this event critically interrogates what cooperation in water management means in everyday life in Inner Asia.  Please find further information in the programmeTo join remotely please send an email here to register and receive the zoom link

We are pleased to announce that Professor Yuki Konagaya (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) has been chosen to be the 2024 recipient of the Onon Prize by the Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU) Steering Committee members in recognition of her contribution to Inner Asian Studies. The Onon Prize was established in recognition of Professor Ur…

The final MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday June 11, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Geoff Hayward (University of Cambridge):The Challenges of Teacher Education Reform in MongoliaThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU mailing list to received deta…

The next MIASU research seminar of the Easter term will be taking place on Tuesday May 28, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Angus Russell (University of Cambridge):Immunity as custom, immunity as law: tarkhan and the evolution of land grants in post-Mongol EurasiaAngus Russell (University of Cambridge)The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so…

The first MIASU research seminar of the Easter term will be taking place on Tuesday April 30, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Piers Vitebsky:Who owns “Siberian shamanism”?The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU mailing list to received details of future MIASU events and other news…

The first MIASU research seminar of the Easter term will be taking place on Tuesday April 30, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Joe EllisPeripheral Cosmopolitans: Kazakh-Mongol Relations in Bayan-Ölgii, MongoliaThis talk will be in-person onlyFull Seminar Programme

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

This successful event was organised by MIASU's Hildegard Diemberger and Sayana Namsaraeva took place on 15–16 March 2024Please find the full report here

This two day hybrid conference 'Water Management in Inner Asia: Human and Non-human Actors in Placed-Based Approaches' will be held at Pembroke College and the Mongolian and Inner Asia Studies Unit. The event aims to debate the question of water management in Inner Asia. Further information herePlease note that registration is a requirement.

As a result of a generous donation from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit invites applications for an Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellow tenable for four years from 8 October 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.The Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellow will be expected to develop and carry through anthropological research…

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday March 5, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Kaori Horiuchi:Moveable Boundary: Governing methods in Mongolian Nomadic Society during the Qing PeriodThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU mailing list to recei…

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday February 27, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Mark AldenderferWhat exactly was ancient Zhangzhung in far western Tibet?The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU mailing list to received details of future MIAS…

The first MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday January 23, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Charlotte RambleFigures of their time: what ‘convict officers’ in a rural district prison can tell us about state-making in NepalThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join t…

Please join us for this lunchtime talk on Friday 19 January at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building Seminar Room, with MIASU visiting scholar Bat-Ochir Baljinnyam:Livestock exchange – “positive-depriving reciprocity“ in Mongolia