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

Please follow this link to find out more about this new podcast episode plus a talk on 25 November with Charles Manson.Charles will be discussing his book The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi, his eight-year retreat, Karma Pakshi’s impact on Möngke Khan court, Kublai Khan’s capture and exile of Karma Pakshi, and more.

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday November 28, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Nikolay TsyrempilovFrom Lamaism to Buddhism. The Rise of Modernity in the Mongolian Sangha of Russia, late 19th - early 20th c.The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the…

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday November 7, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Angel NaydenovHomo Rhythmicus: Searching for a Sense of Existence in Sichuan, ChinaThe 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 fu…

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of MIASU affiliate Dr Carole Pegg's book entitled 'Drones, Tones, and Timbres: Sounding Place among Nomads of the Inner Asian Mountain-Steppes' (January 2024) which is available to pre-order now, and from 19-22 October only it will be available for a 50% discount, discount code SEM23. See link …

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday October 24, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Karénina Kollmar-PaulenzEssentializing the Other: The encounter of Tibetan Buddhists with böge and udaγan in 17th and 18th century MongoliaThe talk is online only and will be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To bo…

Please join us for this lunchtime talk on Friday 13 October at 12:30-13:30 in the Edmund Leach room, Department of Social Anthropology, with Alevtina SolovyevaHiking to the Past: memory landscape of contemporary Mongolia

Please join us for this lunchtime talk on Friday 6 October at 12:00-13:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with Dr Gan-Ochir BuyanaaThe Father of Mongolian Culture, Undurgegeen Zanzabazar

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

We are pleased to share the latest Newsletter from the SEMS, Paris, which contains research news on studies in this region and more, including details of many courses, conferences and seminars run by various institutions. SEMS Newsletter 56SEMS Newsletter 55SEMS Newsletter 54SEMS Newsletter 53SEMS Newsletter 52SEMS Newsletter 51SEMS Newsletter 50SE…

The MIASU is pleased to announce this special Onon Prize Series lecture which will be taking place in the Richard Eden Suite, Clare Hall on Monday October 2, 16.30–18.00, and will be given by Professor Manduhai Buyandelger:Crisis in Animal Rescue: Urbanization in a Multispecies WorldThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remote…

Please join us for this lunchtime talk on Wednesday 20 September at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with Professor Wu Yingzhe (Inner Mongolia University):Centennial Study of Khitan Script

Following on from the last installmant in June 2022,  we would like to share this new link to part 4 of the 'Dippers in the Altai" film which MIASU affiliate Andrew Laurie has just completed. A Mongolian subtitled version will be available later this year.The film focuses on on Dippers in the Altai and links to issues of conservation. Andrew is cur…

The SEMS are pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the journal Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines (n°54, 2023), edited by Anne Dalles Maréchal, Clément Jacquemoud, Pascale-Marie Milan and Yann Borjon-Privé.The issue is entitled 'Logics, Stakes and Limits of Cultural Heritage Transmission in China, Russ…

THIS SEMINAR WILL BE RESCHEDULED, THE NEW DATE WILL BE UPDATED HERE IN DUE COURSENikolay Tsyrempilov:From Lamaism to Buddhism:  The Rise of Modernity in the Mongolian Sangha of Russia, late 19th – early 20th c.Full Seminar Programme