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Read more at: Lunchtime Seminar - 24 May – Iris Pakulla

Lunchtime Seminar - 24 May – Iris Pakulla

23 May 2023

Please join us for this lunchtime talk on Wednesday 24 May at 13:00-14:00 in the Mond Building seminar room, with Iris Pakulla (University of Cambridge) Labouring (in)visibilities in the underground mine of Oyu Tolgoi

Read more at: Sex in the Land of Genghis Khan - Book Publication

Sex in the Land of Genghis Khan - Book Publication

18 May 2023

We are pleased to announce the publication of Baasanjav Terbish's book entitled 'Sex in the Land of Genghis Khan: From the Times of the Great Conquereor to Today', which is now available from Amazon and all major book stores More information here

Read more at: Remembering Lev Budaevich Radnaev

Remembering Lev Budaevich Radnaev

16 May 2023

The Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit would like to share this piece written by Unit founder Professor Caroline Humphrey in warm remembrance of Lev Budaevich Radnaev: LEV BUDAEVICH RADNAEV (1933-2021): AN OBITUARY AND APPRECIATION CAROLINE HUMPHREY Anthropologists always have occasion to be grateful to the people who...

Read more at: MIASU Research Seminar – 16 May – Hildegard Diemberger

MIASU Research Seminar – 16 May – Hildegard Diemberger

3 May 2023

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place on Tuesday May 16, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Hildegard Diemberger : The Unexpected in the ‘Land In-between’ (Limi, Western Nepal): Anticipation and Contingency in a Changing Clima te The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely...

Read more at: MIASU Research Seminar – 2 May – Ariell Ahearn

MIASU Research Seminar – 2 May – Ariell Ahearn

20 April 2023

The first MIASU research seminar of the Easter term will be taking place on Tuesday May 2, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Ariell Ahearn: Rights to the ‘Commons’: Herders caught between privatisation and expropriation of public land in an extractivist state The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join...

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...

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