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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 ClimateThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU…

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 BeyondThe 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 detail…

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

Please join us for this in-person seminar with Geshe Beri Jigmey Wangyal:Mond Building Seminar room, Wednesday 25 January, 1.00-2.00pmMy Life and Poetry

The first MIASU research seminar of the Lent term will be taking place on Tuesday January 24, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Joanna Dolińska:Can the Mongolian society return to the ‘pre-Covid normal’?  Changes in the Mongolian society in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemicThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. T…

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

Lent Term 2023We would like to warmly welcome the following visitors to the MIASU:Wandejia, a scholar from Sichuan University who is here until February 2023Inna Leykin visits for a year until August 2023 from the Open University of IsraelNaranchimeg Jukov visits until April 2023 from the National Museum of MongoliaSait Ocakli visits until March 20…

The MIASU is pleased to announce this special Onon Prize Series lecture which will be taking place in the Nihon Room, Pembroke College on Wednesday December 14, 17.30–7.00pm, and will be given by Professor Christopher Atwood:The Feminine in the Secret History of the MongolsThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To boo…

Please note that this seminar will now not take place on Tuesday 29 November and will be rescheduled, details to follow. Deferring Environmental Responsibility? The Evolution of Tibetan Serpent-Spirits in a Buddhist ClimateFull Seminar Programme

The next MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday November 15, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Said Reza Huseini:A Sixteenth Century Mongol Observation of Tibet: Mirza Haidar Dughlat and his Tarikh-i RashidiThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or t…

The MIASU would like to congratulate the NUM on their 80th anniversary this year.  Wishing the NUM further success and looking forward to continued collaboration in the future.

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

The new issue of 'Inner Asia' is out now.  Please note, some papers are now open accessMore information here

Next week the exhibition 'On the Move' opens in Doha, Qatar, for which MIASU Research Associate Beth Turk has been acting as curator.The exhibition is about mobile and nomadic pastoralists in Central Sahara, Qatar and Mongolia.  Beth will be part of a curatorial panel discussion on October 27 2022: more information here

The first MIASU research seminar of the Michaelmas term will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday October 25, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Barbara BodenhornOn knowledge, vectors of exclusion and climate change: a view from the ArcticThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join …