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Read more at: POSTPONED: Next MIASU Research Seminar – 29 November – Charles Ramble

POSTPONED: Next MIASU Research Seminar – 29 November – Charles Ramble

28 November 2022

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 Climate Full Seminar Programme


Read more at: Next MIASU Research Seminar – 15 November – Said Reza Huseini

Next MIASU Research Seminar – 15 November – Said Reza Huseini

8 November 2022

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 Rashidi The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join...


Read more at: 80th Anniversary of the National University of Mongolia

80th Anniversary of the National University of Mongolia

7 November 2022

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.


Read more at: Michaelmas Term 2022 – Research Seminar Programme

Michaelmas Term 2022 – Research Seminar Programme

7 November 2022

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


Read more at: Latest issue of 'Inner Asia' – available now
Cover the of the Journal 'Inner Asia'

Latest issue of 'Inner Asia' – available now

26 October 2022

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


Read more at: 'On the Move' Exhibition – Elizabeth Turk to give talk

'On the Move' Exhibition – Elizabeth Turk to give talk

21 October 2022

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


Read more at: MIASU Research Seminar – 25 October – Barbara Bodenhorn

MIASU Research Seminar – 25 October – Barbara Bodenhorn

19 October 2022

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 Bodenhorn On knowledge, vectors of exclusion and climate change: a view from the Arctic The talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely...


Read more at: Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

19 October 2022

Michaelmas Term 2022 We would like to warmly welcome the following visitors to the MIASU: Wandejia , a scholar from Sichuan University who is here until February 2023 Inna Leykin visits for a year until August 2023 from the Open University of Israel


Read more at: Inaugural Lecture – October 18 – Professor David Sneath

Inaugural Lecture – October 18 – Professor David Sneath

10 October 2022


Read more at: Elizabeth Turk's piece is part of the Wolfson College 'Kill or Cure' Art Exhibition

Elizabeth Turk's piece is part of the Wolfson College 'Kill or Cure' Art Exhibition

27 June 2022

The Unit is very pleased to congratulate MIASU Research Associate Elizabeth Turk on her piece which she put together for Wolfson College's 'Kill or Cure' temporary exhibition. The piece was accepted, and is currently on display at the College until 11 September 2022. Please see here for Dr Turk's piece and further reading...