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Michaelmas Term 2022We 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 Israel

We are delighted to invite you to celebrate the inaugural lecture by Professor David Sneath - the Director of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit and the Caroline Humphrey Professor of Anthropology of Inner Asia.The lecture is open to all members of the University of Cambridge and will take place in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity Coll…

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 readingPlease see here for further …

We would like to share links to this film made by MIASU affiliate Andrew Laurie. The film focuses on on Dippers in the Altai and links to issues of conservation. Production of Episode 4/4 is about to get underway. https://youtu.be/DsB2W-84Nh8   No subtitleshttps://youtu.be/tty0lenjuk8  Mongolian subtitles

Cambridge and Cambridgeshire have the most generous response to the Ukraine crisis, having more than 300 registered hosts to provide shelter for Ukrainian refugees under the Government “Homes for Ukraine” scheme. By the end of May about 40% of applicants - more than 1 thousand Ukrainians - have arrived in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, of which 60% …

The final MIASU research seminar of the term will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday June 14, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Susanne Fehlings.Traders, Informal Trade and Markets between the Caucasus and 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…

Please join us for this lunchtime seminar with Mukaidaisi​ Muhetaer (Palacky University Olomouc) on Tuesday 7 June, 1-2pm, in the Mond seminar room. From a ‘Kigizchi’ to a ‘legal Haji’: forms of capital and its cycle in rural Kashgar

As well as the fortnightly MIASU Research Seminar on Tueday 31 May, please also join us for this lunchtime seminar at 1pm with Xiaoshi Wei (SOAS) in the Mond seminar room. Hearing the Inner Asian Frontiers of China: Archival Representation for Traditions

The next MIASU research seminar will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday May 31, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by Robert Barnett.Contradictory resettlement along the Tibetan borders: Yimin shibian and its legaciesThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU mailing list …

PANDEMICS IN LOCAL AND HISTORICAL COSMOLOGIES: From the earliest documents to COVID-19May 20-21, 2022Please see here for further information

The next MIASU research seminar will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday May 17, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given by MIASU's Professor Caroline Humphrey.Human Sacrifices in Mongolia and Their RationalesThe 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 de…

Please join us for the lunchtime seminar with Dr Ayur Zhanaev (University of Warsaw) on Wednesday 11 May, 1-2pm, in the Mond seminar room. 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 MIAU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.…

The first MIASU research seminar of the Easter term will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday May 3, 4.30–6.00pm, and will be given  by MIASU visiting scholar Kristina Jonutyte“Payment But Not Quite”: Buddhist Giving and Sangha-Lay Relations in Urban Buryat BuddhismThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely.…

Easter Term 2022We would like to warmly welcome the following visitors this term: April 2021 – May 2022: Qi Ruona, a visiting scholar from the Wuhan University, working on her research: 'Between Traditional Culture and Regulatory Tool: Repositioning Environmental Customs in the context of Ecological Civilization Strategy in Inner Mongolia'. Funded …

We are very pleased to share the new seminar programme for the Lent term, with the first seminar scheduled for 3 May. Please follow the links on the right or click here