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The next MIASU research seminar will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday November 30, 4.30–6.00pm, with Ed Pulford:Caught between Spectacles: Migration, Friendship and State Performances on the China-Russia BorderThe talk will also be streamed live by zoom so you can join remotely. To book a space or to join the MIASU mailing list t…

We welcome you to read this recent newsletter of the Ancient India and Iran Trust, containing an essay (page 10) by Ruiyi Zhu of the MIASU on the Charles Bawden Collection.INDIRAN Newsletter 15

The next MIASU research seminar will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday November 16, 4.30–6.00pm, with Christian Sorace:National Extinction, Planetary Survival: Mongolian Avant-Garde Poetry on a Dying Planet 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 re…

The next MIASU research seminar will be taking place at the Mond seminar room on Tuesday November 2, 4.30–6.00pm, with Teo Benussi:Memory and Subjectivity in Russia’s Islamic Pompeii 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 o…

We are delighted to announce that the format for the programme this term is currently planned to be in-person, live seminars.Please see link on the right or here for the research seminar programme for the Michaelmas term. 

The Department of Social Anthropology is seeking to appoint a part-time Research Associate to contribute to the research initiatives of the Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit, in the Department of Social Anthropology, until 30 September 2022. The primary aim of the post is to provide strategic support for the research aims and outputs of the Unit. …

Contributions are invited for articles relevant to the area, particularly: Environmental; legal issues; Covid 19; international relations in the area; recent social change.All papers will be peer reviewed.Before submitting please see our “Instruction for authors" for information on length, style etc. 

We are pleased to share a further newsletter from the SEMS, Paris: SEMS Newsletter 25SEMS Newsletter 24SEMS Newletter 23SEMS Newsletter 22SEMS Newsletter 21Click here for more previous SEMS Newsletters

The Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit would like to congratulate Dr Piers Vitebsky, Chair of the MIASU Managment Committe and MIASU affiliate, upon receiving the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award from the IASSA.  This award honours his lifetime contribution to Arctic Social Sciences, and was presented at the International Congress of Arctic Soc…

The Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit is very pleased to announce that the third Onon Prize has been awarded to Professor Christopher Atwood, for his outstanding contributions to Inner Asian Studies.Professor Atwood is the recipient of the prize for 2020, the award having been postponed. The Onon Prize was established in recognition of Professor…

The next online MIASU research seminar will be on Tuesday June 15, 4.30–6.00pm, with Hosung Shim:The Dörböd Aristocracy, Four Oirad Confederation, and Zunghar Empirein the Early Modern Central Asian SteppeFull seminar programme: Easter termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.uk to join t…

The next online MIASU research seminar will be on Tuesday June 1, 4.30–6.00pm, with Emily Yeh:The cultural politics of new Tibetan entrepreneurship in contemporary China: Valorization and the question of neoliberalismFull seminar programme: Easter termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.…

The next online MIASU research seminar will be on Tuesday May 18, 4.30–6.00pm, with James Meador:Orthodox Christianity in Chinese-Russian ContactFull seminar programme: Easter termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-admin@socanth.cam.ac.uk to join the MIASU mailing list

The next online MIASU research seminar will be on Tuesday May 4, 4.30–6.00pm, with Piers Vitebsky & Roza Laptander:Trust Versus Paranoia: Can the Siberian fire spirit explain the spectacular failure of the UK Covid track and trace app?Full seminar programme: Easter termTo receive details of future MIASU events and other news, please email miasu-adm…

Please see link on the right or here for the research seminar programme for the Easter term.