Uranchimeg Ujeed
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About
I majored in Mongolian studies for a BA and MA (Inner Mongolia University) and Religious Studies for a PhD (SOAS, University of London). My MA thesis studies Horchin Mongolian Heroic Epics. My PhD thesis examines the Indigenous dimensions of Mongolian Buddhism.
Recently I have completed a British Academy the The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants project “Becoming Shamans to be healed” that investigated the reason for proliferation of Horchin Mongolian shamanism within the context of current socio-economic and cultural changes in Inner Mongolia China.
I have just started working on the AHRC funded research project “Mongolian Cosmopolitical Heritage: Tracing Divergent Healing Practices across the Chinese-Mongolian Border” based at Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
Research
My research interests range from Mongolian Buddhism, Shamanism, popular religions, to folklore and literature. Currently, my research focuses on integration and divergence of Inner Mongolian religious practices in the new era.
Teaching and supervision
I have taught Mongolian (both Mongol script and Cyrillic) as a foreign language since 1984.