About
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) is a private, non-profit educational organization that supports academic projects and exchanges in Mongolia. Since its founding in 2002, ACMS has provided more than $6 million in support of Mongolian Studies programs, including field research and academic exchange fellowships to over 300 scholars from the United States, Mongolia and other countries. The ACMS regularly offers experiential learning courses and Mongolian language classes, hosts monthly Speaker Series lectures, and organizes online and in-person academic conferences and workshops.
The ACMS represents a consortium of academic institutions active in the field of Mongolian Studies in North America, Europe, and Asia, and also offers an individual membership program for students, scholars, researchers, and lifelong learners. We regularly publish our monthly newsletter, This Month in Mongolian Studies, and other publications, and share frequent updates on our social media pages and YouTube channel. Additionally, our Research Library contains over 5000 volumes focused on Mongolian Studies and issues related to Mongolia, one of the largest English language collections of Mongolia-related materials in the world.
The ACMS Center
The ACMS Center is our main office in Ulaanbaatar and is located at the Natsagdorj Ulaanbaatar City Library on Seoul Street, It includes a Research Library collection of over 5,000 English-language books on topics related to Mongolia—one of the largest collections in the country—and is open to scholars, students, and other visitors of all nationalities. The ACMS UB Office also supports a variety of educational and cultural programs, including experiential short courses, institutional programs and custom “study tours,” a regular Speaker Series that highlights Mongolia-related research, summer and year-round Mongolian language classes, and a variety of other projects and programs in numerous fields focused on the documentation, preservation, and sharing of Mongolia’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Supporting Scholars, Bridging Cultures
The ACMS operates a full range of program offerings to increase global knowledge of Mongolian culture, history, and language, and to support mutually-beneficial academic research and exchange. To support visiting scholars and academic groups in Mongolia, the ACMS offers logistic and information services, study tour and project planning and coordination, and research assistance. The ACMS also runs a bi-weekly speaker series in Ulaanbaatar and regularly sponsors or coordinates academic conferences in the country. In the US, ACMS works with member institutions to develop academic conferences, guest lectures, and public outreach programs.
