ACMS, in collaboration with Metropolitan State University of Denver and Ulaanbaatar-Denver Sister Cities Committee, is pleased to announce the upcoming joint conference entitled Under Shared Blue Skies: Mongolia and the North American West. This conference is scheduled to take place in downtown Denver, Colorado - home to one of North America's oldest and most dynamic Mongolian communities - from November 8-9, 2025.

Since the early 1990s, the connections between Mongolia and the North American West have grown into vibrant, long-term bridges of knowledge and culture. A wide variety of research and creative scholarship connects Mongolia to the North American West, ranging from archaeology to zoology.

At the same time, much of this scholarship is produced by members of Mongolian communities in the North American West. This conference seeks to bring together scholars, practitioners, students, and community members in the North American West who have engaged in or are simply interested in scholarship related to Mongolia. This will be a two-day interdisciplinary event to share knowledge and experiences while also providing opportunities for interaction and development of new ideas for collaboration.

Please note that the abstract submission period for this conference has passed. We look forward to notifying all applicants of their status by May 15, 2025. Registration will open to all presenters and attendees on May 16, 2025.

Contact Maggie Lindrooth at [email protected] or Sara Jackson Shumate, Ph.D. at [email protected] if you have any questions.