North America Events
Kalmyk Diaspora Archives Project
Page - MembershipA new cultural program has been inaugurated to assist the Kalmyk diaspora community to preserve its heritage. Responding to a request from a Kalmyk scholar in Elista, the New Jersey Folk Festival and its founder Angus K. Gillespie, have gathered a team of scholars and activists to help develop a Kalmyk Diaspora Archiving Project (KDAP). […]
Philadelphia Speaker Series: Ts. Oyungerel and Jeffrey L. Falt “The Green Eyed Lama”
“The year is 1938. The newly-installed Communist Government of Mongolia, under orders from Moscow, launches a nation-wide purge. Before it’s over, nearly tenth of the country’s population is murdered. Sendmaa, a young herdswoman, falls in love with Baasan, a talented and handsome lama. Baasan resolves to leave the priesthood and marry Sendmaa, but her scheming neighbor, […]
President Elbegdorj visit to University of Pennsylvania
President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj will give a special lecture at the University of Pennsylvania at 4:00pm on Friday, September 23rd, 2016. The University of Pennsylvania houses the ACMS US office, and is an emerging center for Mongolian Studies in North America. ACMS Members and friends can attend the lecture at […]
26th NAMBC Annual Meeting and Investors Forum
Special academic rates offered for 26th NAMBC Annual Meeting and Investors Forum, Ottawa, May 17-18. Among the distinguished speakers will be Da. Ganbold, CEO of Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC, one of the best-respected leaders of Mongolian democracy for the past 26 years, Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC is the state-owned company that holds the Mongolian Government’s […]
Tenth Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference
The Mongolian Cultural Center and the Embassy of Mongolia in Washington, D.C. co-organize a Mongolian Studies Conference every year. This year’s conference is scheduled for May 13 through 14th, 2016, at the Embassy of Mongolia and the Library of Congress. The conference is open to the public; however, attendees must pre-register and pay the conference […]
ACMS Annual Meeting
Please join us for our Annual Meeting, coming up on Friday, April 1st, 2016! This year's meeting will be in Seattle, in conjunction with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annual meeting at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel (1400 6th Avenue, Seattle). As usual, a reception, cultural program, and poster session will be held after the […]
Mongolia’s Higher Education Reform Initiatives – Opportunities for Research and Collaboration
Since 1921 when Russia helped the Mongolians break free from Imperialism till the collapse of the Soviet Union, education in Mongolia was a mirror of the soviet model, resulting in a 97% literacy, but at the cost of its traditional language, script and many parts of its culture. In the 1990’s following the collapse of […]