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Speaker Series | Bill Bikales

The American Corner UB Public Library, Seoul Street 7, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Where/хаана: The American Corner Ulaanbaatar at UB Public Library ( Улаанбаатар хотын нийтийн төв номын санд байрлах АНУ-ын Соёл, мэдээллийн төв) When/хэзээ: March 25, 2023 at 2pm ULAT (2023 оны 3-р сарын 25-ны өдрийн 14 цагаас) Title/сэдэв: The Myth of Mongolian Shock Therapy Abstract/хураангуй: Over the last three decades a highly inaccurate view of Mongolia’s […]

“Музейн орчинд цахим контент бэлтгэх үйл явц” Танхимын сургалт

The American Center for Mongolian Studies is pleased to announce the first in-person event of “Cultural Heritage Colloquium'' focusing on “ Virtual content creation in a museum environment” workshop, co-organized by the Fine Arts Museum.  Америкийн Монгол Судлалын Төвөөс зохион байгуулж буй “Соёлын Өв - Цуврал Семинар”-ын энэ улирлын гурав дахь дугаар “Музейн орчинд цахим […]

ACMS Speaker Series with Daniel Miller – What is the Future for Mongolia’s Rangelands and Herders?

Synopsis: About 75 percent of Mongolia is classified as grazing-land; ranging from desert to steppe to alpine meadows which provide forage for livestock, habitat for wildlife and deliver important watershed functions. Mongolia has a long history of livestock grazing; large mound graves and “deer stones”, constructed 3,000 years ago by early nomads are evidence of […]

ACMS Speaker Series 2020 – Deciphering Dinosaur Growth

Synopsis After the pioneering reconnaissance by the Central Asiatic Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews, the dinosaur fossils from Mongolia has been studied intensely by many researchers from various countries including very own Mongolians. An abundance of herbivorous dinosaur fossils from the Mongolian Cretaceous formations widens our view of the dinosaur physiology and behavior of […]

Collaboration between MUST Geology School and U.S. Universities

The School of Geology at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) has a long-standing tradition of cooperation with western universities, particularly with American universities since 1991. At the time when Mongolia shifted to democracy, the cultural, educational and scientific exchanges were widened with western counterparts. Here we will name Dr. Dan McKenzie and […]

Building the Mongolian Cultural Heritage in the Virtual Reality

ACMS Speaker Series with Zev Digital Museum  Building the Mongolian Cultural Heritage in the Virtual Reality The Zev Digital Museum develops immersive experiences to promote the Mongolian history and cultural heritage in a unique and interesting way, using the Virtual and Augmented Reality technology. Virtual Reality (VR) allows its user to travel the simulated virtual […]

Early Contemporary Art in Post-Soviet Mongolia: Where is Green Horse Galloping now?

ACMS Speaker Series with Dr. Tsendpurev Tsegmid Abstract: Dr Tsegmid presents the collective work of the Green Horse Society (1990-2002), pioneers of contemporary art in post-Soviet Mongolia. The academic lecture is the first public introduction of the society based on the article published in the peer reviewed journal produced by the Afterall Research Centre of […]

Air Pollution, Fetal Growth, and Early Childhood Development: An Update from the UGAAR study

Abstract: Evidence gathered over the past several decades leaves little doubt that air pollution is major threat to the health of children and adults around the world.  More recently, studies have suggested that the negative impacts of air pollution may begin even before birth and that air pollution can affect nearly every system in the […]

Rethinking of Mongolian History: Mongolian National Revolution of 1911 and The Last Emperor of Mongolia, VIII Bogdo Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu | Prof. Batsaikhan Ookhnoi

In his lecture, Professor Batsaikhan Ookhnoi reconsiders the role of the 8th Jebtsundamba – in rough terms, the Mongolian equivalent of Tibet’s Dalai Lama at the time – in engineering the national independence of Mongolia from the Qing Empire in 1911. The facts and interpretation of this event are particularly important since, as asserted in […]

Salvaging Mongolia’s Stolen History: Looting, Conservation, and 800 Year Old Butter | Dr. Julia Clark

Abstract: During the 2019 summer field season, a team of international researchers led by archaeologists Dr. Julia Clark and Dr. J. Bayarsaikhan worked tirelessly in challenging conditions to salvage what they could from a looted cemetery in northern Mongolia. A series of ridges containing over 70 Mongol era (roughly 600-800 years ago) burials had been […]

Speaker Series: The Green-Eyed Lama | Oyungerel Ts and Jeff Falt

The Green-Eyed Lama (2008) is an award-winning, decade-long bestselling novel written by Oyungerel Ts and Jeff Falt. First published in Mongolian, the book chronicles the triumphant romance between Sendmaa, a young belle in the countryside, and Baasan, a monk in the lamasery, as they try to cope with the turmoils of the political purge, terrible […]

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