Speaker Series
Events
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Speaker Series – Enkhtungalag Chuluunbaatar
Better decision-making through community mapping in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, capital city of Mongolia is home to almost half of the country's population, in which more than 60% live in the ger area. […]
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Speaker Series – Bruno Grunau
Cold Climate Housing Research Center: Solutions for the Circumpolar North The Cold Climate Housing Research Center is an industry-based nonprofit corporation created to facilitate the development, use, and testing of […]
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Sandra Vanderwarf – Barcoding the Memory of Humankind: An Effort to Improve Security of Mongolia’s Cultural Heritage Collections
In recent years, there have been several cases of unlawful possession and sale of Mongolian cultural heritage--most notoriously of the T. Baatar dinosaur by an American fossil hound, but also, […]
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Burmaa Dashbal & Sumjidmaa Sainnemkh – Rangeland Management in Mongolia
Mongolian rangelands, which make up about 65 percent of the country’s land, support the livelihood of herders and diverse wildlife populations. However, climate change and rapid increase in the number […]
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Laura Goodman – Pediatric Surgical Need in Mongolia: Characterizing the Resources and Burden
Background: Childhood mortality has decreased significantly in Mongolia since 1990. Diseases that can be treated with surgery – injuries, congenital anomalies, some infections – are increasing in importance as result […]
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Speaker Series – Johanni Curtet & Nomindari Shagdarsuren
Following the inscription of Mongolian Traditional Art of Khöömii on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010, ethnomusicologist Johanni Curtet and specialist of intangible cultural heritage […]
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Jaime Bue – Mongolia’s International Investment Arbitration Experience and the case of Khan Resources
This presentation looks at Mongolia’s investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) experience with a focus on the case of Khan Resources v. Mongolia to try to answer the question: Can Dispute System Design (DSD) offer […]
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Speaker Series: Dr. Reuven Amitai – More than First Meets the Eye: The Impact of the Mongols on the Arab Middle East
August 15th from 5:30 -7 pm Natsagdorj Library, American Corner presentation room Recent years have witnessed a number of important publications about the long-term implications of Mongol rule in the […]
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Speaker Series – Paul Mills: Who Wins From Mining in Mongolia
He will be talking about who wins and who loses from mining in Mongolia. Clearly mining is a very important industry in Mongolia, but how much is it really contributing […]
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Speaker Series – Pawel Szczap: Ulaanbaatar – the ugly duckling of Mongolian Studies
Location: American Corner Reading Room, Natsagdorj Library For many Mongolians and visitors alike today’s Ulaanbaatar remains somewhat of a stain on the otherwise appealing image Mongolia. Home to half of […]