Speaker Series: Chisato Fukuda Air quality metrics have become the most pervasive scientific form of air pollution evidence. In Ulaanbaatar, the government has invested in an air quality monitoring network, planted Air Quality Index (AQI) boards along sidewalks, and designed websites to showcase real-time air quality data. Although these initiatives attempt to raise public “awareness”, […]
Speaker Series: Chris Free Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia’s largest freshwater lake and the 19th largest lake in the world by volume, is among the world’s most pristine and unique lakes. Despite its remoteness, protected status, and low human population density, Lake Hovsgol is threatened by the synergistic pressures of climate change, water pollution, overfishing, and development. […]
Scholar's Corner Our second informal event of the summer, this evening's open discussion will focus on on Mongolia's role in Eurasia and in the global community. Scholar's Corner events are informal gatherings where interested individuals can meet, share their research, their interests and make new connections. It is open to students, academics, experts and arm […]
Russian State University for the Humanities Centre for Typological and Semiotic Folklore Studies international conference "The Mongols: Traditional Culture and Modern Times", October 13-15, 2016. The conference is expected to become an integrated workshop for researchers from different countries interested in various aspects of Mongolian culture. The event is aimed to facilitate the exchange of […]
Speaker Series: Jade Richards In recent decades, decentralised education has become increasingly important as a conduit for the dissemination of key skills and inclusion of marginalised groups into the State. In Mongolia, the decentralisation of education and implementation of non-formal educational reforms were central to post-socialist transformation. This research will investigate the lived experience of […]
Research Fellowship at the National University of Mongolia (Зочин судлаачдад судалгааны тэтгэлэг) Within the framework of the Research financing procedure of the National University of Mongolia (NUM) 2016, the overseas fellows are invited to submit joint research proposals related to Mongolia. Fellowship would be granted to a visiting scholar who is coming to Mongolia for […]
Scholars Corner: Dr. Julian Dierkes, Dr. Marie-Luise Ermisch and Wharton students The first of this summer's gatherings, the topic for discussion is where does academia fit into international development. where is the border between research and activism? What are the opportunities for collaboration? Participating will be Dr. Julian Dierkes from UBC, Dr. Marie-Luise Ermisch for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Speaker Series: Alex Skinner What can a single building in central Ulaanbaatar reveal about the bricolage of social, political and material transformations at play within in Ulaanbaatar today? In the wake of socialism and colonialism, a rich vein of transitology offers us array of concepts through which to render the potentialities of space, place, networks […]
