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Mongols at the edges of Mongolia
Speakers include academics from Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation, Inner Mongolia, China and Mongolia.
This conference aims to discuss and analyse social, cultural, economic and linguistic issues that Mongolian diaspora face.
Mongols at the edge of Mongolia II: ethnic identity and reconciliation in Russia and Mongolia
Lari Ilishkin, Historian and Public Intellectuals, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation, Battsengel Natsagdorj, Historian, Received his PhD from Waseda University, Tokyo; Research fellow at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences
During the Soviet Period an autonomous Kalmyk Republic was established along the north-western corner of the Caspian Sea. The Kalmyk history in the early 20th century was a traumatic one.
Together forever: memories and reconciliation of the Buryats and the Russian State
Nikolay Tsyrempilov Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan; and Jonathan Ratcliffe ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
This seminar will focus on the importance of memory in the construction of Buryat cultural identity, conflict with the Russian State and reconciliation to it.
Film screening: Two Seasons: Multispecies Medicine in Mongolia
Dr Natasha Fijn
Herding families in the Khangai Mountains of Mongolia live in extreme climatic conditions and are crucially reliant on their herd animals for survival.
The decipherment of dead languages in China: the case of Kitan
Professor Daniel Kane
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