JULY 1, 2009, 13:00-15:00, NUM Building No. 5, Rm. 304 (ACMS)

Please join the ACMS for this very special roundtable discussion on the Battle of Khalkhgin Gol during its 70th anniversary year. The discussion will be led by Dr. Stuart D. Goldman who has come to Mongolia to participate in a symposium on the battle. Please RSVP at info@mongoliacenter.org with "Khalkhgin Gol" in the subject line.

Dr. Stuart D. Goldman took up the post of Scholar in Residence and Washington representative of the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) in March 2009. NCEEER is the largest provider of funding to U.S. scholars for post-doctoral research on Russia and Eastern Europe. Prior to that, Goldman spent thirty years as a Russian specialist at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. CRS performs research and policy analysis for the United States Congress. Dr. Goldman was the senior CRS specialist in Russian and Eurasian political and military affairs. His areas of expertise include Russian domestic politics, foreign and defense policy, and U.S.-Russian relations. He has written scores of published CRS reports and hundreds of analytical memoranda on these and related subjects for Congress. His writings have appeared in Congressional Committee Prints and in scholarly and general interest publications. He lectures in the United States, Europe, and Asia and is regularly interviewed and quoted by journalists covering Russian and Eurasian affairs.

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The Board of Directors of the ACMS requests your support in donating to the ACMS Library Development Fund. The ACMS library plays a key role in fostering the development of international scholarship in the region, and in making Mongolian scholarly resources available to the world. It is the most accessible library in Mongolia with a collection focused on English language scholarship on the region, and it provides access to the JSTOR full-text database of over 700 scholarly journals. The library receives an average of over 50 Mongolian and 10 international visitors every day. The ACMS library is building world-class systems and resources to serve as a model for other libraries in the country. Your contribution will greatly facilitate this work.

The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) invites researchers and scholars to present public lectures during the ACMS Fall 2009 Speaker Series. If you are planning to visit Mongolia between September and December 2009 to conduct research or study, please contact info@mongoliacenter.org to schedule a date to participate in this public lecture series. The lectures must be conducted in English, and all academic disciplines are welcome. The Speaker Series is a great opportunity for scholars to present their work and for the general public to learn about academic research in Mongolia. Please notify the ACMS at least two weeks prior to your proposed date to speak in order to allow enough time to advertise the lecture. For more information about past lectures, please visit http://www.mongoliacenter.org/ss.