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ACMS Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
A list of frequently asked questions about conducting activities in Mongolia.
ACMS Online Bookstore
An extensive compilation of books on Inner and Central Asia available through Amazon.com.
Language Resource Center
Information about Mongolian language materials and courses available in Mongolia.
Information about Libraries in Mongolia
A list of the important libraries and library resources available in Mongolias
capital city, Ulaanbaatar, including information about library holdings, working
hours, location, web addresses and more.
Critical Thinking Training
A dynamic website for sharing information and resources related to critical thinking methodology development and training in Mongolia.
PhD dissertations and Master's Theses
A list of dissertations and theses related to Mongolia and Inner Asia, including the author name, title, and institution conferring the degree.
Procedures for the Export of Scientific
Specimens from Mongolia
A description of the rules and regulations on how to clear biological
specimens and artifacts through Mongolian customs for export
to other countries.
Academic Societies Related to Mongolia:
The Mongolia Society
The oldest and largest academic organization related to Mongolian Studies
in the United States of America. Based at Indiana University-Bloomington,
The Mongolia Society has over 200 members in the United States and around
the world.
Academic Projects Related to Mongolia:
Please visit the Member Institutions Page to learn more about the academic programs and research projects undertaken by ACMS Member Institutions.
Mongolia
Society's Worldwide Directory of Mongolists
Information on academics and individuals interested in Mongolia, including
contact information and areas of interest.
Tree-Ring
Laboratory of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Tree-Ring Laboratory of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory has an active
program studying Mongolian Climate Change through tree ring studies.
Lingua Mongolia
A beautifully designed site aimed at assisting people in learning how to read
and write Mongol script, the vertical script of traditional Mongolia.
Altai-Sayan
Language & Ethnography Project
Documenting the languages and cultures of peoples of Southern Siberia and
northern Mongolia while supporting indigenous efforts at revitalization.
Pallas' Cat Project
Begun by American veterinarian Meredith Brown and Mongolian wildlife biologist
Bariushaa Munkhtsog in 2000, the Pallas' Cat Project in aims to determine
the status and natural history of the wild Pallas' cat, which is an endangered
species with its largest concentration of surviving animals thought to be
in Mongolia.
Institute
for Mongolian Biodiversity and Ecological Studies
Dr. Clyde Goulden at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia runs
the Institute for Mongolian Biodiversity and Ecological Studies, which coordinates
biodiversity and ecological research in the Lake Hovsgol region of northern
Mongolia.
Center for the Study of Eurasian
Nomads
The Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads (CSEN) conducts an active program
of archeological fieldwork in Mongolia.
LandLand
Use in Temperate East Asia (LUTEA)
The Natural Resource Ecology Lab (NREL) at Colorado State university leads
several projects that study the ecology and ecosystem science in Mongolia
and Inner Asia including the Land Use in Temperate East Asia (LUTEA) project.
Research Institute for
Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS)
The Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS) is a part of Indiana
University's internationally respected program devoted to scholarship in the
history, languages, and cultures of Inner Asia. The RIFIAS serves to support
and encourage the origination, development, and dissemination of original
research in the field of Inner Asian studies. Together with the university's
Department of Central Eurasian Studies (formerly Uralic and Altaic Studies)
and the federally funded Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center,
the RIFIAS supports teaching and research in all aspects of Inner Asian civilization.
Joint Mongolian-Russian-American
Archeological Expeditions
John W. Olsen at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona
has been the co-leader of the Joint Mongolian-Russian-American Archeological
Expeditions in Mongolia since 1995.
Joint Mongolia/American/Russian
Project Altay
Esther Jacobson-Tepfer at the University of Oregon heads the joint Mongolia/American/Russian
project Altay , dedicated to the study of the ecology of ancient cultures
in the Altay mountains of North Asia. Since 1994, the project has surveyed
and documented surface archeology in Baya Olgiy aimag in Mongolia and other
locations.
The Mongolian
Program at Western Washington University
The Mongolian Program at Western Washington University was established in
1975 as a part of the Center for East Asian Studies. Teaching and research
are supported by the largest collection of books on Mongolia in North America,
numbering 8,800 titles, including works on the Buryat, Kalmyk, Oirat, Daghur,
Dongxiang, Engger (Eastern Yugur) and other Mongolian groups. The WWU libraries
house twenty-five titles of Mongolian serial publications on subscription,
as well as incomplete runs of about fifteen other periodicals from all parts
of Mongolia, including many local and "internal" publications. The collection
also includes scores of records, tapes, slides, maps, other audio-visual materials
and a nearly complete collection of the daily email news from Mongolia.
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Last Updated: January 4, 2007