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New books of ACMS library, June 2019
Roxann Prazniak, Sudden Appearances: The Mongol Turn in Commerce, Belief, and Art (Perspectives on the Global Past) Part of the University of Hawaii Press's continuing series Perspectives on the Global, this new [...]
Library Membership Cards Available for All Patrons
We are pleased to inform that membership cards are available henceforth to all our patrons. If you haven't done so, please visit our library and pick up your membership card. In addition, more new books [...]
Speaker Series lecture of June 4 with Alexandria Hill has been cancelled
We regret to inform you that our Speaker Series lecture of June 4 with Alexandria Hill has been cancelled due to unforeseen travel difficulties for our speaker. We apologize for any inconveniences this may have [...]
ACMS Library Re-Opens After Online Cataloging Project Finishes
The ACMS Library has a complete online catalogue after two months of ILS-installation and manual book inventory efforts. The online cataloging project, led by the ACMS Library and Media Coordinator Gantungalag Tumurchudur, took two months [...]
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Volunteer Opportunities in Mongolia with CDF Canada
Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF Canada) is a not-for-profit which establishes and grows co-operatives, credit unions, and community-based organizations to reduce poverty, build sustainable livelihoods, and improve civil society in less developed countries, with climate resilience and gender as [...]
Vacancy Announcement: Rangeland Management Specialist at Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps Mongolia is seeking an experienced Range Management Specialist to work in their Ulaanbaatar office. You can download their vacancy announcement below. Range Management Specialist announcement
ACMS Mongolia Field School 2019
The first annual interdisciplinary Mongolia Field School hosted by the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) will be held from July 29-August 16, 2019 in Ulaanbaatar and field sites near Lake Hovsgol in northern Mongolia. [...]
Library Fellowship 2019
ACMS offers Library Fellowships of up to $4,000 to help support US graduate students, faculty members, or professionals in library and information sciences from colleges and universities to conduct short-term library development projects and/or [...]
Field Notes
Ethnoarchaeology of Mongolian Hide and Fiber Crafts — Kristen Pearson
BACKGROUND Mongolia is one of the few places in the world with environmental conditions favorable to the long-term preservation of organic materials, such as textile, leather, and wood. Organic assemblages from as early as the [...]
Ikh Nart: An Archaeological Treasure Trove — Blake Epstein
Mongolia Field Note #12 -- author Blake Epstein The Ikh Nart Nature Preserve contains a vast array of archaeological sites and artifacts spanning more than 9,000 years of the human history. It is a 66,000-hectare [...]
Linguistic Landscape Research: Ulaanbaatar – Phillip Marzluf
English only sign in the center of Ulaanbaatar. (Photo by Phillip Marzluf) Mongolia Field Note #11 - author Phillip Marzluf Linguistic landscape research examines all of the written materials that are publicly accessible to people [...]
Amur Falcon nesting ecology: a case-study in land-use practices, climate change, and protected areas in central Mongolia – Ryan C. Burner
Studying the nesting ecology of the Amur Falcon alongside herds of Takhi, the Mongolia wild horse. Photo credit: Gombobaatar Sundev. Mongolia Field note #10, author: Ryan C. Burner Mongolia, due to its diversity [...]