ACMS News
Resident Director Marc Tasse moving on to new challenges in Mongolia
After 4 and half great years, I've made the decision to leave the ACMS to take a new position as Country Director for the EU based INGO “People In Need”, here in Ulaanbaatar. The decision [...]
ACMS Welcomes New Executive and Resident Directors to Lead US and UB Offices
The American Center for Mongolian Studies is pleased to announce the addition of two new key employees who will lead our US and Ulaanbaatar offices. First, on October 1, 2017, Jonathan Addleton, former US [...]
Job Opening – ACMS Cultural Heritage Program Assistant
The American Center for Mongolian Studies’ (ACMS) Cultural Heritage Program (CHP) is currently accepting applications for the position of Cultural Heritage Program Assistant for its Ulaanbaatar Office. The position is open to Mongolian citizens with a strong academic and cultural [...]
ACMS will be closed on Monday October 9th for Columbus Day
ACMS will be closed on Monday October 9th for Columbus Day. We will reopen at 9 am on October 10th (Tuesday).
Field Notes
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 [...]
Ulaanbaatar Studies and the Pursuit of Knowledge in the City Streets – Paweł Szczap
Mongolia Field note #9, author: Paweł Szczap Home to roughly half of the population of Mongolia, the capital of the country – Ulaanbaatar – in many ways remains a curious case. This once nomadic, monastic encampment [...]
“HerderVision”: Bringing audiences closer to the Mongolian experience using 360 video – Peter Bittner
Setting up a DSLR and 360 video interview with a herder in Bornoor Mongolia Field Note #8, author: Peter Bittner Setting out this summer with support from the ACMS Summer Field Research [...]
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Job Opening – ACMS Cultural Heritage Program Assistant
The American Center for Mongolian Studies’ (ACMS) Cultural Heritage Program (CHP) is currently accepting applications for the position of Cultural Heritage Program Assistant for its Ulaanbaatar Office. The position is open to Mongolian citizens with a strong academic and cultural [...]
NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers 2018: Enduring Legacies of a Global Mongol Empire
ATTENTION US K-12 TEACHERS! The ACMS will again be leading an NEH Summer Institute in summer 2018, this time for K-12 teachers! Co-directors Morris Rossabi and David Dettmann will be running the program at the [...]
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