ACMS News
Job posting: Executive Director, ACMS
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) seeks an entrepreneurial Executive Director who can lead the development of new programs and projects to support the organization’s mission to further academic studies and exchanges with Mongolia [...]
Mongolian Studies is like an untapped gold mine
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ACMS welcomes Mongolian President Elbegdorj at the University of Pennsylvania campus Sept. 23
At the recommendation of the ACMS, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj will give a special lecture at the University of Pennsylvania at 4:00pm on Friday, September 23rd, 2016. The University of Pennsylvania houses the ACMS US [...]
ACMS US Office hosts 23 summer scholars for a four-week NEH Summer Institute on “Modern Mongolia: Heritage and Tradition Amid Changing Realities”
NEH Summer Institute co-directors Morris Rossabi and David Dettmann with Summer Scholars at Penn's Richard Indiana Love Statue From June 6-July 1st, 2016, the ACMS US Office at the University of Pennsylvania in [...]
Field Notes
“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 [...]
Mongol Music Archive: Capturing everyday uses of traditional music in the daily lives of Mongolian herders – Dimitri Staszewski
Mongolia Field Note #7, author: Dimitri Staszewski Coming to Mongolia for the first time in 2013 I met and interviewed a nomadic herder named Tsevengdorj. Talking about how he used music in his daily life [...]
Language and Learning: What, and How, to Learn from One Another through International Research Collaboration in Mongolia – Marissa J. Smith
Mongolia Field Note #6, author: Marissa J. Smith, PhD Since 1991, the diversity of researchers in terms of nationality working in Mongolia and with Mongolians has greatly increased. However, Mongolia was also the scene of [...]
Gaming Addiction and Homeless Youth in Mongolia – Scott Parker
Mongolia Field Note #5, author: Scott Parker Photo courtesy Scott Parker One of the societal costs of Mongolia’s transition from a communist to a free market economy in the 1990’s was a new [...]
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Opportunities
Job posting: Executive Director, ACMS
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) seeks an entrepreneurial Executive Director who can lead the development of new programs and projects to support the organization’s mission to further academic studies and exchanges with Mongolia [...]
National Council of Mongolian Studies – EBI Scholarship Program for International Young Mongolists
The Embassy of Mongolia is now accepting applications for the “EBI” Scholarship Program for International Young Mongolists. The National Council of Mongolian Studies, “Mongolian Foundation” NGO and “EBI” institute in Mongolia are organizing “EBI Scholarship [...]
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