If you've missed our Mongolia Field School and other study and research opportunities webinar, you can watch some of our staff and instructors answer the most frequently asked questions in this recording. The recording of our webinar was also be available on our website, our YouTube channel and this Facebook page. The presentation [...]
Learn about the ACMS Mongolia Field School and other Summer 2019 Fellowship Programs When: Thursday, January 31 4:00PM PST; 7:00PM EST (Friday, February 1 8:00AM Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) The webinar will be hosted on the Bluejeans platform. We suggest joining the conversation room 15 minutes early to allow time to download and install the Bluejeans software for [...]
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) organized a Tsagaan Sar Workshop for Beginners for the 5th year in a row in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This year, close to 60 attendees, mostly expats, gathered to learn about the customs and traditions of one of Mongolia's most significant holidays. Tricia Turbold, the Resident Director of ACMS, delivered opening remarks, [...]
ACMS Program Highlight from 2018 2018 marks the final year of the three-year Cultural Heritage Program (CHP), funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and implemented by ACMS. As ACMS Cultural Heritage Coordinator, Dr. Julia Clark has provided important leadership and is recognized for her work in understanding Mongolia's fragile cultural heritage and promoting new [...]
Mongolia Field School 2019 The American Center for Mongolian Studies is pleased to announce a new inter-disciplinary field school program to be held July 29-August 16, 2019 in Mongolia. The field school is open to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and life-long learners interested in learning field research techniques and participating in research and activities [...]
The five students participating in this summer's ACMS Mongolian language program in Ulaanbaatar provided both positive feedback and useful suggestions in the survey that followed. Nearly three out of every four box "checked" was in the "very satisfied category," covering areas such as "meeting expectations," "quality of instruction" and "would recommend to others". Tserma as [...]
Thanks to the generous donation from our wonderful member Blake Epstein, ACMS was able to distribute over 500 English-language academic books to schools located in Mongolia. ACMS identified ten schools that follow a Cambridge curriculum, and could therefore benefit from the use of these books that cover subjects like physics, calculus, and algebra. The schools received [...]
FULBRIGHT - The Fulbright Program, is an American scholarship program of competitive, meritbased grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the Fulbright Fellowship Program, competitively selected American citizens conduct research and exercise their talents abroad; and [...]
The American Center for Mongolian Studies’ (ACMS) Cultural Heritage Program (CHP) is organizing a conference on June 15th, 2018 in Ulaanbaatar related to the Henry Luce Foundation sponsored Cultural Heritage Program and Cultural Heritage related topics in Mongolia. Past CHP/Luce Fellows are particularly encouraged to participate, though participation is open and free of charge to [...]
