ACMS will be closed on June 26th
Due to presidential election of Mongolia ACMS office and library will be closed on June 26th (Monday). We will re-open on June 27th (Tuesday).
Wilderness Medicine Training: Sunday July 23rd- Thurday July 27th, 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Wilderness First Aid Certification 16+ Hours of training 2 year WFA and CPR certification Optional 1 university of Montana Credit Course Textbook included in course cost Designed for outdoor Professionals and enthusiasts, preparing them to care for injures and illness in remote challenging environments. Course language: Must have some English skills, but Mongolian-English translator provided [...]
ACMS will be closed on June 1st.
ACMC Mongolian office will be closed on June 1st (Thursday) due to International Children's Day. We will be re-open on June 2nd (Friday)
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 and Inner Asia. The Executive Director is responsible for leading strategic planning and oversight of the programmatic and financial activities [...]
Mongolian Studies is like an untapped gold mine
Apologies for the size of the page, we had to use scans of the article.
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 office, and is an emerging center for Mongolian Studies in North America. ACMS Members and friends can attend the lecture [...]
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 Philadelphia hosted an NEH-supported summer institute on the theme of Modern Mongolia. 23 university and college educators from around the [...]
ACMS hosts group of University of Pennsylvania students for “A Tale of Two Capitals” program
Penn Student group with co-directors David Dettmann and Mienhwa Chiang and ACMS Resident Director Marc Tasse outside the ACMS office in UB From May 14 to 29, 2016 ACMS US Director David Dettmann and Mienhwa Chiang (Director of the Chinese Language Program, University of Pennsylvania) led a short term study abroad tour for [...]
Change and Continuity in Mongolian Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Interdisciplinary Research
Title: Change and Continuity in Mongolian Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Interdisciplinary Research Location: Mongolia–Japan Center When: June 7th, 2016, 11:00 am Organizer: Mongolian Academy of Science About the speaker: María E. Fernández-Giménez is a Professor of Rangeland Social-Ecological Systems in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University. [...]
Official translation of the new “Law for Protection of Mongolia’s Cultural Heritage” and the associated official application form
By Dr. Ann M. Altman, Hamden, CT (annaltman@gmail.com) In May 2014, the Mongolian government passed a law designed to protect Mongolia’s cultural heritage. The purpose of the law is outlined in the first paragraph, as follows: “The purpose of the law is to regulate relations pertaining to investigation, registration, research, classification, assessment, preservation, protection, restoration, recreation, [...]