Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit

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The Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit is a dynamic interdisciplinary research unit at the University of Cambridge based within the Department of Social Anthropology. It was founded in 1986 by Professor Caroline Humphrey and Professor Urgunge Onon and has since become a centre of international importance for studies on the region.

Current research themes include: political formations in regional contexts of Inner Asia; the Book – Tibetan and Mongolian sacred books: text, technologies and transmission; cities and borders – interfaces and interactions across political frontiers in Inner Asia; the environment – pastoralism, land-use, and climate change.

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1986

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University of Cambridge
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