Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit
Description
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.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
1986
Contact details
Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies
The Mond Building, Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RF
United Kingdom
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University of Cambridge
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2024-09-22 00:00:07