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This Month in Mongolian Studies is a monthly listing of selected academic activities, resources and other material related to Mongolia. This list is based on information the ACMS has received and is presented as a service to its members. If you would like to submit information to be included in next month's issue please contact the ACMS at info@mongoliacenter.org This publication is supported in part by memberships. Please consider becoming a member of the ACMS, or renewing your membership by visiting our website at mongoliacenter.org/join.
Thank you!
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ACMS Announcements, News and Media References
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Happy New Year!
Howdy folks! Welcome to 2023 and this is the first issue of ACMS' electronic newsletter. 2023 promises to be an exciting year for Mongolian studies, with new discoveries and advancements on the horizon. We are confident that 2023 will be a productive and rewarding year for each and every one of you. May it be filled with new opportunities, challenging but rewarding research, and continued collaboration and support among our academic community. |
| We will hold an Informational Webinar January 18, 2023 at 8pm EST, 5pm PST, which is January 19, 2023 9am by Ulaanbaatar time
Signup here to attend or receive the recording: https://forms.gle/hiEFyVSNcBrbUkm58
Join our informational webinar about the ACMS Mongolia Field School 2023, with the International and Mongolian instructors who will be teaching the courses in summer 2023. In the live webinar we will go over the details for each of the Field School courses to give more information on the content and itinerary, travel details, the application process and the fellowships available. We will be ready to answer any questions you may have on the courses or program. If you are unable to attend the webinar it will be recorded and made available for viewing. Even if you are unable to attend please register and we will send you a link to the recording as soon as it comes available.
Below you will find more information about what Mongolia Field School is and what exciting courses are planned for 2023. |
| | MONGOLIA FIELD SCHOOL 2023 Applications are now OPEN
We are also announcing the MONGOLIA FIELD SCHOOL 2023 applications to be open. The Mongolia Field School offers an educational travel experience blending academic insights and discussions with travel experiences that allow participants to interact with local people and locations off the usual tourist track.
All Field School courses begin in Ulaanbaatar with an orientation to Mongolian culture, history, language and contemporary issues. Participants will meet with their instructors and classmates from Mongolia and around the world, and begin their learning journey. Class groups will then travel to selected sites across Mongolia where they will pursue field research, gaining an understanding of the topics studied in the context of the landscapes and people in the regions visited. All participants will have the opportunity to see important sites in Mongolia and participate in tourist activities, while also gaining the unique insights offered by their course leaders and the local people and officials encountered during the field studies. Certain amount of fellowship awards are available based on merit, need and diversity. Apply by priority deadline to be considered for fellowship awards.
For 2023, ACMS will be organizing three courses for the Mongolia Field School. The course titles are:
- Discovering The Sonic World of The Mongolian Countryside: June 2 - June 15
- Climate Change and Public Health: What does climate change mean for the people of Mongolia?: June 19 - July 4
- Mongolian Buddhism, Nature, and Conservation: June 19 - July 4
The Priority and Final Application Deadlines are:
Priority Deadline: March 1, 2023
Final program application deadline: April 30, 2023
TUITION FEE:
International participants - $3500
Mongolian Participants - ₮1.200.000
To learn more about the Mongolia Field School 2023 and to apply, please visit:
https://www.mongoliacenter.org/mfs23
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ACMS FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
As announced in our previous newsletter the ACMS has opened applications to our own fellowships.
The fellowship programs are: Field Research Fellowship, Library Fellowship and the Intensive Summer Language Program Fellowship. As usual the key eligibility is to be a U.S. citizen for Field Research Fellowship and Library Fellowship. For the Intensive Summer Language Program the applicant must have an intermediate level of proficiency of Mongolian. Learn more about the fellowship programs by using the links below:
The deadline for each fellowship application is February 15, 2023
For inquiries about the Field Research Fellowship and the Library Fellowship please contact: baigalmaa@mongoliacenter.org
For inquiries about the Intensive Summer Language Program Fellowship please contact: tsermaa@mongoliacenter.org
To look up general information for our fellowships please visit: https://www.mongoliacenter.org/fellowships
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| | Thank you for donating so generously!
Every year the American Center Mongolian Studies receives donations from individuals, who are passionate about Mongolia and the work we do at the ACMS. On behalf of everyone at the ACMS, words cannot express our appreciation of your generosity. Here are our 2022 donors:- Jack Weatherford
- Elizabeth Endicott
- Marta Pereyma
- Jeremy Rugenstein
- Philip Nichols
If you would like to support our work at the ACMS, you can make an online donation at our website:
If you prefer to send a check, please fill out this donation slip and return it to the US office (ACMS, 255 S. 36th St. Rm. 642, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
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| | Thank you for a being an ACMS member!
We also want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of our active members - around 50 individual members and 20 institutional members, whose support and engagement brings tremendous success to our community.
Your contributions to the ACMS and your enthusiasm for the field of Mongolian studies, are invaluable. We hope you know how much you are appreciated and valued. We would not be where we are today without your dedication and engagement.
You can read about the ACMS' membership here:
To become a member yourself go to:
Here are the membership benefits:
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ACMS Sponsored Programs and Events
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| In December we held the last Language Methodology seminar of 2022. For our seminar instructor we had Mrs. Gantsetseg N., a retired teacher, who made her career teaching Mongolian as a second language, first to U.S. Embassy staff in Ulaanbaatar and later to Peace Corps volunteers in Mongolia. Her seminar topic was "Teaching language in relation to culture".
The webinar is available for viewing on our Facebook. Click the button below to watch.
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| | Our VSS December episode is up on our Facebook page. Tsermaa Nyamdavaa, a PhD student at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, was our guest speaker. By request of our speaker this event was in English. Her topic was "Implementing community-based natural resource management for protecting the Buffer Zone rangelands at Hustai National Park, Mongolia". Click the button below to watch Tsermaa's presentation.
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| Visit our YouTube channel to see more series of the Virtual Speaker and Virtual Panel Series, as well as our videos on Cultural Heritage Project, interviews with our Field Research Fellows and more.
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| We are working to bring back in-person speaker events, we will be putting these events up as more in-person speaker become available. If you would like to speak in-person for an ACMS Speaker event please email buyandelger@mongoliacenter.org
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Vacancies, Scholarship, and Fellowships
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Vacancy: National Financial Modeler
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is hiring a National Financial Modeler. In cooperation with the other members of the team and overall coordination and guidance of experts from TNC, the National Financial Modeler is expected to lead or support the development of the overall financial model for the Mongolia PFP.
To apply for this job, please submit your cover letter, resume, and 3 reference letters) by
11:59 PM ULAT on January 16th, 2023 to bayarmaa.losol@TC.ORG. a.pureviav@TNC.ORG.
Detailed Terms of Reference of the position and/or inquiries can be obtained via email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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| | Call for applications: CELA 16 Leadership Academy
CELA applicants must be a mid-career leadership professional between the ages of 28 and 42. They must be citizens of one of the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants may come from business, media, civil society, academia and government.
Over 2/3 of recent CELA academy graduates are working in the field of business and entrepreneurship and applicants in that field are particularly encouraged to apply. Women are strongly encouraged to apply as CELA has a long history of gender equality in the program.
After submission, the Country Selection Committees consider your credentials and will contact you to arrange an interview. If accepted, further instructions will be provided by CELA staff.
Dates: July 31st - August 9th 2023
Participation fee: $2,500
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Grants and Calls for Paper
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Call for Papers: Best of the Next Generation American Mongolists Research Paper Prize
The Mongolia Society, with generous funding from the Embassy of Mongolia to the United States, is pleased to open a competition for The Next Generation American Mongolists Research Paper Prize.
This prize will recognize the top three papers on a topic of Mongolian Studies by Master’s- and Doctoral-level students or new Ph.D.’s. Papers will be judged on the originality of the thesis advanced, thoroughness, quality of research, and importance of the topic for Mongolia and the Mongols. Winning papers will be recognized with awards of $2,500 (first prize), $1,500 (second prize), and $1000 (third prize). Papers will be considered for publication in Mongolian Studies: The Journal of The Mongolia Society.
Papers may be submitted by any U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident currently enrolled in a Master’s or Ph.D. program, or who has received a Ph.D. degree in the last three years, who is proficient in the Mongolian language, and whose scholarly record demonstrates a long-term commitment to teaching and researching in a field of Mongolian Studies.
Eligible unpublished papers will have a length of 3,000-8,000 words. Submissions will include a research paper, a CV, and a one-page statement of professional intent, describing the scholar’s research and career goals related to Mongolian Studies. (Eligibility, Format and Submission requirements summarized below.)
Entrants are strongly encouraged to become student members of The Mongolia Society. https://www.mongoliasociety.org/membership-1
The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2023.
Submissions should be emailed as attachments to Executive Director Susie Drost at MONSOC@indiana.edu.
Eligibility
- U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident of the U.S.,
- currently enrolled in a Master’s or Ph.D. program
- or who has received a Ph.D. degree in the last three years,
- who is proficient in the Mongolian language, and
- whose scholarly record demonstrates a long-term commitment to teaching and researching in a field of Mongolian Studies
Format
- Research paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font – and the Bibliography in Times New Roman 10-point font -- and submitted in PDF format.
- For guidance on endnotes and other details, please refer to the Society’s Style Guide, available here: https://www.mongoliasociety.org/authors
Submissions should include:
1) Research paper of 3000-8,000 words (excluding Title page and Bibliography) (see Format requirements)
2) Title page that includes the author’s full name, mailing and email addresses, phone number with area code, current institutional affiliation and Master’s or Ph.D degree status, and level of Mongolian language proficiency.
3) Bibliography (see Format requirement),
4) Curriculum Vitae (CV), and
5) Statement of professional intent of not more than 1 page which describes the author's research and career goals related to Mongolian studies.
The Review Committee will consist of an interdisciplinary panel of scholars in Mongolian Studies who are members of The Mongolia Society’s Board of Directors. Using a “blind review” procedure, the Review Committee will consider the following criteria in selecting the winners:
- originality of the thesis advanced,
- thoroughness and quality of research,
- knowledge and use of primary sources in original languages,
- importance of the topic for Mongolia and the Mongols, and
- the scholarly promise in advancing the field of Mongolian Studies
Results will be announced and winners notified by April 15, 2023.
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| | Call for Paper: III International Multidisciplinary Conference, devoted to the Mongolian peoples and their neighbours.
Organisers: University of Tartu, National University of Mongolia
This time our conference discusses topics relating to Mongolian peoples and their neighbours in various situations of challenge caused by natural, cultural, social, and political circumstances. We would like to bring a broad approach to the discussion, based on diverse historical and contemporary perspectives on the geographical regions where Mongolian communities live and have lived. The focus of the discussion will be on local and global challenges and choices. We encourage you to look at the specific strategies used in dealing with various concerns, complicated configurations, and processes. The conference will give the opportunity to talk about outcomes of, and perspectives on, individual, group and national responses. We will also offer reflections on languages, oral and written narratives, religious practices, ethnic and communal identities, national and political ideologies, migrations, cultural movements, popular trends, etc.
As an overall framework for these regular conference we take 'tradition' in the fullest
possible sense of linguistic and research meanings (traditions old and new, ‘invented’ and ‘original’, ongoing and intermittent, individual and collective, as found within diverse spheres of life including historical, cultural, folk, religious, social, political and other dimensions). 'Modernity' is also to be understood broadly, embracing a variety of challenges to contemporary societies and cultures.
We expect participants to give presentations that draw on the fields of anthropology, folklore studies, religious studies, history, literature, linguistics, social and political studies and cross-disciplinary research focused on the Mongolian peoples and their neighbours (i.e. historically close peoples – Turkic peoples, Tibetans and others – as well as those who represent the modern local societies of the Mongolian diaspora).
This conference represents a small tradition of academic meetings devoted to Mongolian studies that began in 2016. It is hoped that this conference will continue to be a regular fixture for researchers interested in various aspects of Mongolian culture from a variety of countries. The event aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on new ideas, current concerns and topical themes, approaches and projects, and research practice, as well as coordinating future plans in our professional communities.
This conference has the additional happy occasion of sharing and celebrating with honoured colleagues and dear friends the establishment of the Mongolian Studies Laboratoryat the University of Tartu.
Conference fee: 50 euro (for coffee breaks and prepared printed material).
The deadline for submission of applications and abstracts (250-300 words) is February 1, 2023, using e-mail: alevtina.solovyeva@ut.ee.
The conference will be hold in hybrid form (with on-line sessions), participation in-person is preferable.
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| | Call for Papers: Nomadic Ethics and Intercultural Dialogue
The International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations (IISNC), in collaboration with the Commission on Nomadic Peoples, the National University of Mongolia, the Mongolian Anthropological Association and UNESCO is organizing an International Academic Conference entitled Nomadic Ethics and Intercultural Dialogue, to be held on 22-23 June 2023 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Proposed themes by the organizers, note that the organizers may add more themes as more proposal come in:
- Environmental ethics of nomadic peoples
- Nomadic moral philosophies
- Nomadic cultures and their transformation
- Intercultural dialogue and peacebuilding
- Cultural rights and human rights
- Ethics and education
- Political construction and its impacts
Submit your abstracts using this form
Deadline January 15, 2023
For more details see this post
If you have any questions, please contact the conference organisers:
Ariell Ahearn: ariell.ahearn@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Byambabaatar Ichinkhorloo: byambabaatar@unesco-iisnc.com |
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Call for Papers: Religion and Society Special Issue Proposal
Editors:Simon Coleman, University of Toronto, Sondra L. Hausner, University of Oxford
Religion and Society has been receiving increasing numbers of excellent suggestions for special issues. We have therefore decided to invite proposals to be sent to us by a given deadline each year, in order to select the most appropriate special section for the journal. The pool of proposals will be considered by our editorial board, and decisions sent back to proposers as swiftly as possible. This arrangement will apply for the first time for our 2025 issue. Our timetable for proposals is as follows:
• May 1, 2024: submission of proposal to Religion and Society editors (no fixed number of papers, but maximum 50,000 words)
• June 1, 2024: decisions sent out, including choice of the proposal to be published
• June-December 2024: external refereeing and redrafting process, with submission of final proofreading by January 2025
The format of the proposal sent to Religion and Society should be as follows:
• Description of the special issue, including summary of its fit with Religion and Society, and assurance that all papers exist in draft form, fully ready to be send to reviewers (max. 500 words)
• Abstracts of all papers (max. 400 words each)
• Bios of special issue editors and all other contributors (max. 100 words each)
• List of potential reviewers for each paper, and assurance that special issue editors will work to obtain external reviews to fit with deadlines
Submission
The Religion and Society style guide is based on The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS). Please note that the journal uses US punctuation and spelling, following Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.
Please refer to the Style Guide online:
https://journals.berghahnbooks.com/_uploads/air-rs/religion-and-society_style_guide.pdf
Please submit articles, reviews, and other contributions as Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format (rtf) files by e-mail to the editors:
Simon Coleman at simon.coleman@utoronto.ca and Sondra Hausner at sondra.hausner@theology.ox.ac.uk
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Grant: Princeton Library Research Grant
The 2023-2024 application is now open and will close at 12pm EST on January 17, 2023.
Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offers short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the Princeton University Library special collections. Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings in Special Collections, including Mudd Library; as well as rare books in Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and in the East Asian Library (Gest Collection).
These grants, which have a value of up to $4,800 plus transportation costs, are meant to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily between two and four weeks. Library Research Grants can be used from May of the year they are awarded through the following April.
Visit the grant website to see instruction on how to apply:
https://library.princeton.edu/special-collections/friends-princeton-university-library-research-grants
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Interesting digital resource we discovered in December, 2022:- "Mongolia Journals" - by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences has 7 Mongolian scientific journals, and 1,144 articles and others, all available as full text.
- "UMichigan Library" - University of Michigan Library now has a Mongolian studies guide. This guide aims to connect researchers to key resources, both within the U-M Library and beyond, on all dimensions of Mongolian history, life, and culture. It was drafted and continues to be developed in collaboration with an interdisciplinary group of scholars working on the region, helping to ensure that its contents are highly relevant and up to date.
Member contribution publications:(If you would like to announce your publication, please reach out to us at info@mongoliacenter.org. Make sure you put Member contribution publication in the Subject field of your email.) - Ankhsanaa, Ganbold, Enkhbayar Mijiddorj, Byambasuren Davaatseren, and William Taylor. "Rock Art and Early Cultural Dynamics in Eastern Mongolia" Asian Perspectives. Published electronically December 7, 2022. doi:10.1353/asi.2022.0033.
Selected scholarly articles published in December, 2022:
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| | FEATURE ARTICLES AND EVENTS ON MONGOLIAN STUDIES |
| | Bogd Jebtsundamba studies conference held in Ulaanbaatar/Montsame/ December 26. The Bogd Khaan Palace Museum organized the Bogd Jebtsundamba studies conference on on December 26 in dedication to Mongolia's National Freedom and Independence Day, which is on December 29. The Conference discussed the life and works of the 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba and the importance of celebrating December 29th. On December 29, 1911 Mongolians overthrew the dominion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty that lasted over 200 years and enthroned the 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba as the religious and secular head of state of Mongolia. Read more in Mongolian |
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| Gabon and Mongolia Aim to Protect 380,000 Square Kilometers of New Land, Ocean and Freshwater Areas with The Nature Conservancy
/Nature Conservancy/ December 15. As the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 meeting continues, the nations of Gabon and Mongolia are stating their intent to lead the world on implementing the ambitious goal of protecting 30 percent of land, freshwater and ocean resources by 2030, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (which is the global affiliate of Nature United in Canada).
The combined impact of these commitments is expected to exceed 380,000 square kilometers of new land and ocean protected area – about the size of Japan – as well as significant efforts to protect freshwater resources and improve conservation... Read more |
| | Rio Tinto’s Mongolian purgatory is finally over
/Reuters/ December 10. Finally, something has gone right for Rio Tinto in Mongolia. The $118 billion miner on Friday secured the shareholder votes it needed to buy the 49% it doesn’t own of Turquoise Hill Resources, the majority owner of the Asian country’s $10 billion copper mine Oyu Tolgoi. Rio boss Jakob Stausholm squeaked home with 60.5% of minority votes cast, just over the 50% threshold.
It’s a massive win for Stausholm and Rio copper boss Bold Baatar. Had they lost the vote, investors would have rightly blamed the pair for a shambolic process in which Rio three times raised its offer to Turquoise Hill’s minority shareholders. As it is, in return for a $3 billion outlay they get to control 66% of a key growth project. The Mongolian government holds the remaining 34%, but Rio already improved relations with Ulaanbaatar a year ago by pledging to write down a big chunk of the government’s debt... Read more |
| | Mongolia pays off USD 1.5 billion Chinggis Bond
/Motsamer/ December 6. Today, on December 6, the Prime Minister of Mongolia, L. Oyun-Erdene, announced that the Mongolian government has repaid in full its inaugural USD 1.5 billion Chinggis bond in a bid to manage its debt profile. Before the meeting with the press, the Prime Minister authorized the Minister of Finance to transfer the remaining USD 136 million of Chinggis Bond debt and signed the relevant order. In 2012, the Government of Mongolia issued Chinggis Bond, raising USD 1.5 billion with a condition to repay USD 500 million in 2018 and the remaining USD 1 billion in 2022. According to the condition, the first part of the debt and its interest were repaid on January 5, 2018. Link to the source |
| | Mass Protests in Mongolia Decry ‘Coal Mafia,’ Corruption
/The Diplomat/ December 6. For the second time this year, Mongolians are protesting against the government in significant numbers. In April, protests seemed to primarily grow out of younger Mongolians’ disappointed expectations with the government. Today’s protests were sparked by apparent revelations about grand corruption, involving coal deliveries by state-owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, one of the country’s largest mining companies, to China. Read more |
| | World’s First Swimming Dinosaur Discovered in Mongolia
/The Smithsonian/ December 1. Natovenator was a streamlined hunter with jaws full of tiny teeth. The newly named species, described Thursday in Communications Biology, was not a saurian giant. The small swimmer was only about a foot long and lived in prehistoric Mongolia about 71 million years ago. Despite being a cousin of sharp-toothed predators such as Velociraptor, the new dinosaur had a very different, streamlined look and long jaws fully of tiny teeth. Seoul National University paleontologist Sungjin Lee and colleagues have named the dinosaur Natovenator polydontus, the “many-toothed swimming hunter.” Read more |
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| "Drylands Facing Change" Edited ByAngela Kronenburg García, Tobias Haller, Han van Dijk, Cyrus Samimi, Jeroen Warner
Price: £96.00 (Hardback & Ebook)
This edited volume examines the changes that arise from the entanglement of global interests and narratives with the local struggles that have always existed in the drylands of Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia/Inner Asia.
Changes in drylands are happening in an overwhelming manner. Climate change, growing political instability, and increasing enclosures of large expanses of often common land are some of the changes with far-reaching consequences for those who make their living in the drylands. At the same time, powerful narratives about the drylands as ‘wastelands’ and their ‘backward’ inhabitants continue to hold sway, legitimizing interventions for development, security, and conservation, informing re-emerging frontiers of investment (for agriculture, extraction, infrastructure), and shaping new dryland identities. The chapters in this volume discuss the politics of change triggered by forces as diverse as the global land and resource rush, the expansion of new Information and Communication Technologies, urbanization, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the spread of violent extremism. While recognizing that changes are co-produced by differently positioned actors from within and outside the drylands, this volume presents the dryland’s point of view. It therefore takes the views, experiences, and agencies of dryland dwellers as the point of departure to not only understand the changes that are transforming their lives, livelihoods, and future aspirations, but also to highlight the unexpected spaces of contestation and innovation that have hitherto remained understudied.
This edited volume will be of much interest to students, researchers, and scholars of natural resource management, land and resource grabbing, political ecology, sustainable development, and drylands in general.
Angela Kronenburg García is an F.R.S.-FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLouvain, Belgium, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Padua, Italy.
Tobias Haller is a Professor at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Han van Dijk is a Professor at the Sociology of Development and Change Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Cyrus Samimi is a Professor of Climatology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, where he also serves as Vice Dean of Digital Solutions in the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple.
Jeroen Warner is a Senior Associate Professor of Crisis and Disaster Studies at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
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| | "The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East" by Nicholas Morton
Price: $35 (Hardcover)
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages
For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region’s complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.
In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region’s geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia.
This is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.
Nicholas Morton is an associate professor at Nottingham Trent University. The author or editor of nine books, including The Field of Blood, Morton lives in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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| | | "Silk Road Traces: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia" edited by Li Tang, Dietmar W. Winkler
Price: €44,90 (Hardcover)
This volume includes cutting-edge research on the spread of Syrian Christianity along the Silk Road from the 6th to the 14th century. Recent archaeological discoveries and excavations of ancient and medieval Christian sites in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China shed new light on Christian communities in Central Asia, China and Mongolia. Scholars from such fields as archaeology, manuscript studies, history and theology have contributed, offering new insights into the influence of Syriac Christianity along the Silk Roads.
Li Tang is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Christian East (ZECO), University of Salzburg/Austria.
Dietmar W. Winkler is Head of the Department of Biblical Studies and Ecclesiastical History, and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the Christian East (ZECO), University of Salzburg/Austria
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