04/18/2023
Dear friends,
Mongolian Cultural Center hosts Mongolian studies conference each year and we are excited to announce that we are, once again, co-organizing the conference with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Please join us for the upcoming XV Annual Mongolian Studies Conference.
Where:
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20560
When:
May 12th and 13th, 2023
Conference fee:
$50
with contributions from
The Embassy of Mongolia
Library of Congress
Mongolian American Cultural Association
American Center for Mongolian Studies
Pyramid Granite LLC
National Council of Language Policy, under the aegis of the President of Mongolia
AGENDA
FRIDAY, MAY 12
SMITHSONIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
09:00Registration & Breakfast
09:30Opening Remarks
Q?rius Auditorium, West Lobby, National Museum of Natural History
Batbayar Ulziidelgeriin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia in the U.S.
William Fitzhugh, Director of Arctic Studies Center, NMNH Smithsonian Institution.
Saruul-Erdene Myagmaryn, President, the Mongolian Cultural Center
10:00History 1: Modern Mongolia
Q?rius Auditorium NMNH
Ralph Winnie Jr., The Eurasia Center
Zhengyang Ma, The Eurasia Center
Mongolia’s Road to Independence: the Power Bargains Between China and Russia
Emma Grace Lewis, Asian Legacy Library
The Power of Preservation: Consolidating, Documenting, and Restoring Mongolian Text
Collections
Simon Wickhamsmith, Rutgers University
Labor and Morality in Mongolia’s Late-Stalinist Literature: A Preliminary Study
12:00Lunch (Q?rius Auditorium, NMNH West Lobby
After the Lunch, the conference moves to the Library of Congress.
10 1st Street, SE, Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ 119, one mile - a 25-minute walk from the Natural History Museum. 5-minute walk to Federal Triangle station; Blue, Orange or Silver line metro to Capitol South Station (4 stops) and another 5-minute walk to Jefferson Building is possible.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, LJ119
14:00 INTRODUCTION
DR. DONGFANG SHAO. Chief of Asian Division, Library of Congress
BATBAYAR ULZIIDELGERIIN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia in the U.S.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
MICHAEL ALLEN LAKE
AMBASSADOR JOSEPH E. LAKE
MONGOLIA, THE BEAR, THE DRAGON, AND THE EAGLE (1984 TO 1990)
15:30ASIAN READING ROOM BOOK DISPLAY
Introduction to the Mongolian Collection in the Library of Congress
Asian Division, LJ150
Susan Meinheit, Asian Division, LOC
SATURDAY, MAY 13
09:30Breakfast
10:00Archaeology
Kirby Room, NMNH 3rd floor East Court Building CE 340
Moderator: William Fitzhugh, Smithsonian
Asa Cameron, Yale University, Bukhchuluun Dashzeveg, Yale University, Christina Carolus, Yale University, Daniela Wolin, Yale University
Shiriin Chuluu during the Late Bronze Age (c.1500-1000 BC) through the Xiongnu Period (c.250 BC-150 AD): results from the 2020-2022 excavations at a Gobi-steppe microregion
William Fitzhugh, Smithsonian, Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian National Museum and Max Planck Institute
Archaeology of Bronze Age Mongolia: A Deer Stone Study Round-Up
Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller, University of Michigan, and Max Planck Institute, Shevan Wilkin, University of Zürich and Griffith University, Australia
Permafrost preservation reveals first proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century
Christina M. Carolus, Yale University, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Asa Cameron, Yale University, Bukhchuluun Dashzeveg, Yale University
Dwelling in the Gobi-Steppe: Digging Deeper into Habitation from the Neolithic
(c.7000-3000 BC) through the Xiongnu Period (c. 250 BC- 150 AD) in Southeastern
Mongolia
10:00Linguistics
Q?rius Auditorium, NMNH West Lobby
Moderator: Saruul-Erdene Myagmaryn, Library of Congress
*Solongod Hurcbaatar, International Mongolian Brahmi Script Society
Old Mongolian Grammar of the Mongolian Brahmi Script and the Decipherment of the Huis Tolgoi Inscription (HT1)
Raymond Erdenebold Ordos, Stephen Baigal, Independent Scholars
Reviving the Mongolian Brahmi Script: A Typeface Design Exploration
*Ganbold, Dashlkhagvaagiin, Mongolian State University of Education
Comparison of the Content and Terminology in Some Mongolian Grammars written in Tibetan Language.
*Narangerel, Nyamjavyn, National Council of Language Policy, Mongolia
On the Vocabulary of Mongolian Children
12:00LUNCH
13:00Torguud Exodus of 1771 (Panel sponsored by MACA)
Kirby Room, NMNH 3rd Floor East Court CE 340
Moderator: Sanji Altan, Mongolian American Cultural Association
Baatr U. Kitinov, Russian Academy of Science
1771: The Exodus of Kalmyks and Role of the Politico-Religious Factor
John Perkins, Filmmaker
What Prompted Ubashi Khan to lead the Kalmyks out of Russia?
*Torgud Oyundalai, Canada
The Torguud People’s Buddhist Faith and their Temples and Monasteries
*Ghilyana Dorzhieva, Mongol-American Cultural Association
Ubashi Khan in the Long Song Tradition of the Kalmyks
*Darina Gedeeva, Russian Academy of Sciences
Letters of Ubashi Khan in the National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia:
Collection I-36’s
15:30Coffee Break
15:40Special report
Kirby Room, NMNH 3rd Floor East Court CE 340
Reilly Becchina
Recovering Endangered Mongolian Marmot (Marmota Sibirica): Status and
Distribution in a Steppe Region of Mongolia
13:00Art
Q?rius Auditorium, NMNH West Lobby
Sunmin Yoon, University of Delaware
Urtyn duu, Breathing, and Spiritual Connection
*Ulziibayar, Shataryn, Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture
On the Composing of Five Concerts for Morin Khuur
*Barbaatar, Giimaagiin, Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture
Features of Different Types of Mongolian Traditional Dance – Bii Biyelgee
*Tolkhyn, Maratyn, Citi University, Mongolia
History of the Establishment of Professional Singing Art in Mongolia
15:00Coffee Break
15:10History 2
Q?rius Auditorium NMNH
Dotno Pount, University of Pennsylvania
Woman in the Cult of Chinggis Khan: first essential, then antithetical
Ran Yan, University of Pennsylvania
Typology of Urban Settlements in Qing Mongolia (1691-1921)? Tibetan-Buddhist Center, Military Outpost, and Fenced Market
16:20Book Launch
Q?rius Auditorium NMNH
Sas Carey, Marrying Mongolia: A Memoir, 2023
16:40 – 17:10American Center for Mongolia Studies (ACMS) Annual Meeting
18:00 – 20:00Reception in Honor of Conference Participants
Hosted by H.E.Batbayar Ulziidelgeriin, Ambassador of Mongolia to the United States of America, at the Mongolian Embassy: 2833 M St NW, Washington, DC 20007
Note: Asterisks (*) denote presentations that will be in Mongolian. All other papers will be presented in English.
