[Discussion] CONF. PROGRAM- Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, March 31-April 3, 2005, Chicago

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CONF. PROGRAM

Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, March 31-April 3, 2005, Chicago

The Mongolia Society Annual Meeting and panels will be held in
conjunction with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), March 31 -
April 3, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Below
you will find the schedule for The Mongolia Society Annual Meeting and
Conference.

The Mongolia Society
2005 Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
USA


Thursday, March 31, 1 p.m. Cominsky Room

Annual Membership Meeting Keynote speaker:
The Honorable Ravdan Bold, Ambassador of Mongolia to the United States


Thursday, March 31, 2 p.m. Cominsky Room

Panel 1: Religion and culture among the Mongols

Chair: Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University

  - Brian Baumann, Indiana University, "Conflicting concepts of time: A
	motif for looking at the fall of Buddhism and the rise of
	communism in Mongolia"

  - Lubos Belka, Mas-aryk University and University of Vermont, "Buryatia
	and the Modern History of the Beijing Sandalwood Buddha"

  - Johan Elverskog, "Who were the "Olan Mongols"?

  - Uranchimeg Tsultem, University of California, Berkeley, "Urga
	portraits: Mongol identity enshrined in third space."

Discussant: Christopher Atwood, Indiana University


Thursday, March 31, 4 p.m. Cominsky Room

Panel 2: U.S.-Mongolian bilateral relations (co-sponsored with ACMS)

Chair: Alicia Campi, US-Mongolia Advisory Group

  - Pamela J. Slutz, U. S. Ambassador to Mongolia, "Implementing a
	comprehensive US-Mongolia partnership, challenges and  	
	opportunities, from an ambassador's perspective"

  - Alicia Campi, "The most significant issues affecting U.S.-Mongolian
	relations in 2005: A view from both sides"

  - Baasan Ragchaa, Indiana University, "Issues related to the
	recognition of Mongolia's independence and the US position"

  - M.Saruul-Erdene, Indiana University, "Mongolian newspapers and
	journals in the United States."

Discussant: TBA


Friday, April 1, 7 p.m. Grand Ballroom D North

Panel 3: Traditional and contemporary aspects of Mongolia

Chair: Elizabeth Endicott, Middlebury College

  - David Bade, University of Chicago, "Ramon Llull's Mongol"

  - Alexandra E. Cleworth, Archaeological Institute of America, "Palaces
	and monasteries: Examining heritage sites in Mongolia"

  - Anne Goes, GlobalAgRisk, Inc, "Index-based livestock insurance in
	Mongolia"

  - Daniel Murphy, University of Kentucky, "The social transformation of
    	ecological risk in pastoral Mongolia."

Discussant: TBA


Friday, April 1, 9 p.m. Grand Ballroom D North

Panel 4: Reports from Project Deer Stone: Culture, history, ethnic
	survival, and global links in central and northern Mongolia

Chair: William Fitzhugh, Smithsonian Institution

  - William Fitzhugh, "The U.S.-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Goals and
	progress 2001-2004"

  - Bruno Frohlich, Smithsonian Institution, "Researching Burial Mounds
	in the Hovsgol aimag, Mass Burials at Hambiin Ovoo, and Human 		
Mummies in the Gobi Desert: Joint Educational and Research
	Collaborations between the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the
Smithsonian Institution"

  - J. Daniel Rogers, Smithsonian Institution, "Urban centers and the
	emergence of empires in eastern Inner Asia"

  - Paula DePriest "Ethnobotanical research among the Tsaatan/Dukha"

  - Harriet F. Beaubien et al., "Strategies for research documentation
	and preservation of Mongolia's deer stones."

Discussant: Phil Kohl, Wellesley College


Sunday, April 3, 8:30 a.m. Columbus Hall AB - Gold Level/East Tower

Panel 5: Ecological Migration: Environment, ethnicity, and human rights
in Inner Mongolia

**Please Note: AAS Formal Panel - you need to be registered for the AAS
conference to attend this panel.  Special rates apply on Sunday.

Chair: Christopher Atwood, Indiana University

  - Jeannine W. Brown, University of East London, "State-sponsored 	
	resettlement in Inner Mongolia: A case study in environmental 	
	forced migration"

  - Enhebatu Togochog, Southern Mongolian Human Watch Information Center,
	"Ecological migration as a human rights issue"

  - Hong Jiang, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Pastoral development,
	ecological construction, and grassland degradation in the Ordos 	
	Plateau, western Inner Mongolia"

  - S. Sodbilig, Inner Mongolia University, "Land reclamation in the
	Chakhar region and environmental transformation."

Discussant: Judith Shapiro, American University



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