CONF.- Contemporary Mongolia, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 14-17 Posted by: Julian Dierkes <[log in to unmask]> International Conference "Contemporary Mongolia - Transitions, Development and Social Transformations" November 14-17 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Mongolia, the Program on Inner Asia at the University of British Columbia is hosting a major conference on contemporary Mongolia. Social scientists from around the world will be discussing their research. Tentative Conference Program All sessions will be held at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (6331 Crescent Road, UBC Campus), unless otherwise noted. The conference is free and open to the public. To assist us in the conference planning, please let us know which sessions you are planning to attend (mongolia.conf (at) ubc.ca) Friday, November 14 The Revival of Buddhism in Mongolia in the Context of Post-Socialist Society 10-10:30a - Welcome and Introduction 10:30a-12p - Mongolian Buddhism: The Past and the Future Matthew King, University of Toronto, Canada "Finding the Buddha Hidden Below the Sand: Dynamics and Complexity in the Revivalism of Mongolian Buddhism" Zsuzsa Majer, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary "Present-day Mongolian Buddhist Temples: Continuation or Disjuncture with the Past and the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition" 12-1:30p - Lunch 1:30-3p - The Context of Contemporary Religiosity in Mongolia Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University, USA "Theorizing Christianity in Mongolia" Mátyás Balogh, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary "Ways of Practicing Shamanism in Mongolia" 3-3:30p - Coffee 3:30-5:00p - The Complexity of the Buddhist Revival in Mongolia Krisztina Teleki, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary "Building on Ruins, Memories and Persistence: Revival and Survival of Buddhism in the Countryside" Marie-Dominique Even, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France "Religious Pluralism versus Cultural Identity in Mongolia" 6-7:30p - Keynote Address Morris Rossabi, Columbia University, USA "Modern Mongolia: The Contemporary Descendants of the Khans and the Revival of Buddhism" Saturday, November 15 10a-12p - Mongolia's Continuing Transitions Session Chair: Marcia Frost, East Asian Studies & Economics, Wittenberg University, USA Christopher Kaplonski, Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge, UK "Genden and the Lamas: The Politicization of Death in Postsocialist Mongolia" Sarah Combellick-Bidney, Political Science, University of Indiana, USA "We Would Not Choose These Terms: Development Discourses in Mongolia" Mungunsarnai Ganbold, Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, Mongolia, and Thomas Spoorenberg, Economic History, University of Geneva, Switzerland "Did the Social and Economic Transition Cause a Health Crisis in Mongolia? Evidence from Age-, Sex- and Cause-Specific Mortality Trends (1965-2007)" 12-1:30p - Lunch 1:30-3:30p - Mongolia' s Continuing Transitions (Cont.) Session Chair: Charles Krusekopf, Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University, Canada Troy Sternberg, Geography, Oxford University, UK "Twilight of Mongolian Pastoralism?" Borchuluun Yadamsuren, Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, USA, and Catherine Johnson, Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada "From Socialism to Democracy: Effects of Transition on the Perception of the Role of Libraries in Mongolia" Paula Sabloff, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, USA "Democracy and Risk" 3:30-4p - Coffee 4-5:30p - Mongolians' Interaction with their Physical Environment Session Chair: Cliff Montage, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, USA Raffael Himmelsbach, Political Science, University of Lausanne, Switzerland "Institution-Building for the Mongolian Pastoral Commons" Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey, Geographic Information Systems, Idaho State University, USA, Keith Weber, Geographic Information Systems, Idaho State University, USA, and Joel Sankey, Geosciences, Idaho State University, USA "Changes in Pastoral Use and Their Effects on Rangeland Productivity" 5:45-7p - Film Screening Gaëlle Lacaze "The Retailer's Ballad" Sunday, November 16 9-10a Working Breakfast The Hon. D. Enkhbat Entrepreneur and Member, Ikh Khural "Dream It: ICTs and Contemporary Mongolia" 10a-12:30p - Contemporary Mongolian Education and Youth Session Chair: Phil Bayliss (TBC), Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, UK Ines Stolpe, Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-University, Germany "Changing Concepts of Mongolian Educational Philosophy" Altangerel Choijoo, Human Rights Education, Mongolian State University of Education "Civic Education in Mongolia: Current Situation and Future Challenges" Anne Riordan, Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA "Education for Students with Disabilities in Mongolia: Teachers' and Stakeholders' Perspectives" Naranchimeg Jamiyanjamts, Public Health Science, University of Alberta, Canada "Quality of health care services in relation to health service utilization by adolescents in Mongolia" 12:30-1:30p - Lunch 1:45-3:15p - Migrating Nomads Session Chair: Chih-yu Shih, Political Science, Taiwan National University, Taiwan Gaëlle Lacaze, Ethnology, University Marc Bloch, France "Run After Time" Joakim Enwall, Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Sweden "Minority Policies and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia" 3:15-3:345p - Coffee 3:45-5:15p - Migrating Nomads (Cont.) Session Chair: Brian Sinclair, Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Canada Cynthia Werner, Anthropology, Texas A&M University, USA, and Holly Barcus, Geography, Macalester College, USA "Networks, Gender, Culture, and the Migration Decision" Erdenetuya Urdnast, History, Mongolian State University of Education, "En Masse Migrations Towards the Capital and Ecosystem Degradation" Evening - Cultural Programming Northern Lights Quartet (TBC) Monday, November 17 10a-12p - Social Relations in Contemporary Mongolia Session Chair: Lisa Sundstrom, Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada Manduhai Buyandelgeryin, Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA "Technologies of Election: Women's Participation in the Parliamentary Election of 2008" Byambayav Dalaibuyan, Sociology, University of Hokkaido, Japan "Social Networks in Post-socialist Mongolia: Problem Solving Strategy and the Norm of Reciprocity" Astrid Zimmerman, Social Anthropology and Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge, UK "Between Obligation and Corruption: the Dilemma of Local Dargas in Present-Day Mongolia" 12-1p - Lunch 1-3:15p - The Impact of Mining on Social Relations and Public Health Session Chair: Bern Klein/Marcello Veiga (TBC), Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada Caroline Upton, Geography, University of Leicester, UK "Mining, Resistance and Pastoral Livelihoods in Contemporary Mongolia" Mette High, Social Anthropology and Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge, UK "Living Outside the Law in the Mongolian Gold Mines" Lkhasuren Oyuntogos, Preventative Medicine, Health Sciences University of Mongolia "Mining Health in Mongolia" Rebecca Darling, Asia Foundation, Mongolia "Developing a Responsible Minerals Sector that Benefits All Mongolians: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach" 3:15-3:30p - Coffee 3:30-5:30p - Roundtable on North American-Mongolian Relations Participants TBC For more details see: http://www.iar.ubc.ca/programs/innerasia/contemporarymongoliaconferenc enov2008.aspx Julian DIERKES, PhD Assistant Professor Co-ordinator, Program on Inner Asia Institute of Asian Research University of British Columbia [log in to unmask] http://www.iar.ubc.ca/programs/innerasia _______________________________________________ Central-Eurasia-L mailing list [log in to unmask] http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/central-eurasia-l