The INTERNATIONAL MONGOLIAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM VIENNA focuses on social and cultural anthropology as well as transdisciplinary approaches including Mongolia-related research and practice in the fields of archaeology, arts, history, geography and natural sciences. The symposium provides a forum for international scholars and artists in the field of Mongolian Studies to present and discuss theoretical and empirical research and practices. We intend to bring researchers, scholars and artists together to exchange knowledge, discuss current and recent investigations, ongoing research projects, practices and experiences and enhance networking.
We plan to organise the symposium every two-three years in Vienna in collaboration with the Institute for Mongol Studies and the National Council for Mongol Studies in Ulaanbaatar.

The FIRST INTERNATIONAL MONGOLIAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM VIENNA was held at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna from 23 to 24 January 2020. The contributions dealt with topics such as mobilities, infrastructures, transit zones and environment; materialities, art and artefacts; Mongolian people and belonging(s). Some of the questions related to these topics were (but not limited to them) were: What affects do global politics and related infrastructure projects have on the environment and society? How are or were infrastructures related to the movement of materialities, goods and artefacts? And how do they connect or disperse people, animals, spirits and belongings?
In 2023 the conference proceedings DISPERSED AND CONNECTED. MOBILITIES, MATERIATLITIES AND BELONGING(S) IN MONGOLIA AND BEYOND were edited by Lang & Baatarnaran and published as a Special issue of Acta Mongolica. https://journal.num.edu.mn/actamongolica/issue/view/441/258

The SECOND INTERNATIONAL MONGOLIAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM VIENNA on Current Research and Practices in Anthropology, Art & Archaeology in Mongolia and Beyond took place at the ÖAW/PSK in Vienna with 22 international speakers. Keynote lectures were given by Ariell Ahearn (University of Oxford) entitled “Mapping Nomadic Space: Forced Resettlement and Spatial Injustice in Contemporary Mongolia” and by Ippei Shimamura (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) with the title “The Inspirational Alliteration: Linking Oral Literature, Shamanic Vocations with Contemporary Rap Music in Mongolia”. Part of the symposium was the book presentation by Tsetsentsolmon Baatarnaran: Constructing National Culture: Music and the Performing Arts in Mongolia and Maria-Katharina Lang (ed): Project Notebook 2017-2023, Dispersed & Connected: Artistic Fragments along the Steppe and Silk Roads – both books were published with the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press in 2024. The proceedings will be published as a Special Issue in 2025/2026.

Projektmitarbeiter:
Tsetentsolmon Baatarnaran
Zayabaatar Dalai (NUM)

Kooperationen:
National University of Mongolia (NUM), Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST), Weltmuseum Wien (WMW)

Finanzierung:
Institute for Mongol Studies /National University of Mongolia; National Council for Mongol Studies/ Government of Mongolia; Eurasia-Pacific UNINET/OEAD; Weltmuseum Wien; ISA (ÖAW)