-
Recent Posts
- Quick Observations On the Eve of Local Elections 2024 October 9, 2024
- Guest Post: Mongolian Hoops Dreams — Creation of Soft Power Through Basketball September 17, 2024
- Change in the Countryside June 2024 September 2, 2024
- How Unfortunate: Putin Visits Mongolia August 30, 2024
- More on Oyun-Erdene’s Cabinet August 29, 2024
- Guest Comment: Mongolia’s Democratic Party Gambit into Government August 20, 2024
- CWGP and National Coalition Results August 16, 2024
- Guest Post: Mongolian Participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games August 13, 2024
- Guest Post: A free but not a Fair Election: It Was All About Money August 12, 2024
- Observing Election Day: Bulgan and Orkhon Aimags August 5, 2024
Topics for Mongolia Focus
- Business
- Canada
- China
- Constitution
- Corruption
- Countryside
- Curios
- Democracy
- Democratic Party
- Development
- Education
- Elections
- Foreign Investment
- Foreign Policy
- Governance
- Health
- Ikh Khural 2012
- Ikh Khural 2016
- Ikh Khural 2020
- Ikh Khural 2024
- International Relations
- JD Democratization
- JD Mining Governance
- Law
- Media and Press
- Mining
- Mining
- Mining Governance
- Mongolia and ...
- Mongolian People's Party
- Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
- Oyu Tolgoi
- Party Politics
- Policy
- Politics
- Presidential 2017
- Public Policy
- Research on Mongolia
- Russia
- Social Change
- Social Issues
- Social Media
- Social Movements
- Society and Culture
- Ulaanbaatar
Archives
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
Category Archives: History
Guest Post: Mongolian Participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
By Zorig Bat-Erdene Mongolia completed its participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from July 26 to August 11, 2024. A total of 32 athletes competed in 9 different sports: Sport Number of athletes Men Women Athletics 1 2 … Continue reading
Guest Post: Mongolian Visuals – Capturing the City in Rapid Changes
By Mend-Amar Baigalmaa In December 2019, when the decision to demolish the Natural History Museum was announced, many residents of the city fought with the slogan #SaveTheMuseum, and professionals led by G. Ochbayar—researcher of the Ulaanbaatar City Museum appealed to … Continue reading
Flop 5 der mongolischen Politik
By Julian Dierkes Ich höre inzwischen sehr gerne Podcasts, sei es um die Bundesliga zu verfolgen, kanadische Nachrichten besser zu verstehen, oder auch Entwicklungen in Deutschland nicht ganz aus dem Auge zu verlieren. Einer meiner Lieblingspodcasts in diesem Zusammenhang ist … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Germany, History, Media and Press, Mining, Party Politics, Podcast, Politics, Social Media
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment
State-Socialist Legacies and Selective Perception of Propaganda
By Julian Dierkes Every so often, my conversations, especially on visits to Mongolia which are so valuable for my thinking, touch on bigger issues that are challenging to frame as a blog post. This is one of those attempts to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dissertation Ideas, Gender, History, JD Democratization, Policy, Politics, Protest, Protest, Reflection, Social Issues, Social Movements, Society and Culture
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment
What’s Wrong with Chinggis Studies?
By Julian Dierkes Okay, the enforced brevity of tweets got me into some trouble here. Hi Julian. I am very surprised that you are not being supportive of Mongolians initiating their own research and contributions to the Mongolian Studies field. … Continue reading
The Military, Populism, and Trepidation about Single-Party Rule
By Julian Dierkes and Marissa J. Smith The constitutional amendments of Nov 2019 seemed to result from a bargain between Pres. Battulga and the MPP that would allow him to run for another term under the new six-year single term. … Continue reading
Mongolian Hunger Striking — DP to MPRP?
By Marissa J. Smith After the massive #уокогцор strikes last week that preceded the resignation of Prime Minister U. Khurelsukh and his Cabinet, the weekend also saw demonstrations with fewer participants begin on Sukhbaatar Square, focusing on the OT agreement. … Continue reading
Panel: New Film “Echoes of Empire”
On October 23, 2020, we came together for a panel discussion of Robert Lieberman’s new film, “Echoes of Empire“. Participants in the panel discussion: Robert Lieberman, filmmaker Morris Rossabi, History, Graduate Center, CUNY Orhon Myadar, School of Geography, Development and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, History, Media and Press, Social Change
Leave a comment
Guest Post: Dragged into a Power Struggle: Mongolia caught between the Dalai Lama and Beijing
By Manlai N On January 28th 2020, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in Dharamsala, India has announced that the long-awaited Tibetan Policy and Support Act was passed in the US House of Representatives. The bill was sponsored by Senator James … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, China, Dalai Lama, History, Manlai Nyamdorj, Religion, Social Issues, Society and Culture, Tibet
Leave a comment
Historical Memories: Contemporary Perspectives on Choibalsan
By Julian Dierkes, Kenny Linden and Marissa Smith In a series of tweets Kenny Linden pointed to a puzzle that many of us who regularly interact with contemporary Mongolia, namely what would be termed Vergangenheitsbewältigung in German (coming to terms … Continue reading
Regionalization, Internationalisms, and Mongolia’s Almost Century-Old Mining Sector
By Marissa J. Smith In English-language scholarship, Mongolia’s political-economic system has often been characterized as democratic and market-driven. Though not untrue, this characterization casts Mongolia as a unified entity, which redirects attention from how Mongolia is also regionalized, with an … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Erdenet, Ethnic Groups, Geography, History, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Population, Publications, Research on Mongolia
Tagged Marissa Smith
Leave a comment
National Pride Without Museums
By Julian Dierkes It’s tourist season in Mongolia again. Tourism has been discussed as a possible route to economic diversification, but also faces a number of challenges, for example short seasons and the lack of touring infrastructure. But during a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Museums, Nationalism, Society and Culture, Tourism, Ulaanbaatar
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment
Locating Mongolian Towns
By Julian Dierkes I’ve been touring through the Mongolian countryside periodically for over ten years now, having recently visited my 17th aimag, just four more to go. 17 aimags visited and counting… Can you guess where I’ve made it to? … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Geography, History, Settlements, Ulaanbaatar
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment
Where did the Conspiracy Conspiracy Come From?
By Julian Dierkes Mongolia is not unique in the presence of conspiracy theories, nor in the presence of events and factors in those events that may lend themselves to conspiracy theories. Yet, in my experience, conspiracy theories have become dominant … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Curios, History, JD Democratization, JD Mining Governance, Party Politics, Politics, Pop Culture, Social Issues, Social Media
Tagged Julian Dierkes
1 Comment
Summer 2014 History Events with Mongolia Focus
A 5-week faculty summer institute on “The Mongols and the Eurasian Nexus of Global History” and a conference on “Changing Patterns of Power in Historical and Modern Central and Inner Asia” have been announced recently. While these include a focus … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, History, Inner Asia, Research on Mongolia, Teaching in Mongolian Studies
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment