My commentary available at: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/steinmeier-besucht-die-mongolei-warum-das-steppenland-ein-attraktiver-partner-fur-den-westen-ist-11160211.html
More on Mongolia and COVID-19
I was invited to contribute a write-up on COVID-19 and Mongolia. This covers events up to about a week before…
Recording of my talk on Mongolia + COVID @ GWU & Berkeley
Mongolia’s response has been marked by extremely tight border controls. The country is free from community spread, thanks to hard work and resources put into quarantine and isolation measures for those entering the country. However, challenges remain in balancing this closed-borders approach…
ACMS Virtual Speaker Series
In June I gave a talk about my ongoing research into the management of pastoral production through livestock insurance and other development aid programs. With Narantsogt Baatarkhuu, I am also organizing and moderating a series of panel presentations for the Speaker Series, I will post here as the recordings come online!
New Article
My new article, “Power of the People’s Parties,” has been published open-access by The Journal of Eurasian Studies.
It is on the relationship between regionalization and post-imperial entanglements, industrial mining and parliamentary politics, in Mongolia.
Our 2020 Mongolia Field School
We are currently accepting applications. For full financial aid consideration, apply by March 1!
Presenting next week at the University of British Columbia
Mari Valdur and I will be at the American Anthropological Association meetings next week, and also doing a double header…
“Points of Transition: Ovoo and the Ritual Remaking of Religious, Ecological, and Historical Politics in Inner Asia” @ UC-Berkeley, February 22
Gearing up for our long-planned workshop on ovoo! Full program for the conference is online at: https://events.berkeley.edu/docu…/user_uploads/3_Program.pdf *** And all presentations…
UCL Emerging Subjects Tsagaan Sar Gift Index 2018
I’m working in London for several weeks as a visiting scholar at the UCL Emerging Subjects of the New Economy…
Contributing to Mongolia Focus
I’ve neglected to share my recent posts on the Mongolia Focus blog, where I have been invited to regularly contribute.…
Marissa J. Smith, PhD 