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ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ / Münkhnaran Bayarlkhagva
@morientalist.bsky.social
PhD-ing.
Interest: historical IR, religion, ontosec & memory in Asia
Read: mongolian, russian, turkish & farsi og lærer norsk
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Last April Mongolia lost one of its most venerable Buddhist monks.

In this obituary for Gankhuugiin Purevbat, aka Burhanchi Lama - Creator of Gods, I present him as a Mongol Decolonizer, whose talent & spiritual guidance revived culture & memory of Mongol statehood.
mekongreview.com/the-decoloni...
The decoloniser - Mekong Review
Gankhuugiin Purevbat was never keen to claim credit, but his contribution to the rebirth of Mongolian Buddhism and the decolonisation of Mongolia cannot be denied.
mekongreview.com
Physical Asia is a rare show allowing us - Asians, to see each other thru non-eurocentric gaze & it seems everyone is enjoying it.

So fun to observe the different approaches to teamwork & national traits coming thru.

Judging from socmed Team Mongolia is winning hearts & minds wide & deep. :)))
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Lovely NHK documentary of rural Mongolian boys practicing Sumo alongside Mongol Bokh, chasing their dream to become professional rikishi one day following the footsteps of so many Mongolian Yokozunas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9w...
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Cool PhD opportunity in Sweden at "Sociology of Authoritarian Law in Eurasia (SOCIAL) MSCA Doctoral Networks" research project, seeking Central Asia focused candidate.

If were to apply I'd add CCP & United Russia's activities in CA + Mongolia as data points on SCO, EAEC.
www.sh.se/om-oss/det-h...
Lediga jobb
Välkommen att söka anställning vid Södertörns högskola! Hos oss blandas ämnen, perspektiv, människor och erfarenheter. Här finns de nyfikna och de ifrågasättande. De som söker oväntade kombinationer, ...
www.sh.se
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Lots of truth in Elbegdorj's latest op-ed:

"These giants (Russia & China) scrutinize every choice we make. Still, Mongolians have preserved self-rule. It comes at a price, but it proves that freedom is not a Western luxury but a universal calling."
www.thefreedomfrequency.org/p/resistance...
Resistance Is Not Futile
The moment when democracy bloomed in Mongolia.
www.thefreedomfrequency.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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This coming Friday, November 7th from 3:30-5:00 pm, His Eminence Khamba Lama Javzandorj Dulamragchaa  will offer a public lecture @ISTB in Vienna on the “History of Mongolian Buddhism”.
 
If you would like to attend, please sign up via email to istb@univie.ac.at.

stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
History of Mongolian Buddhism – Talk & Discussion
Geshe Lharampa Javzandorj Dulamragchaa
stb.univie.ac.at
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Mongolian Association for Manchu Studies is co-organizing a Manchu studies International conference w/ Eotvos Lorand University.

Dunno if I mentioned it here, but National Library of Mongolia has a treasure trove of Manchu-language documents, w/out which "Manchu studies" is rather incomplete IMO 🤔
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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‘Across the region, similar scenes were unfolding. In city after city, the words for “Mongolian”, “Manchu”, “Hui”, “Korean” and “Nationality” were being replaced by numbers.’

soyonbo.substack.com/p/how-china-...
How China Shadowbanned "Mongolian"
Somewhere in the system, the name is still there, waiting for its next approval.
soyonbo.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

I talked to KG Hutchins @songsforhorses.com about his new book "A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia" 🐴🎻

Listen below (or wherever you get your podcasts) to learn about music, climate change & future imaginaries in contemporary Mongolia ⬇️
A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Had a very nice chat with Maggie Freeman of the New Books Network's "Nomads Past and Present" series about my book, music, and the environment in Mongolia:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-song-for-t...
A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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the one thing about this map is that it doesn't even give the Mongolian word for these dumplings, бууз. ᠪᠤᠤᠵᠠ in Classical Mongolisn
Maybe my favorite Food Map, ever.
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Zurich's Rietberg museum is running an exhibition on Mongolia through Feb 2026 and as part of the associated events, the Abbot of Gandantegchinlen monastery Javzandorji will give a lecture on Mongolian Buddhism.

I expect similar content to the talk he gave at MAXXI Rome.
rietberg.ch/kalender/819...
Mongolian Buddhism: Tradition and Transformation – Talk & Discussion
rietberg.ch
October 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
As a Mongolian I am pleased with Sanae Takaichi's election as Japan's PM.

A decade ago, someone with such a voice on China's #humanrights record would have been 'too extreme" for PM.

Today I was also told by a Nordic Japan expert that she "would have to tone down her hawkishness to govern" ...
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Mongolian rikishis in the streets of London. 😀🫶

Left to right:
Maegashira Tamawashi - Batjargalyn Munkh-Orgil
Ozeki Kirishima - Byambachuluuny Lkhagvasuren
Yokozuna Hoshoryu - Sugarragchaagiin Byambasüren (may he come out of the shadow of his uncle)
Maegashira Onokatsu - Batjargalyn Choijilsuren
October 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Now, onto the post!

"The Olufsen Collection: From 19th-Century Expeditions to Digital Museum Collection" A #guestpiece by Ishembieva Aizat, where she introduces the online #Olufsen Collection from
@nationalmuseet.dk

Link in bio
October 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Takaichi criticizes China's human right abuses - Japan Today

"I cannot but help feel angry that the Chinese Communist Party's repression continues in Southern Mongolia" said Takaichi as the head of LDP members supporting Mongolians in the area.
#InnerMongolia
japantoday.com/category/pol...
Takaichi criticizes China's human right abuses
Japan's likely next Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday criticized China's "repression" in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region during a rally to discuss Beijing's human rights issues in the northern part of the country. "I cannot but help feel angry that the Chinese Communist Party's repression continues in Southern Mongolia,"…
japantoday.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Mongolian has some wild Eurasian etymologies! 🥰 My favourite one is nom ᠨᠣᠮ ('book'), from Greek νόμος, via Sogdian and Old Uyghur. The semantic shift 'custom, law' > 'scripture' > 'book' is lovely.
Btw nomos also has a Syriac > Arabic result, nāmōsā ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ > nāmūs ناموس 😀
@kebuhcah.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Cross-posting from Instytut Pekiński.

I didn't know about this painting's existence "Autumn Hunting of Yuan people" & it is marvelous, to say the least.

Smarter ppl are commenting on the exact date etc but Peking Inst says it is 1 of only 2 paintings of Yuan hunt - other being Kublai's.
#mongolsky
October 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Really like this title of an upcoming book.

Hope we can do away with the whole "Marco Polo went to China" trope with this.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Democratic Congressmen - Ed Case, Ami Bera, Jon Jackson, wrote an Op-Ed on Pacific Forum saying "multilateralism benefits the US & its allies - Mongolia".

Honorable mention to the proposed "Third Neighbor Policy Act".

Important, given the intended audience on the hill.
pacforum.org/publications...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Sanjaasürengiin Zorig (1962-1998) the "Golden swallow of Mongolian Democracy" pictured here in his MP office, under the painting of Chinggis Khan.

(Starting from 2022, every public office in Mongolia is obliged to have such painting on their walls, under the presidential decree.)
October 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Young & upcoming Munich-based Mongolian jazz artist Enji Erkhem, is featured on this week's HTSI FT.

“I always used to live with my whole family in a one-room yurt and even sleeping in one room alone was a big experience,” she says.

(not sure of the headline, but ok)
www.ft.com/content/12ec...
Enji, the Mongolian singer bringing the steppes to the American standards
She started with Etta James – then added Urtiin duu
www.ft.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Sunday Times revealed the identities of 13 Russian officers who were commanding the units that perpetrated Bucha massacres.

I looked at the picture (12 YT Slav + 1 Central Asian) & all I can think of is how many "Europeans" at the time believed that it was the "Asians" who did it. 🥲
September 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Photos of a newly discovered Khitan inscription in Mongolia's North-Central Bulgan province.

Credit: Japanese-Mongolian "Bichees" archaeological project between the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & experts from Otani, Osaka & Ryukoku universities.
#mongolsky #khitan
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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C'était aujourd'hui l'anniversaire de la naissance de Qubilai Qa'an , quatrième successeur de Chinggis Khan à la tête de l'Empire mongol (1260-1294), et l'un des empereurs mongols les plus célèbres.

#mongolsky #mongolempire #tengri #medievalsky #chinahistory #sinology
September 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mongolia's and Finland's presidents meet at the UNGA.

Pretty sure this was agreed during Battsetseg's visit to Helsinki and that Stubb got an invitation from Khurelsukh to visit next year.

Like Polish President's visit in 2023, this will be another meeting of "sober" heads (on Russia).
September 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM