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| Institute of History and Ethnology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences | |
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| Name | Institute of History and Ethnology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences |
| Established | 1961 |
| Location | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Parent organization | Mongolian Academy of Sciences |
Institute of History and Ethnology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences is a principal research institute within the Mongolian Academy of Sciences focusing on Mongolian history, ethnography, and related humanities disciplines, headquartered in Ulaanbaatar. The institute conducts archival preservation, fieldwork, and scholarly publication programs that engage with regional topics including Inner Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva, Xinjiang, and contacts with institutions in Russia, China, and Japan.
The institute traces its institutional lineage to research centers formed during the early post-World War II period in Mongolia alongside developments in the Mongolian People's Republic and the expansion of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences under influences from the Soviet Union and collaborations with the Oriental Institute (Academy of Sciences) network, consolidating as a distinct institute in 1961. During the Cold War era the institute engaged with scholars from the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and research exchanges involving Mongolian Revolution of 1921, Bogd Khanate of Mongolia studies and comparative work on the Xiongnu, Göktürks, and Yuan dynasty. After the democratic transition of 1990 the institute reoriented its programs to include international funding, projects with the Smithsonian Institution, Max Planck Society, and bilateral agreements with the National Museum of Mongolia and the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia.
The institute is structured into specialist departments and laboratories such as the Department of Ancient History, Department of Medieval History, Department of Contemporary History, Department of Ethnology, and laboratories for Oral History, Archaeology, and Cultural Anthropology, aligning governance with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences statutes and national research councils. Administrative oversight links to ministries and cultural agencies including the Ministry of Culture (Mongolia), the National Museum of Mongolia, and cooperative frameworks with academic bodies like Mongolian State University of Education, National University of Mongolia, and international partners such as University of Tokyo, Harvard University, and University of Cambridge. The institute maintains research fellow ranks similar to those in the Soviet Academy system with positions analogous to Corresponding Member and Academician classifications.
Research programs span paleoethnography of the Scythians, archaeological field projects on Xiongnu kurgans, numismatic studies on the Mongol Empire, textual analysis of sources like the Secret History of the Mongols, and ethnographic investigations of nomadic pastoralism among groups such as the Khalkha Mongols, Daur people, and Tsaatan (reindeer herders). The institute organizes conferences and seminars that attract scholars working on the Yuan dynasty, Timurid Empire, Manchu people, Qing dynasty, and comparative Eurasian steppe studies, and runs graduate supervision in cooperation with the National University of Mongolia and exchange schemes with the Academy of Social Sciences of China and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The institute publishes monographs, edited volumes, and periodicals including flagship journals that disseminate peer-reviewed articles on archaeology, history, linguistics, and ethnography; titles often cite comparative work with publications from the Journal of Asian Studies, Central Asiatic Journal, Acta Orientalia, and conference proceedings associated with the International Association for Mongol Studies. Publication series have included catalogues of material culture, critical editions of manuscripts related to the Secret History of the Mongols and diplomatic documents from the Treaty of Nerchinsk era, and collaboration volumes with the British Museum, Hermitage Museum, and National Library of Mongolia.
Collections maintained by the institute comprise archaeological artefacts from excavations in Khentii Province, ossuaries and kurgan assemblages linked to the Scythian culture, ethnographic materials such as traditional garments of the Buryat people and musical instruments like the morin khuur, and documentary archives that include imperial correspondence, census records from the Qing dynasty period, and oral history recordings of veteran participants in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. The archives interface with the National Archives of Mongolia and repositories at institutions such as the Institute of Archaeology (Mongolia) and coordinate conservation with museums including the State Central Museum of Mongolia.
The institute maintains collaborative agreements and project partnerships with regional and global institutions such as the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Cologne, Seoul National University, Kyoto University, and international organizations like UNESCO, contributing to heritage preservation programs for sites on tentative lists and World Heritage nominations related to Mongolian cultural landscapes and archaeological sites. Joint fieldwork and exhibition projects have been staged with institutions including the Hermitage Museum, British Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and national museums of Russia and China.
Notable figures associated with the institute include senior scholars who contributed to Mongolian studies, such as directors and researchers who have published on topics related to the Secret History of the Mongols, Chinggis Khan, Sanjuu Nasan, Dulamyn Sukhbaatar, and comparative steppe history; many have held roles in national and international scholarly bodies including the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, the International Association for Mongol Studies, and editorial boards of journals like the Central Asiatic Journal and the Journal of Asian History.
Category:Research institutes in Mongolia Category:Mongolian Academy of Sciences