The purpose of this workshop is to bring together scholars who specialize in the study of the Buryats, encompassing their history, culture, religion, and society. Additionally, the workshop will address issues related to indigeneity in Siberia, both in the past and the present. Panel participants will discuss problems of interpretation, methodology, and sources. The workshop also aims to facilitate the exploration of new research and interventions in the field of Buryat scholarship.
All in person attendees must RSVP for this event. All Zoom attendees must pre-register: Day One Zoom Registration, Day Two Zoom Registration.
Schedule:
Friday, October 6, 2023
9-9:15 introductory remarks: Tatiana Linkhoeva, New York University
9:15 - 10:45
Stephanie Ziehaus, University of Vienna, “The case of Transbaikalia: Buryat land ownership and conflicts in Russian empire-building” (in person)
Griffin Creech, University of Pennsylvania, “The Buryat-Cossacks and the Buryat National Movement, 1917-1919” (online)
Sayana Namsaraeva, Cambridge University, "Recognizing the presence of the Soviet Asian soldiers in the Korean War: The Buryat side of the story” (online)
Comment: Caroline Humphrey, Cambridge University (online)
10:45-11:15 coffee break
11:15-13:00
Ivan Sablin, University of Heidelberg, “Buryat Deputies and the Imperial Transformations: Bato-Dalai Ochirov, Mikhail Bogdanov, Baiarto Vampilon, and Dashi Sampilon” (online)
Ilya Vinkovetsky, Simon Fraser University, “The China-Russia Trade through Kiakhta and Its Impact on Buriatia and Mongolia” (online)
Zhargal Badagarov, University of Heidelberg, “Дорно заха хизаарай ажа түрэл”/"Жизнь на Восточной окраине” (Чита, 1895-97)” (online)
Nikolai Tsyrempilov, Nazarbayev University, “Catherine II as embodiment of White Tara: did the Buryats really deify the Romanovs?” (online)
Comment: Robert Montgomery, Baldwin Wallace University (online)
13:00-14:30 lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Kristina Jonutyte, Vilnius University, “Being Buryat at a Time of War: Rupture and Belonging among Post-Mobilisation Diaspora in Mongolia” (in person)
Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Georgetown University, “Galvanizing Nostalgia? Does Buryat Religious and Spiritual Revival Matter in the Context of War?” (in person)
Chechesh Kudachinova, University of Mannheim, “The Burden of Being Indigenous” in Modern Siberia (in person)
Comment: Justine Quijada, Wesleyan University (in person)
16:00 - 17:00 coffee break / wrapping up Day 1
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
9:00 - 11:00
Esuna Dugarova, Columbia University, “New perspectives on Buryat-Mongolian identity through a gender lens” (online)
Melissa Chakars, Saint Joseph’s University, “The Cooperation of Lamas and Lay Leaders in Introducing, Expanding, and Protecting Buddhism among the Buryats, Kalmyks, and Tuvans” (in person)
Kathryn Graber, Indiana University, “Everything Old is New Again: Reclaiming Ethnonational Tradition in Early 21st-Century Buryatia" (in person)
Tatiana Chudakova, Tufts University, “Viral Drugs and Anti-Viral Politics: Buryat Medicine and Just-in-Time Pharmaceutical Efficacies in Russia” (in person)
Comment: Stefan Krist, University of Vienna (online)
11:30 lunch / wrapping up Day 2
