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PhD-ing. Interest: historical IR, religion, ontosec & memory in Asia Read: mongolian, russian, turkish & farsi og lærer norsk
Wooden composite frame saddle (top left), illustration of the saddle from three angles (top right) and illustration of the saddle on a horse, annotated with features (bottom).
This #NationalInventorsDay we want to see your favourite inventions from the past!
We'll start, with the 'true frame' saddle: the sturdy frame made mounted combat easier, making this invention instrumental to the rise of Mongolian steppe cultures.
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🏺 #Archaeology
New open-access book: 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki. Download it as PDF or Epub on our Environment & Society Portal. #EnvHum
10.02.2026 11:51 — 👍 15 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0
This image displays three individuals with a text overlay and includes a logo. The text reads: "Mongolian Writers Targeted by the Chinese Government. Read our blog post on the one-year anniversary of one writer's disappearance." The logo for PEN America is at the bottom.
“It has been one year since anyone saw Hada, a Mongolian writer, bookseller, and activist who was disappeared from his hospital bed on February 6, 2025,” writes Erika Nguyen. He is one of many writers who have suffered under the constant repression by the Chinese state. More: pen.org/mongolian-wr...
06.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1I am not well versed enough to gauge the Liberal Democratic Party's factional balance and the impact on Japan's foreign policy, but...
I am glad that someone like Sanae Takaichi, who pays attention to the literal erasure of Inner Mongolians, has gained resounding support from Japanese electorate.
"Mongolske gjetere samarbeider i gjetergrupper, kjent som khot ail, som har røtter fra 1100-tallet. Samarbeidsformen har fått ny relevans i møte med klimaendringer og urbanisering."
www.niku.no/2026/02/mong...
"Chinese government is targeting Mongolian language & culture in certain online spaces, systematically dismantling important digital communities where Mongolian identity exists, acc to PEN America & Southern Mongolian Human Rights Info Center."
#SaveMongolianLanguage
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Newly announced Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces includes many indigenous names.
This is a result of diligent work by the minorities themselves & criticism of the racist imperialists in "sheeps skin".
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🙏😊
slightly tangential, but a bit more context - there is a pop-culture reason why it goes viral & feels relatable.
Star Wars' Padme Amidala's costume was inspired by Mongol woman's clothes - hence we see comments like "they look like galactic imperial royals" etc. Muscle memory kicks in :))
Apparently, internet is crowning Team Mongolia's Winter Olympic uniform for Milano-Cortina as the BEST, again. (1&2)
Again - coz we "won" that category in 2024 Paris. (3&4)
It is almost turning into a tradition & perhaps somebody at our Olympic committee saw this low-hanging fruit opportunity.
It is entertaining. But it is rather shallow and predictable for those who've been to the countries. At the same it is "propaganda". One side is orientalized, objectified, irrational, the other is of course full of good heroes.
24.01.2026 13:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0"At the same time, China continues to publicly display a “sanitized” or touristic version of Mongolian culture through foreign influencers and international media in order to be able to claim to international audiences that it is supportive of Mongolians’ cultural rights."
#InnerMongolia
"It was formerly possible to pursue studies from kindergarten through to university entirely in Mongolian—an academic pathway traversed by this essay’s second author. That era is over."
#InnerMongolia
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Galleria Borghese in Rome is hosting two works of Zanabazar - the Green Tara and his selfportrait as part of the "From Mongolia to the Global Baroque" exhibit thru Feb 22, 2026.
Items loaned from the Chinggis Khan museum.
#mongolsky
Even more impressive is the list of contributors, from local government admin units, monasteries, monks, horse trainers, elderly associations, ordinary schoolchildren, police...
Proves how the cultural memory is alive, permeates across geneations, urban rural & etc.
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I always say Mongolian Gen-Z is better than its previous gens.
A genre bending 8 min long clip by a rap artist ThunderZ gathers 1 mln views in just 2 days from a population of 3.5 mln.
Inspired by Lodongiin Tudev's novel "A Monastery without a Spire" it is a somber reminder to our collective pain.
A new article by me on @medievalists.bsky.social on the clothing and hair of (mostly upper class) medieval Mongolian women of the empire-era has now been posted. A link to it will be in the comments below.
12.01.2026 07:28 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 4
Just published today: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Mongol expansion; smallpox; aDNA. Lots to work w/ here. Notice to historians: This is the intersection of documentary & genetic histories that has been forecast. What are we going to do w/ it? More comments later. #histmed #EarlyModern #TengriSky
07.01.2026 18:53 — 👍 30 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1
New report by CSIS on the question of Dalai Lama, has a juicy detail of how China-friendly ex-Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai's government (2021-2025) raided & pressured 10th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu's family.
It's a fact nobody in Mongolia dares to admit.
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"Supplying cannon fodder for the war is now considered the main indicator of effectiveness for Russian governors, so the fact that Buryat authorities have not reduced military payments clearly shows where their political priorities lie"
#Buryat-Mongol
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/05/r...
"Language is not just a medium of communication—it is the vessel of memory, poetry, and worldview. By erasing Mongolian from classrooms, the CCP ensures that future generations will think, dream, and argue in Mandarin, not Mongolian."
#InnerMongolia
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The 1911 Dec 29 must be seen as the formal end of the Manchu DaiQing Empire.
From this greeting by Prime Minister of Mongolia Zandanshatar Gombojav we also see how Norwegian traveller Oscar Mamen's archives documenting the period, have quickly become part of modern Mongolian nation building project.
Happy Independence day Mongolia!
On this day in 1911, Mongolia enthroned the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as the Bogd Khan thus parting ways with the Manchu DaiQing Gurun.
Photos from Oscar Mamen collection of that day in Urgoo, Mongols waiting for, dismouting & bowing to the Bogd Khan's procession.
Horrified to see Mikhail Boyarsky on Norwegian Public Broadcaster in Xmas eve.
In Russian art scene today you'd have search really hard to find a more pro-Putin and pro-war person.
Nobody really likes him anyways in his native St.Petersburg due to his moronic behavior towards anyone he meets.
Little bittersweet.
Hayseed Scholar by Brent Steele has been my favorite podcast of the last few years, but unfortunately it is coming to an end.
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If any1 is in London on Jan 16, 2026, the Mongolian Buddha Center is hosting Geshe Lharampa Javzandorj Dulamragchaa, Supreme Abbot and Head of Gandantegchenling Monastery at the Kensington Hall for a talk on Mongolian Buddhism.
#MongolSky
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This probably counts as shameless self-advertisement, but here is an interview about my ERC project.
17.12.2025 08:24 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: Mongolia produces some of the world’s finest cashmere — and is being undone by it. As brands market “sustainable” fiber, herders face debt, dying pastures and a collapsing steppe, write Aïda Delpuech, Sara Manisera and Daniela Sala for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Buryat activist Viktoriya Maladaeva on hypocricy & racism of Russia's so-called opposition led by Yulia Navalnaya.
Alexei was a racist imperialist. Yulia also, condescendingly laughs at & dismisses decolonial activists while sweet talking everything "European".
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/09/r...
