About the Archive

Inner Asia, a broad region consisting of Mongolia and parts of China, Russia and Central Asia, including Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Buryatia, Tuva and eastern Kazakhstan, is a region of the world that has often presented challenges to researchers due to its relative isolation and inaccessibility. Even today, with Mongolia’s relatively open environment, geographic constraints and the rarity of resources makes accessing primary sources difficult for both local and international researchers. The American Center for Mongolian Studies initiated the Inner Asia Digital Archive with the aim of providing scholars access to unique research materials and primary sources of information in cooperation with other local libraries. The archive is open in every way from the software that supports it to the materials contained in it. It offers a step in the direction towards providing broad access to rare and valuable resources to the general public both in Inner Asia and internationally. Funding support to establish the archive came from the US Department of Education TICFIA program, Digital Library for International Research, Flieshman Fellowship Program, and contributors to the ACMS Library Development Fund.

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Selected Mongolian Laws and Regulations 1917-1940

This is a collection of laws and regulations written during the early years of the independent Mongolian state and People's Republic of Mongolia (PRM) spanning 1917-1940. The collection was originally purchased for the Library of Congress by the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) to include in the Library of Congress' Asian Reading Room Chinese/Mongolian collection. Before shipping the materials to the Library of Congress, the ACMS scanned a selection of items from the collection as…view more

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Deathplace and Ethno-Islamic Identity among the Uyghurs of Chinese Turkestan

Description: Edited video of a lecture given as part of the "Muslim Minorities in Inner Asia Lecture Series."The lecture series was made possible with a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Publisher: American Center for Mongolian Studies

Contributor: American Center for Mongolian Studies
Center for East Asian Studies - UW-Madison
Council of…

Collection: Muslim Minorities in Inner Asia Lecture Series

Tags: Islam, Uyghurs

China, Uyghurs, and Education: Contemporary Opportunities and Challenges

Description: Edited video of a lecture given as part of the "Muslim Minorities in Inner Asia Lecture Series." The lecture series was made possible with a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Publisher: American Center for Mongolian Studies

Contributor: American Center for Mongolian Studies
Center for East Asian Studies
Council of American Overseas…