There has recently been a proliferation of studies on the subject of Mongol law, both historical and modern, in various fields and interdisciplinary areas of scholarship. Progress in the historical study of Mongol law has been greatly boosted by the increasing possibility of making wider use of Mongolian archival documents, some of which have been published in printed form. Moreover, certain emerging socio-political factors such as land privatization and mining development in Mongolia have also stimulated academic interests in the Mongol law and Mongolian society.
The purpose of this international conference is to bring together scholars from different/ cross-disciplinary fields in order to present and discuss their most recent empirical and doctrinal researches on Mongol law, and thus provide the participants with an opportunity to share different perspectives and methodologies on the subject. It is suggested that the new questions and approaches regarding the main topic should focus on themes including (but not limited to):
-the traditional principles of political and social formations;
-administrative and judicial systems in the pre-modern (i.e., pre-socialism) era;
-class, rank, and social status in pre-modern Mongolia; the ‘status’ notion in modern Mongolia;
-land tenure in both pre- and modern Mongolian nomadic and agricultural societies;
-the nature of ownership, equity (or inequity), duty and ‘rights’ in pre-modern time;
-traditional family law, especially marriage law;
-the modernization of Mongol law, including Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Russia;
-faith and law in general; justice in monasteries; the law and lamaism;
-dispute resolution in both pre- and modern periods, etc.
The official language of the conference will be English, but presentations in Japanese and Mongolian are also welcome. An approximately 200-word English abstract of a proposed paper must be submitted by 1 September 2014 and the result of proposals will be notified by 1 October 2014. Participants will be asked to send a draft by 12 February 2015, with a 500-word English summary if the author’s paper is in Japanese or in Mongolian. Selected papers, consisting of no more than 7,000-word per paper, will be discussed with a view to their inclusion in a special edition of a relevant journal.
All documents (and questions) should be sent electronically to Erdenchuluu Khohchahar (The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University) at: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.
Please not that all travel expenses will be the responsibility of the participants, except for the invited speakers; there will be no special assistance in applying for a visa to travel to Japan, but the organizer will issue a letter of invitation, which is considered to be useful for the participant’s visa application.
