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Practical information for the participants (PDF)Program:Sunday, June 29thPanel 1: Modes of Migrations Chair: Michal BiranDiscussant: David MorganMay, Timothy, University of North Georgia - The Mongols and Afghanistan: Military Migrants in the Mongol EmpireKradin, Nikolay, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok - Movement of Peoples, Empires, Technologies in  the Mongol Empire:  A View from the  Far East Kamola, Stefan, Princeton University - The Probable Course of an Improbable Life: Migration, Rebellion, and Rashīd al-DīnRobinson, David, Colgate University - Migration and MemoryPanel 2: Religious ExchangeChair: Johan ElverskogDiscussant: Peter Jackson Brack, Jonathan, University of Michigan - Sufi Ritual and the Mongols: the Sama’ in Ilkhanid IranWonhee Cho, Yale University - The Mongol rule of Taoists and Buddhist in Southern China: A Comparative ReviewManson, Charles, EPHE Paris - Warrior Emperor and Ecclesiastic Thaumaturge: relations between Mongke Qan and Karma PakshiPanel 3: Rulers and Ruled in Transition: the United Empire and ChinaChair: Kim HodongDiscussant: Liu XiaoSarkozy, Miklos, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London - The Dīwān-i Qā’imiyyāt – Aspects of Mongol-Nizārī Contacts in the Light of a Newly Discovered  Literary SourceLiu Yingsheng, Nanjing University - A Discussion Before the Mongolian Campaign to the Volga Area and East Europe 1235 Humble, Geoffrey, University of Leeds and The Hebrew University - Centre, Periphery, Politics and Authority: Seeking Non-Chinggisid Court Networks in the Early EmpireAtwood, Christopher P., Indiana University - Qubilai Qa’an’s Three Confucian CrisesPanel 4: Poster Session:  Mobility and Transformations (During evening reception)Arom, O. Na'ama, Hebrew University - "Our Word" – Foreign Advisers and the Western Diplomacy of the Early IlkhansGergő Vér, Márton, University of Szeged, Hungary - The provision orders of the postal system of the Chinggisid Empire Haiwei Liu, University of Southern California - Seeking Legitimation across Cultures: The Case of Prince Ananda and the Challenge of Mongol Rule over Muslim SubjectsHodous, Florence, Hebrew University - Cross-cultural influences on law in the Ilkhanate and the Yuan dynastyHosung Shim, Indiana University Bloomington - Transmission and Misconception: A Crooked Sense of Direction in Geographical Writings as an Evidence of Mongols’ Agency in Cultural Exchange during the Mongol EmpireHua, Kaiqi, Hebrew University - The Travels of a Royal Monk: Depictions of Zhao Xian (1271-1323) in Court Histories and Private Literary AccountsSinclair, Tom, Cyprus University - "Movement on the Ayas-Tabriz Road from the mid-1250s to 1337 A.D.: Products, Coin and Metal, and the Growth of Cities"Shurany, Vered, Hebrew University - "Islam and Buddhism in Mongol-ruled Hexi"Wright, Eloise,  University of California, Berkeley -  Elite Reorientations under Mongol Rule in Dali, YunnanMonday, June 30:Panel 5: Law, Gender and InstitutionsChair: David MorganDiscussant: Kim HodongPochekaev, Roman, Scientific and Research University “Higher School of Economics” (St. Petersburg Branch) - Törü: Ancient Turkic law ‘privatized’ by Chinggis Khan and his descendantsVásáry, István, Loránd Eötvös University (ELTE), Budapest - A Multi-Cultural Institution of Mongol Eurasia:the Chancellery of the Golden Horde and Ilkhanid IranBayarsaikhan, Dashdondog, National University of Mongolia - Political and Inter-Cultural Dialogues via Nomadic Women in Mongol EurasiaHaw, Stephen G., Independent scholar - "The Semu ren in the Yuan Empire – Who Were They?"Panel 6: Artistic Medias on the MoveChair: Morris Rossabi Discussant: Sheila BlairKadoi, Yuka, University of Edinburgh, UK - Draping a Body, Magnifying a Space: Textiles as Political Legitimacy and Cultural Identity in Mongol West AsiaShea, Eiran, University of Pennsylvania - Khitan and Uighur Sources of Yuan Court DressBloom, Jonathan, Boston College and Virginia Commonwealth University - The Role of Paper in the Arts of the MongolsPrazniak, Roxann, University of Oregon Princess Sengge - Ragi’s Historic Gathering: Thoughts on Art and the Mongol KhanatesPanel 7: The Mongol State in Central Asia in Comparative PerspectiveChair: Liu YingshengDiscussant: Michal BiranJackson, Peter, British Academy - The Islamization of the Chaghadaids in Comparative PerspectiveBlair, Sheila, Boston College/ Virginia Commonwealth University -The Mongol Muslim Mausoleum- in Iran, Central Asia and ChinaQiu Yihao, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Western Branch of Chaghtai - Ulus Relating to Eastern Frontier of Ilkhanate: a Comparative Study of an Inner-Mongol ConflictManz, Beatrice F., Tufts University, Milton, MA - The Memory of the Mongols in Central Asia and the Islamic World 1300-1800Panel 8: Economic ExchangesChair: Roman PochekaevDiscussant: Timothy MayYokkaichi, Yasuhiro, Waseda University/Keio University, Japan - Fars and Two Iraqs under Mongol Rule: Kish Merchants’ Trade Network in the Indian OceanReichert, Susanne, Universität Bonn - Karakorum as a Manufacturing City – Cultural Ties Evidenced by the Archaeological Record Pachkalov, Alexander, Financial University, Moscow - Numismatics as a Source for History of Golden Horde CitiesLanger, Lawrence, University of Connecticut - Rus’ and the Economic World of the Mongol EmpireTuesday, July 1stPanel 9: Science, Wisdom and Knowledge TransferChair: Chris AtwoodDiscussant: Reuven AmitaiLane, George, SOAS, University of London - The Chinggisids and their Intellectual Jousting TournamentsIsahaya, Yoichi, University of Tokyo/ Japan Society for the Promotion of Science-  Cross-Cultural Dialogue between a Chinese Sage and Muslim Polymath: Chinese calendar in the Īlkhānīd Zīj as the embodiment of the astronomical dialogueYang, Qiao, Hebrew University - Like Stars in the Sky: Dynamic networks of astronomers in Mongol EurasiaPanel 10: The Mongols and Maritime AsiaChair: Valerie HansenDiscussant: Morris RossabiLevin, Cecilia, Harvard University - The Great Wave: The Influence of the Mongol Empire on Javanese ArtSegal, Ethan, Michigan State University - Yuan Dynasty Policies and Their Impact on Early Medieval JapanFiaschetti, Francesca, Hebrew University - Mobility, Tributes and the Foundations of Qubilai’s Diplomacy- The Annam ExampleGeneral DiscussionPlus d'infos :  http://mongol.huji.ac.il/