(2005- 12.2012)
Transliteration and Transfiguration of Cultural Traditions: Archaeology, Medical Knowledge, Art, and Science
Other involved scholars: Wilhelm Boland (MPI for Chemical Ecology); Jens Braarvig (University Oslo); Rüdiger Kniep (MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids); Gerhard Wolf (KHI - Max Planck Institute) ; Rüdiger Wolfrum (MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
Cooperation Partners: Mongolian Academy od Sciences ; National University of Mongolia
There is an ongoing scientific cooperation of Max
Planck Institutes with the Mongolian Academy of the Sciences and the
National University of Mongolia.
The central theme is the transliteration and transfiguration of
cultural traditions and their significance in the historic development
of the globalization of knowledge, with a special focus on Mongolian
cultural heritage and traditions. It will be systematically analyzed by
means of examples provided by Mongolian and Western scholars.
- expeditions to Mongolia
- conferences and workshops
- cooperation with Mongolian research group
- Competence Center for Digitization of Mongolian Cultural Heritage
