Dear All, We would like to bring to your attention the recent call for papers for our conference on "Migrations in Mongol Eurasia: People, Ideas, Artifacts," which will take place at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in December 18-20, 2017, and will be the concluding event of the ERC-funded project "Mobility, Empire and Cross-Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia". Please note that abstracts and proposals are due *March 15, 2017. * We are particularly looking for papers on the following topics: - Cimate, environment and migrations in Mongol and post-Mongol Eurasia - Religious networks and migrations (e.g., Sufis, Sayyids, Shi'is, Buddhists, missionaries, Armenians) - Diasporas (religious, ethnic, trade) in Mongol Eurasia - The migration and exchange of scientific knowledge (e.g., astronomy, medicine, alchemy) - Refugees in the Mongol Empire - Commodities, trade, and migrations (porcelain, horses, cotton, etc.) - Manuscript cultures on the move: Literary Networks in Mongol Eurasia - Uyghur networks - Regional migrations (in the empires' margins e.g., Anatolia; South East Asia, Tibet, etc or inside each khanate) - The transmission of political institutions and structures across Mongol Eurasia (e.g, the court debate) - Marriages as migrations -Writing migrations, migrant writing -Migrating memories of the Mongol Empire For the CFP see http://mongol.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/CFP- migrations%20in%20mongol%20eurasia-final%20call1.pdf We do hope to see as many of you as possible in our next event. Please pass on the CfP to others who might be interested. Funding is still pending, but accommodation will be covered, and we're hoping also to be able to offer some coverage for travel expenses as well. If you have suggestions or questions, please don't hesitate to contact us, With very best wishes, Michal and Yoni. Michal Biran biranm@huji.ac.il Yoni Brack <ybrack@umich.edu>