Pax Mongolica

The special exhibition Pax Mongolica, curated by L. Jankowski and J. Mairat, ended on the 12th of June 2016. The flyer is now available online in PDF.

A workshop, Coins, Languages and Cultures from the Steppes, was organised on the 3rd of June.

Three talks were given:

Prof. Jugder Luvsandorj, Professor of Mongolian studies, Charles University, ‘The Secret History of the Mongols: Translation and Betrayal’. A summary of this lecture is available here.
Fresco Sam-Sin, lecturer of Manchu and Manchu studies at Leiden University, ‘More than Money – The Culture behind Manchu Coins’
Dr Lyce Jankowski, Research fellow, University of Oxford, ‘Mongol Empire: issuing Coins and forging a written Language’