The “Values of Nomads” symposium has successfully taken place at the ‘Nomadic’ Research and Education center of the Knowledge Hub and Library, IISNC under the auspices of UNESCO, throughout the framework of the “Creative Cultural Month” campaign. The symposium is a part of our ongoing project “Baseline Study of Cultural Values of Mongolia and Inner Asian Nomads”, which is being implemented between 2022 and 2024, in cooperation with the Mongolian Foundation for Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Education. The research is led by People’s Teacher of Mongolia, State Honored Scientist, Doctor of Science in Linguistics, Professor Dulam Sendenjav.
Having given a speech at the opening ceremony, Munkhtuul Chuluunbaatar /PhD/, Director of the Institute and Mr Davaatseren Byambasuren, Head of the Department for Cultural Heritage noted that the Institute’s operation and the scope of research keeps extending in recent years. The Keynote speech was taken by Professor Bum-Ochir Dulam /PhD/, Chairman of the Academic Council, IISNC and Cultural and Religious Policy Advisor to the President of Mongolia. While, two-panel sessions of the symposium were chaired by the research project leader, Professor Dulam Sendenjav /ScD/ and the Academic Council member, Professor Tynchtykbek Chorotegin Tchoroev /PhD/ of the Kyrgyz National University. Some 10 researchers and scholars from different 5 countries, including autonomous republics, presented their research outcomes and discussed on the theories, concepts and traditional knowledge about the values of Mongols, the values among Mongols and states and countries with traditions of nomadic culture.
His Excellency, Mr Koishibayev Gabit Beibituly, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Mongolia, Mr Ali Said Serdengecti, Deputy Head of the Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye to Mongolia, other guests and researchers attended the symposium. Having shared his comments during the Keynote speech and the Panel 2 discussion, Ambassador Koishibayev Gabit Beibituly emphasised that the Kazakh ‘stan’, which means the land of Kazakh, is a multi-ethnic state that its population consists of various ethnicities.
