Inner Asian Law and Society: Religion and Justice

12:00-13:00          Lunch (Seminar Room F, Manor Road Building)

13:15 ‒ 13:30       Welcome Remarks

13:30 ‒ 14:20       Eric Schluessel (Harvard University, USA)                 

Life Under Li: Law and Morality in Late-Qing Xinjiang

Discussant: Stephanie Mitchell (European Commission, Brussels)

14:20 ‒ 15:10      Erdenchuluu Khohchahar (Kyoto University, Japan)

Protecting the Holy Mountain: Conflicts between Mongols and Mining Companies in the North-Eastern Tibetan Plateau

Discussant: Petra Mahy (CSLS, University of Oxford)

15:10 ‒ 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 ‒ 16:30       Judith Beyer (University of Konstanz, Germany)

Debating Faith and Justice in Kyrgyzstan: The Negotiation of Authority among Elders and Imams

Discussant: Agnieszka Kubal (CSLS, University of Oxford)

16:30 ‒ 17:20 Agnieszka Halemba (University of Warsaw, Poland)

Nature Cult, State Legal Regimes and Nature Protection Initiatives in the Republic of Altai

Discussant: Marina Kurkchiyan (CSLS, University of Oxford)

17:20 ‒ 18:10      Amier Saidula (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK)

State Law and the Peaceful Ismaili Tajiks of Xinjiang, China

Discussant: Sajjad Khoshroo (CSLS, University of Oxford)

18:15              Reception