Dr. Erdenetuya Urtnast

Erdenetuya Urtnast graduated from the National University of Mongolia with a BA in text linguistics (textology) and Manchu studies, and obtained an MA in ethnology. She received her PhD in history from the Mongolian State University of Education in 2007.

Since 1998, she has worked as a lecturer and, since 2014, also as an associate professor at the Department of History at the Mongolian State University of Education in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She taught several courses including Mongolian ethnology, an introductory course of social and cultural anthropology, auxiliary sciences of history, Manchu written language, and Classical Mongolian script.

Her research interests include, among others, history, culture, and economy of the Mongols and Mongolian ethnic groups; translation, transliteration, and interpretation of Manchu and classical Mongolian handwritten texts; environmental anthropology with focuses on “traditional” approaches to nature and environmental conservation of the Mongols; traditional environmental knowledge among the Mongols; urban ecology of Mongolia.

RCC Project:

Some Issues on Environmental Ethics Among the Mongols (PDF, 60 KB)

Selected Publications:

• Mongol Manj toli bichig [Mongolian–Manchu Dictionary]. Ulaanbaatar: Choijil Print, 1995.
• Mongolchuudyn baigali khamgaalakh ulamjlalt arga ukhaan [Approaches Towards Nature and Environmental Conservation of the Mongols]. Ulaanbaatar: Khökh Sudar Printing, 2014.
• “Are Mongolian ‘Nomads’ Genuine Environmental Conservationists?” Acta Historica Mongolici VIII, fasc. 12 UB (2007): 99–105.
• “Some issues on urbanization, rural-urban migration and ecosystem degradation in Mongolia.” Acta Historica Mongolici 9, fasc. 11 UB (2008): 89–97.
• “Züün Mongolchuudyn baigal khamgaallyn asuudluud [Nature and Environmental Conservation among the Residents of Eastern Mongolia].” Acta Historica Mongolici 11, fasc. 8 UB (2010): 61–75.
• “Üzemchingüüd kherkhen Ar Mongold irj suurishsan be? [How and why did some of the Uzemchins move to Outer Mongolia?].” In Ethnic Studies, 98–119. Ulaanbaatar, 2016.