Project team at the WOCMES 2014

Members of the project took part in the recent World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), which was held in Ankara in the Middle Eastern Technical University (ODTÜ) at August 18-22, 2014. The panel titled “Migration and Cultural and Religious Exchange between West and East Asia: the Mongol Empire” [abstract] was organized by Dr. Florence Hodous together with Soyoung Choi and Ishayahu Landa. The following papers were presented:

• Ishayahu Landa: "Tribal Identity and Tribal Migration in Mongol Eurasia: the Oyirad Case"

• Soyoung Choi: "The Ilkhans and Buddhism"

• Florence Hodous: "Faith and the Law: Cultural Exchange and Religious Influence on the Law Under the Mongol Empire"