Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Asia Studies Centre organizes a blended / hybrid speaker series Autumn 2021 'Asian Literatures: Tradition and Innovation' (Mongolia, Vietnam, Korea) Section: MONGOLIA We would like to invite you to attend lectures dealing with the Mongolian literature onsite: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Brno online: via ZOOM (All times are Standard Central European Time, UTC+1 / GMT + 01:00) contact person: Ondfej Srba ondrejsrba(5)phil.muni.cz Session one: 11 November 2021 14:00 - 17:00 (+15 min. discussion) Rachel MIKOS (Charles University, Prague): "Mongolian Riddles from an Ethnolinguistic Perspective" 14:00 - 14:45, D41 (Arna Nováka 1, budova D) Veronika KAPISOVSKA (Charles University, Prague): "The Lifestory of the Moon Cuckoo: from the Novel to Musical Drama" 15:00 - 15:45, D41 (Arna Nováka 1, budova D) Ondřej SRBA (Masaryk University): "A History for the Common Readers: Concepts of History and Future in the Pre-Modern Popular Mongolian Literature" 16:15- 17:00, J21 (Jaselská 201/18-vstup přes Gorkého 57/7) Each lecture will be followed by a short discussion which can continue at the end of the session. ZOOM link for all three lectures: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82513477423?pwd=VytSbVE0T kR2c3JWUVRJZWdGMk5vQT09 or https ://is. muni. cz/go/7wm8bh Meeting ID 825 1347 7423 Passcode 460590 (Note: The onsite lecturers and attendants will move to another room and building between the second and the third lecture, please be patient if the Zoom meeting stops for this moment.) This session is planned to take place onsite with hybrid online transmission via ZOOM including a possibility of participation in the final discussion (after each of the speeches and/or at the end of the session) also for the online participants. Session two: Prof. Byambasůren KHISHIGSŮKH (National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar): "Historical fiction in Mongolia before and after 1990" 30 November 2021,12:00 -13:40, onsite projection and interpreting in J22 (Jaselská 201/18), if allowed by the pandemic regulations ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81722720922?pwd=cStYUCs3OWlsV3TGYXTaSzVHVy90UT09 or https://is.muni.cz/go/u7ujdi Meeting ID 817 2272 0922 Passcode 343905 Lectures of Prof. Khishigsukh will be held in Mongolian and interpreted into Czech. Prof. Khishigsukh will speak online from Mongolia. According to current pandemic situation in the Czech Republic and regulations at the Masaryk University, local students will be able also to follow the lecture onsite, where also the interpreting will take place, or online, according to their own choice. Session three: Ondřej SRBA (Masaryk University): "Mongolian Ritual Texts: A Reinvented Genre of the Classical Mongolian Literature" 7 December 2021,12:00 - 13:00, onsite in J22 (Jaselská 201/18), if allowed by the pandemic regulations ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/i/83310051202?pwd=bi9iN3BzdzZMb3IvZEHc2xxWmxtQT09 or https://is.muni.cz/go/i3xulz Meeting ID 833 1005 1202 Passcode 974751 Session four: Prof. Byambasüren KHISHIGSÜKH (National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar): "The latest tendencies in the Mongolian literature" 14 December 2021, 08:00 - 09:40, room for onsite projection and interpreting (if allowed by the pandemic regulations) will be specified ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82148259251?pwd=MHFsS2xjbXIvdlT2MkoyYVNvcEThOT09 or https ://is.muni.cz/go/mi0k43 Meeting ID 821 4825 9251 Passcode 786120 Lectures of Prof. Khishigsükh will be held in Mongolian and interpreted into Czech. Prof. Khishigsükh will speak online from Mongolia. According to current pandemic situation in the Czech Republic and regulations at the Masaryk University, local students will be able also to follow the lecture onsite, where also the interpreting will take place, or online, according to their own choice. The course "Asian Literatures: Tradition and Innovation " was kindly supported by the Masaryk University within the internationalization supporting project (IRP MU).