| ACMS Speaker Series Stocky: How Mongols Have Been
Described in the American Pop Culture
| | Speaker: Narantsogt Baatarkhuu
5:30 PM, Tuesday - January 12th, 2016, American Corner, Ulaanbaatar public library
Since the 1990's, Hollywood films and Western literature have been seeing a great consumption in, among other countries, Mongolia. And it has been quite an experience for this speaker to find the words Mongol or Genghis or Kublai or Ulaan Bator referenced in works of international art with certain connotations. This presentation lists and analyzes Mongolia-related references in films, books and songs in the U.S.--and to a certain extent--Western pop culture. Some references include: Citizen Kane and Conan the Barbarian in films; Robert Heinlein, Herman Melville, and Stephen King in books; and Eminem and Kanye West in music.
Co-Sponsored by the American Cultural and Information Center, Ulaanbaatar
| | | | About the Speaker: Narantsogt Baatarkhuu
He lives in Mongolia and writes in English. He's been published in Cracked.com and The UB Post and iToim. He writes at SoWhyMongolia, an online magazine about Mongolian culture, explained with humor.
| | For more information visit the ACMS website www.mongoliacenter.org
Thank you to the American Corner and the Natsagdorj Library for sponsoring this event.
THESE LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The American Center for Mongolian Studies is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting scholarship in Mongolian Studies.
ACMS, Ulaanbaatar Public Library - East entrance, Seoul street-7, Sukhbaatar District
Phone: (976) 7711-0486, e-mail: info@mongoliacenter.org
website: http://www.mongoliacenter.org
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