Name
POUNT, Dotno Dashdorj
Degree
Ph.D.
HP (URL)
https://hds.academia.edu/DotnoPount
Status
Assistant Professor
Research Topic
The Cult of Chinggis Khan : Immortalizations of the Lost Empire
I am writing a book on the history of the Chinggis Khan shrine and its custodians. The primary sources for this project span the usual textual corpus for the study of Mongolian history, but also include the liturgies of the Cult of Chinggis Khan, also called the “Altan Bichig,” as well as previously seldom used archival sources. I am also using methods of Digital Humanities to organize and analyze the archival sources from the Qing Empire (1634-1911 in Ordos).
Education and Academic Employment
Education
| 2023 | Ph.D. – University of Pennsylvania |
| 2015 | M.A. – SOAS, University of London |
| 2010 | B.S.E. – Princeton University |
Academic Employment
| 2025-2026 | Research Associate, Harvard Divinity School, Women’s Studies in Religion Program |
| 2023-2025 | Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, EALC |
| 2023-2025 | Adjunct Professor, University of Delaware, History |
Fields of Research Interests
History and religion of Mongolia, gender studies, textual criticism, colonialism and imperialism, social history, nationalism and ethnic identity studies
Academic Publications
- Pount, D.D. (2023) The Cult of Chinggis Khan in the Dayan Khanid Period. PhD. University of Pennsylvania.
Other Interests
Film, foreign languages, piano, accordion, hiking, running, soccer, traveling
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
American Historical Association (AHA)
Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)
Mongolia Society
American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies
Andrew B. Mellon Society of Fellows for Critical Bibliography
Awards
2023 Best of the Next Generation of American Mongolists Competition – First Prize, Mongolia Society
2022-23 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Division.
2018-20 Benjamin Franklin Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences.
2018-19 W. Allyn Rickett Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Chinese Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, EALC Department
2018, 2019 Departmental Fellowship for Summer Research, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania.
