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Dr. Elizabeth Turk is a social anthropologist affiliated with the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU) at the University of Cambridge and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University. Her research bridges medical anthropology, political anthropology, and environmental humanities, focusing on healing practices, political economy of health, and social exclusion in Inner Asia and the UK. She has held prestigious fellowships, including a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award and a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Cambridge.
- Education: PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge (2018).
Her monograph Therapeutic Nature examines how modernist cosmologies shape healing traditions in Mongolia, linking bodily practices, national identity, and environmentalism. She has contributed to interdisciplinary projects on climate histories, therapeutic arts, and cross-border cultural heritage, including the exhibition On the Move: Rethinking Nomadic Pastoralism at the National Museum of Qatar.
Scientific Awards
- Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College (2022-2025).
- Wellcome Trust Career Development Award for a 5.5-year comparative study on therapeutic resource-ification in Sikkim, Mongolia, and Devon (UK).
- IIE Fulbright, Henry Luce Foundation, American Center for Mongolian Studies, and UKRI grants.
Grants and Projects
- Leading a Wellcome-funded project on therapeutic commons and social exclusion.
- Research Associate (2020-2025) on the Mongolian Cosmopolitical Heritage project, funded by UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
- Contributed to grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and American Center for Mongolian Studies.
Teaching
- Designed and instructed graduate/undergraduate courses on anthropological theory and methods at the University of Cambridge and Columbia University.
- Curated public engagement initiatives, including exhibitions on nomadic pastoralism and therapeutic arts.
