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The Commission on Nomadic Peoples is part of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and is a leading academic organization working with mobile peoples, including Indigenous, traditional, nomadic, and tribal peoples.

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A Toyota and Camel: Two popular modes of transport for Bedouin in the Feynan region of Jordan. September 2022. Photo by Ariell Ahearn.

 

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Awassi sheep. Photo by Sacha Mouzin.

 

Donkey carrying newborn goat kids during the spring migration with Shah Goli and Ali Ghoabad’s family in 2023. Photo by Sacha Mouzin

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Best Student Essay Prize 2025

We are very happy to announce that this year’s Best Student Essay Prize goes to Munkh-Erdene Gantulga (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford) for his paper Moving with the Internet: Nationalist Expression in the Digital Environment of Rural Mongolia.  It will be published in a forthcoming issue of Nomadic Peoples.  The honorary mention goes to Bhakti Lostaunau (University of Sussex) for their essay…
26.02.26

Nomadic Peoples Photo Contest 2026

Photo above by Joana Roque de PinhoThe Commission is happy to invite submissions for the 2026 Photo Contest on the broad topic of nomadic peoples, as defined in Nomadic Peoples. This is a new, annual contest. The winner receives recognition as well as the chance to have their image featured…
17.01.26

New Graduate Student Grant Opportunity! The Bonte-Brisebarre Grant

Photos above: right: Professor Anne-Marie Brisebarre, left: Professor Pierre Bonte We are thrilled to introduce a new grant for graduate students: the Bonte–Brisebarre Grant. The grant, made possible through generous fundraising efforts of colleagues in France, is named in memory of Professor Anne-Marie Brisebarre (who passed away in June 2025)…
15.01.26
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Nomadic Peoples Journal

Nomadic Peoples is an international open-access journal published by the White Horse Press for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples.

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Khangai mountains and steppe of Northern Bayanhongor province, Mongolia. July 2023. Photo by Ariell Ahearn.

Herder ger (traditional mobile dwelling) after a rainstorm in Bayanhongor province, Mongolia. July 2023. Photo by Ariell Ahearn

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