Rise of the Fallen: Mongol Empire, 1259
After the Siege of Diao in 1259, which resulted in Möngke Khan’s death, the once all-powerful Mongol Empire was at a standstill: no successor, no centralized authority, and no clear-cut path for the future. Two civil wars, the Toluid Civil War and Berke-Hulaga War, followed, furthering tension and thus creating four khanates: Ilkhanate (modern Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey), Yuan Dynasty (China), Chagatai Khanate (Northwestern Asia), and the Golden Horde (North/Northwest Asia).
This committee will take the delegates back to the transition period just before the four khanates are established. The empire is in crisis without authority and is in need of a plan for the future. This emergency committee is the last resort to returning the Mongol Empire back to its dominant glory. The Empire is a shell of its former self, and it is your job to bring back the glory days to the beloved Empire. Will the respective leaders agree on a unified empire, or will it once again return to chaos? Will the Mongol Empire rule the world once again, or will it be dismantled for good this time?
Ryan Brennan
Chair
Ryan (He/Him) is a second-year at the college majoring in Sociology. He was born and raised in the illustrious Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Within collegiate MUN, Ryan served as Assistant Chair for Confessions of a Shopaholic: Macy’s & Co. 1922 in CHOMUN XXVI, and a Chair/Moderator at UChicago’s high school conference, as well as a member of the travel team.
Aside from Model UN, Ryan participates in a plethora of intramural sports (not good enough to play for the school), occasionally volunteers at the Institute of Politics, and amateurly produces music. He’s really cool and super interesting and also Chair of Rise of the Fallen: Mongol Empire, 1259.
If you wish to reach out to him about sports, music, or everything in and out of between, his email is drbrennan@uchicago.edu.
kaan alp açik
Crisis Director
Kaan Alp (he/him/his) is a third year majoring in Business Economics. He was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, and moved to Chicago 2 years ago to embark on his college education in the University of Chicago. He currently resides in Chatham, New Jersey.
He has participated in 3 MUN conferences in Turkey as a delegate during his high school days. He is a proud member of the University of Chicago’s travel team and has served as an assistant chair in the committee “The Fall of The Cholas” in ChoMUN XXVI, and chaired the committee G77 in CHOMUN XXVII. He has served as an EAC on the ICJ: 1948 committee for MUNUC XXXVI. He will hold that role for this year’s EPA in MUNUC XXXVII as well.
Other than being involved in the MUNiverse, he is also a staff writer for UFPJ (UChicago Foreign Policy Journal) and the social chair of TSA (Turkish Students Association). In his free time, Kaan loves to eat food, drive cars, hang out with friends, watch comedy shows and the NBA, run track, go rock climbing, or go to the gym to work out and play basketball, table tennis, or football (the globally recognized one). He watches and mostly understands the American version of it (egghand) too.
He is also an avid supporter of Fenerbahce, the biggest sports club in Turkey. Last but not least, he is very excited to serve as your crisis director.
For absolutely no cost, reach out to Kaan at kaacik@uchicago.edu if you have any questions, concerns, or need any sports, music, or TV show recommendations.
Jake Rymer
CRISIS DIRECTOR
Jake (He/Him) is a second-year at the college majoring in the Biological Sciences and HIPS. He was born in the beautiful Boca Raton, Florida.
Within collegiate MUN, Jake served as an Assistant Chair for the BYOC: Zapatista Committee in CHOMUN XXVI, a Moderator and Chair for UChicago’s high school conference, as well being as an active member of UChicago’s travel team.
Aside from MUN, Jake participates in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities such as serving on the boards of the UChicago Hillel and Kehillah and being a Tenor Saxophone/Clarinet Player in the Phoenix Phunk Ensemble (obviously the best music group on campus). As well, Jake is a superfan of the Miami Dolphins (this is real football, not soccer). Jake cannot wait to embark on this exploration into the challenges that face the crumbling Mongol Empire as this committee’s crisis director.
If you require an audience with Jake about anything from real football (not soccer) to music or anything else that may pique your interest, his email is jaker@uchicago.edu.
Secretariat oversight:
Francisco Gutierrez, Under-secretary-general