Expertise

Research areas: Islamic Central Asia, Soviet Central Asia, Sufism, Islamization, religions and Inner Asia, and Islamic hagiography.

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Russian and East European Institute, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
current

Islamic Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
current

Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Russian and East European Institute, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Russian and East European Institute, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Director, Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Islamic Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Russian
Degrees
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, 1985
Keywords
asia, central asia, western afghanistan former soviet union russia folklore and mythology medieval history oral history social history religious studies