Thomas Barfield

Thomas Barfield

Professor of Anthropology, Boston University, Director of Boston University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilization, President of the American Institute for Afghanistan Studies.

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Ethnicity in Afghanistan

Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on the role of ethnicity in state-building, nationalism and practical politics in modern Afghanistan

Rural Architectural Traditions in Central Asia

Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on ethnic distinctions of architectural forms, earthquakes, and local construction traditions adapted to the environment

Importance of Nomads in Eurasian History

Historian Thomas Barfield on the Xiongnu empire, Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian tax policy

Anthropology in Afghan Studies

Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on the form of anarchism in Afghanistan, "the little brother complex" in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and long-term anthropology

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