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
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      Rural Architectural Traditions in Central Asia
      Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on ethnic distinctions of architectural forms, earthquakes, and local construction traditions adapted to the environment
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      Importance of Nomads in Eurasian History
      Historian Thomas Barfield on the Xiongnu empire, Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian tax policy
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      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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