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.
Recent materials
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anthropology
October 4, 2015
Ethnicity in Afghanistan
Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on the role of ethnicity in state-building, nationalism and practical politics ...
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history
August 17, 2015
Rural Architectural Traditions in Central Asia
Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on ethnic distinctions of architectural forms, earthquakes, and local construct...
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history
June 20, 2014
Importance of Nomads in Eurasian History
Historian Thomas Barfield on the Xiongnu empire, Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian tax policy
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history
March 21, 2014
Anthropology in Afghan Studies
Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on the form of anarchism in Afghanistan, "the little brother complex" in Tajiki...
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