Adeeb khalid biography books
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Education & Professional History
University of Wisconsin-Madison, MA; PhD
My scholarly work is on modern Central Asia, which lies at the intersection of (and is integrally a part of) both the Muslim and the Russian/Soviet worlds. I teach a variety of courses on Central Asia, Russia, and the Middle East. Thematically, I am interested in issues connected with culture and cultural change, empire and colonialism, and nationhood in its various manifestations.
At Carleton since 1993.
Highlights & Recent Activity
My work centers on the history of the sedentary societies of Central Asia from the time of the Russian conquest of the 1860s to the present. I am particularly interested in the transformations of culture and identity as a result of historical change. The fate of Islam under Tsarist and Soviet rule has occupied a central place in my research. I am also interested in questions of nationhood and national identity, of empire and colonialism, and of the politics of anticolonialism.
My research has been supported by grants from a number of foundations: the Guggenheim Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, ACCELS/ACTR, the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, and IREX. I
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The cover of Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present, with its photo of the massive walls of the Ark Fortress in Bukhara, is something of a bait and switch. The book flies through that period implied by picture: the “imperial conquests” of the subtitle are not those of Genghis Khan or Timur, but rather the later ones by China and Russia: conquests of Central Asia, not by.
One is quickly disabused. In his first paragraph, Adeeb Khalid dismisses conventional commentary on Central Asia which evokes
vast, undulating grasslands filled with nomadic horsemen, the minarets and cupolas of medieval architecture, and natives in folkloric costumes… At its best, exoticism romanticizes Central Asia and places it beyond the reach of history. At its worst, it can render the region a blank slate on which one can inscribe anything one wishes.
Khalid, who was studying for a PhD when the Soviet Union fell apart, opening up heretofore inaccessible archives, emphasizes history that leads to the here and now. Indeed, the primary takeaway of the book is that today’s Central Asia grew out of its conquest which
marked a rupture with the past, which grew less important and less helpful in understanding the new era. Empires have been the
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