51:. He completed his elementary education in the village of Shahran-i-Khaash, in Jurm district of Badakhshan, attended Ibnisina (Avecina) Middle School and Kabul Darul Mu'alimin (Kabul Teachers Training High School) in Kabul before entering the Faculty of Education at Kabul University, Afghanistan.
278:
141:
126:
503:
488:
498:
533:
513:
523:
518:
508:
269:
528:
32:
282:
184:
M. Nazif
Shahrani and Robert L. Canfield, eds. Berkeley, Institute of International Studies, University of California, 1984.
493:
227:
95:
188:
The
Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1979.
193:
More than 40 book chapters in edited volumes and research articles in academic national and international journals.
110:
247:
67:
296:
130:
462:
262:
483:
366:
321:
306:
86:
agropastoralist community. He later worked as an anthropological consultant for the ethnographic film,
55:
376:
361:
331:
242:
442:
356:
211:
59:
432:
336:
447:
416:
391:
346:
341:
114:
386:
381:
301:
411:
122:
396:
316:
401:
148:
departments at
Indiana University. He has conducted extensive field research in Afghanistan,
105:
Shahrani has had research and teaching positions at several
American Universities, including
74:(1972–1976). Between 1972 and 1974, Shahrani conducted anthropological field research in the
255:
145:
457:
311:
231:
351:
66:
where he completed his BA in
Anthropology (1970). He received an MA and Ph.D. from the
477:
371:
326:
176:
The
Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War. Seattle
89:
79:
24:
137:
83:
20:
452:
437:
48:
28:
157:
44:
153:
63:
182:
Revolutions and
Rebellions in Afghanistan: Anthropological Perspectives.
106:
71:
54:
During his junior year at Kabul
University, in 1967, he was awarded an
149:
75:
118:
251:
237:
171:
His major contributions to
Central Asian Studies include:
78:
region in northeastern
Afghanistan among pastoral nomadic
425:
289:
228:Afghanistan and Central Asia Research Information
127:Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
263:
8:
270:
256:
248:
109:’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the
214:Indiana University - Bloomington, IN USA.
204:
178:. University of Washington Press, 2002.
279:Department of Central Eurasian Studies
238:Department of Central Eurasian Studies
82:in the Pamirs and their neighbors the
504:Afghan emigrants to the United States
125:in 1990. He was also a Fellow at the
7:
163:He is the father of three children.
146:Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
489:Academic staff of Kabul University
14:
136:He teaches in the departments of
499:American people of Uzbek descent
534:People from Badakhshan Province
33:Indiana University, Bloomington
514:Central Asian studies scholars
1:
43:Nazif Shahrani was born in
550:
524:Indiana University faculty
234: (archived 2005-02-06)
519:Harvard University staff
509:American anthropologists
142:Central Eurasian Studies
68:University of Washington
529:Kabul University alumni
131:Smithsonian Institution
463:Mihály Szegedy-Maszak
102:series (Fall 1981).
94:, which was aired on
297:Christopher Beckwith
243:CEUS Faculty Profile
111:University of Nevada
60:University of Hawaii
494:Afghan Uzbek people
448:Thubten Jigme Norbu
121:, before moving to
115:Stanford University
58:scholarship by the
367:Tserenchunt Legden
283:Indiana University
212:Official Biography
123:Indiana University
19:is a professor of
471:
470:
322:Shahyar Daneshgar
307:Gardner Bovingdon
17:M. Nazif Shahrani
541:
377:Gulnisa Nazarova
362:Edward Lazzerini
332:Seema Golestaneh
290:Current faculty:
272:
265:
258:
249:
215:
209:
56:East–West Center
549:
548:
544:
543:
542:
540:
539:
538:
474:
473:
472:
467:
458:Elliot Sperling
443:William Fierman
426:Former faculty:
421:
357:Piibi-Kai Kivik
312:Jamsheed Choksy
285:
276:
232:Wayback Machine
224:
219:
218:
210:
206:
201:
169:
41:
12:
11:
5:
547:
545:
537:
536:
531:
526:
521:
516:
511:
506:
501:
496:
491:
486:
476:
475:
469:
468:
466:
465:
460:
455:
450:
445:
440:
435:
433:Gustav Bayerle
429:
427:
423:
422:
420:
419:
414:
409:
407:Nazif Shahrani
404:
399:
394:
389:
384:
379:
374:
369:
364:
359:
354:
349:
344:
339:
337:Kathryn Graber
334:
329:
324:
319:
314:
309:
304:
299:
293:
291:
287:
286:
277:
275:
274:
267:
260:
252:
246:
245:
240:
235:
223:
222:External links
220:
217:
216:
203:
202:
200:
197:
196:
195:
190:
185:
179:
168:
165:
92:of Afghanistan
40:
37:
29:Middle Eastern
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
546:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
520:
517:
515:
512:
510:
507:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
492:
490:
487:
485:
484:Living people
482:
481:
479:
464:
461:
459:
456:
454:
451:
449:
446:
444:
441:
439:
436:
434:
431:
430:
428:
424:
418:
417:Valeria Varga
415:
413:
410:
408:
405:
403:
400:
398:
395:
393:
392:Elisa Räsänen
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
378:
375:
373:
372:Paul Losensky
370:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
355:
353:
350:
348:
347:Marianne Kamp
345:
343:
342:Malik Hodjaev
340:
338:
335:
333:
330:
328:
327:Devin Deweese
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
313:
310:
308:
305:
303:
300:
298:
295:
294:
292:
288:
284:
280:
273:
268:
266:
261:
259:
254:
253:
250:
244:
241:
239:
236:
233:
229:
226:
225:
221:
213:
208:
205:
198:
194:
191:
189:
186:
183:
180:
177:
174:
173:
172:
167:Contributions
166:
164:
161:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
134:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
103:
101:
97:
93:
91:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
52:
50:
46:
38:
36:
34:
30:
27:Studies, and
26:
25:Central Asian
22:
18:
406:
387:Gedun Rabsal
382:Öner Özçelik
302:László Borhi
207:
192:
187:
181:
175:
170:
162:
138:Anthropology
135:
133:(1997–98).
104:
99:
87:
53:
47:province of
42:
21:anthropology
16:
15:
453:Denis Sinor
438:Yuri Bregel
412:Kemal Silay
352:György Kara
49:Afghanistan
31:Studies at
478:Categories
397:Toivo Raun
317:Sibel Crum
199:References
158:Uzbekistan
45:Badakhshan
402:Ron Sela
154:Pakistan
64:Honolulu
230:at the
129:of the
113:-Reno,
107:Harvard
100:Odyssey
90:Kirghiz
72:Seattle
150:Turkey
144:, and
117:, and
80:Kyrgyz
76:Wakhan
84:Wakhi
160:.
156:and
119:UCLA
88:The
39:Life
281:at
98:’s
96:PBS
35:.
480::
152:,
140:,
70:,
62:,
23:,
271:e
264:t
257:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.