Name: Douglas Northrop
Title(s):

• Associate Professor, History
• Associae Professor, Near Eastern Studies
• Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies

Contact Information: northrop@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• ASP
• CREES
• NES

Department Affiliation(s):

• History
• Near Eastern Studies

Education Background:

• Ph.D., 1999 (Stanford University)

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:Central Asia; former USSR/Russian Empire

Research/Teaching Specialization:Central Asia, Soviet Union, world/global history, environmental/cultural/colonial studies

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught:From Genghis Khan to the Taliban: Modern Central Asia; Understanding Afghanistan; The World Since 1492; Russia and Its Easts: Race, Nation, and Empire in the Former Soviet Union; Catastrophe: Natural Disasters and Human Society

Language(s) and Proficiency Level(s):

• Russian
• Uzbek
• Turkish
• German

Publications:

• Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia (Cornell University Press, 2004)