Guide to Scholars of Central Asia

[John Schoeberlein-Engel]

Dear List Members,

I would like to draw your attention to a publication, which I expect will
be of interest to many on the List:


**** REFERENCE GUIDE AVAILABLE ON WORLDWIDE SCHOLARS OF CENTRAL ASIA ****

_Guide to Scholars of the History and Culture of Central Asia_

by John Schoeberlein-Engel

Published by:  Harvard Central Asia Forum, sponsored by the Center for
Middle Eastern Studies and the Russian Research Center, Harvard University.

Research Publications of the Harvard Central Asia Forum, vol. 1.

313 pp., Soft Cover, ISBN 0-9645893-0-3, $15.00
January 1995

The _Guide to Scholars of the History and Culture of Central Asia_
provides information on nearly 1,000 scholars from countries throughout
the world--covering the great majority of scholars in this field.
Provided for each scholar are:

-  Brief biographical data and scholarly background, including knowledge
of languages.

-  Addresses, institutional affiliations and other contact information.

-  Scholarly interests, including areas of possible collaboration.

-  Bibliography of representative publications.

The _Guide_ includes an alphabetical listing of scholars, as well as a
thorough Subject Index and a Country/Institution Index (highlighting the
major institutions supporting research on Central Asia throughout the
world).

Disciplinary coverage includes fields related to history and culture:
anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, cultural and social
geography, history, philology, religion, sociology, and other related
fields, such as economics, linguistics and political science.

Regional coverage includes the former Soviet Central Asian republics of
Ozbekistan, Qazaqstan, Qirghizstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well
as the adjacent regions of Xinjiang (Eastern Turkistan), Mongolia, Tibet,
the Inner Asian Steppes, the Caucasus, Southern Russia, and Northern Iran
and Afghanistan.

To obtain copies of the _Guide_, send $15.00 per copy plus shipping cost
(see below) to:

     Harvard Central Asia Forum - Guide to Scholars
     1737 Cambridge Street
     Cambridge, MA 02138
     USA

Checks or money orders should be payable in US dollars to:  Center for
Middle Eastern Studies.
Shipping costs are:  $3.50 in the USA (or $1.50 for book rate--allow
several weeks for delivery), $3.50 for surface mail overseas, and $6.50
for airmail overseas.

Note:  If you would like to acquire the Guide, but live in a country
where your income converts very poorly to dollars (such as countries of
the former Soviet Union), then you may contact us to inquire how you can
obtain the Guide at a lower, subsidized price.

Send inquiries to the above address, or via Internet, to:
CentralAsia at fas.Harvard.edu