Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-4858

Email:

shahrani@indiana.edu

Department:

Core Faculty

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Courses Recently Taught

• People and Cultures of the Middle East
• Representations of Islam and Muslims in Anthropological Literature
• Islam and Politics in Central Asia and the Middle East
• Post-Taliban Afghan/Global Terror
• Muslim States and Societies

Publication Highlights

• The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2002.
• Editor, with Robert L. Canfield. Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan: Anthropological Perspectives. Berkeley: Institute of International Studies, University of California, 1984.
• The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation of Closed Frontiers. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.