Thomas Barfield
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A social anthropologist, he earned his doctorate at Harvard and currently teaches at Boston University. He is president of the American Institute for Afghanistan Studies.
He is the author of various books, including «The Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan» (1981), «The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China» (1989) and «Afghanistan: An Atlas of Indigenous Domestic Architecture» (1991). In 2006, he received a Guggenheim fellowship, which led to the publication of «Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History» (2010), a book that received an exceptional title award from the American Library Association in 2011.
Last updated: December 2021
He is the author of various books, including «The Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan» (1981), «The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China» (1989) and «Afghanistan: An Atlas of Indigenous Domestic Architecture» (1991). In 2006, he received a Guggenheim fellowship, which led to the publication of «Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History» (2010), a book that received an exceptional title award from the American Library Association in 2011.
Last updated: December 2021
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